Effie

Effie is a feminine given name, sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of Euphemia (Greek: Εὐφημία). Notable people with the name include: Women Effie Bancroft (1840–1921), English actress and theatre manager Effie Boggess (1927-2021), American politician Effie Cardale (1873–1960), New Zealand community and welfare worker Effie Cherry (1869–1944), American performer, part of the Cherry Sisters touring vaudeville act Effie Crockett (1857–1940), American actress Euphemia Effie Ellsler (1855–1942), American stage and film actress Euphemia Effie Germon (1845–1914), American stage actress Euphemia Effie Gray (1828–1897), Scottish model, married to John Ruskin and John Everett Millais Effie Hotchkiss, American pioneering motorcyclist in 1915 Effie Mae Martin Howard, real name of Rosie Lee Tompkins (1936–2006), African-American quiltmaker Effie McCollum Jones (1869–1952), American Universalist minister and suffragette Effie Neal Jones (1919–2002), American civil rights activist Effie Mona Mack (1888–1969), American historian Effie Pedaliu, British historian Effie Louise Power (1873–1969), American children's librarian and author Euphemia Effie Newbigging Richardson (1849–1928), New Zealand landowner and litigant Effie Robinson (1920-2003), American social worker and public housing director Effie Hoffman Rogers (1855-1918), American educator Effie Adelaide Rowlands (1859–1936), usual pen name of Australian-born British novelist Effie Albanesi Effie Shannon (1867–1954), American stage and silent screen actress Effie Smith (1914-1977), American jazz and blues singer and comedian Effie Anderson Smith (1869–1955), American painter Effie Waller Smith (1879–1960), African-American poet Effie A. Southworth (1860–1947), American botanist and mycologist Effie Wilder (1909–2007), American novelist Men Elisha Effie Norton (1873–1950), American Major League Baseball pitcher Fictional characters Effie Clinker, a radio character developed by Edgar Bergen Effie Deans, in Sir Walter Scott's 1818 novel The Heart of Midlothian Mrs Euphegenia "Effie" Doubtfire, a disguised character in the 1993 film Mrs.