Penelope

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Penelope is a character in Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey.

Penelope may also refer to:

People

• Penelope Rich, Lady Rich, (1562 - 1607) an English noblewoman
• Penélope Cruz (born 1974), a Spanish actress
• Penelope Delta (1874 – 1941) , Greek author
• Penelope Houston (born 1958), an American singer-songwriter from San Francisco
• Penelope Ann Miller (born 1964), an American actress
• Penelope Keith, English actress famous for TV sitcoms
• Penelope, a Filipino singer and an ex-finalist from Pinoy Idol

In literature and mythology

• Penelope (dryad), mother of the god Pan in Greek mythology
• Penelope Clearwater, a character in the Harry Potter novels
• RX-104FF Penelope, a fictional weapon from the Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash novels
• "Penelope", the given name for Molly Bloom's Soliloquy in the James Joyce novel Ulysses

In film and theatre

• Penelope (2006 film), starring Christina Ricci
• Penelope (1966 film), starring Natalie Wood
• Penelope (1912 play), by William Somerset Maugham

In music

• Penelope (band), a punk rock band from Quebec
• Penelope (Australian band), a rock band from Perth, Australia
• "Penelope", a song by Great Big Sea from the album Sea of No Cares
• "Penelope" (Pinback song), a song by Pinback from the album Blue Screen Life
• Pénélope (opera), an opera by Gabriel Fauré
• Penélope (song) a hit Spanish language song by Joan Manuel Serrat
• Pénélope (song), a song by George Brassens

In television, animation and video games

• Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, a puppet character from the 60's television program Thunderbirds
• Penelope Taynt, a character on The Amanda Show
• Penelope Widmore, a flashback character (and Desmond Hume's girlfriend) from Lost
• Penelope (SNL), a character portrayed by Saturday Night Live cast member Kristen Wiig
• Penelope Lang, a antagonist character from the cartoon show Atomic Betty.
• Penelope Pitstop, a cartoon character
• Penelope Pussycat, a character from Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes
• Penelope Shafai, one of Blair's / Jenny's friends in Gossip Girl TV Series
• Penelope, a character from the anime Hamtaro
• Penelope, a dragon in the animated movie Barbie as Rapunzel
• Penelope (Sly Cooper), a character from the video game Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves

Other uses

• Penelope (genus), a bird genus in the Cracidae family
• Penelope (e-mail client), an e-mail client
• Penelope (crater), a crater on Saturn's moon Tethys
• HMS Penelope (disambiguation)

Places

• Penelope, Texas, USA

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