Mary

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Mary may refer to:

People

  • Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)

Religious contexts

  • New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
  • Mary, mother of Jesus, also called the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • Mary Magdalene, devoted follower of Jesus
  • Mary of Bethany, follower of Jesus, considered by Western medieval tradition to be the same person as Mary Magdalene
  • Mary, mother of James
  • Mary of Clopas, follower of Jesus
  • Mary, mother of John Mark
  • Mary of Egypt, patron saint of penitents
  • Mary of Rome, a New Testament woman
  • Mary, mother of Zechariah and sister of Moses and Aaron; mostly known by the Hebrew name: Miriam
  • Mary the Jewess one of the reputed founders of alchemy, referred to by Zosimus.
  • Mary 2.0, Roman Catholic women's movement
  • Maryam (surah) "Mary", 19th surah (chapter) of the Qur'an

Royalty

Others

  • A pseudonym for Communist Party USA activist Williana Burroughs (1882–1945), used in the 1920s
  • Mary (conjoined twin) (2000–2000), pseudonym of Rosie Attard, subject of a 2001 legal case
  • Mary (slave) (died 1838), an American teenage slave executed for murder
  • Miriai (c. first century CE), a woman in Mandaeism

Places

Arts and entertainment

Theater

  • Mary (musical) (1920), by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel with music by Louis Hirsch

Film

  • Mary (1931 film), an Alfred Hitchcock film
  • Mary (1994 film), an Australian documentary
  • Mary (2005 film), a film directed by Abel Ferrara about an actress playing Mary Magdalene
  • Mary (2019 film), an American horror film

Television

  • Mary (1978 TV series), a variety series
  • Mary (1985 TV series), a sitcom

Fictional characters

  • Mary, a character in Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, a Canadian animated series
  • Mary, a character played by Drew Barrymore in the 2009 American romantic comedy-drama movie He's Just Not That Into You
  • Mary Katherine Blackwood, main character in Shirley Jackson's 1962 novel, We Have Always Lived in the Castle
  • Mary Conner, a character in the American sitcom television series Roseanne
  • Mary Dean, a character in the 1933 British romance movie Love's Old Sweet Song
  • Mary Hartman, the title character on the soap opera satire Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
  • Mary Hendon, a character in the 1919 British silent drama film A Sinless Sinner
  • Mary Jensen, the main character played by Cameron Diaz in the 1998 American romantic comedy movie There's Something About Mary
  • Mary Malone, a character in the His Dark Materials novel trilogy
  • Mary Marvel, a superheroine character
  • Mary Melody, a character in the Tiny Toon Adventures animated television series
  • Mary Poppins, fictional nanny with magical powers
  • Lady Mary Talbot (née Crawley), a character in Downton Abbey, played by Michelle Dockery
  • Mary Test, the older twin sister of Susan Test in the American animated series Johnny Test

Music

Albums

  • Mary (Mary J. Blige album), 1999
  • Mary (Mary Travers album), 1971
  • Mary (Sarkodie album), 2015

Songs

  • "Mary", Russian-language art song by Alexander Egorovich Varlamov
  • "Mary" (Monique Brumby song), a 1996 song from Thylacine
  • Mary (Sarah Slean song), a track on the 2004 album Day One by Sarah Slean
  • Mary (Scissor Sisters song), a 2004 song by American rock band Scissor Sisters
  • Mary (Supergrass song), a 1999 song by British band Supergrass
  • Mary (Gemelli DiVersi song), a 2003 song by Italian band Gemelli DiVersi
  • "Mary", a 2017 song by Big Thief on the album Capacity
  • "Mary", a song by Kings of Leon on the album Come Around Sundown
  • "Mary", a song by The 4 of Us on the album Songs for the Tempted
  • "Mary", a song by Tori Amos on the album Tales of a Librarian
  • "Mary", a song by John Cale from the album Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
  • "Mary", a song by Oingo Boingo on Boingo
  • "Mary", a song by Robert Fripp on Exposure
  • "Mary", a song by Sarah McLachlan on the album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
  • "Mary", a song by Buffy Sainte-Marie on Illuminations
  • "Mary", a song by Sublime on the album Robbin' the Hood
  • "Mary", a song by The Subways on the album Young for Eternity
  • "Mary", a song by Pete Townshend written for the concept album Lifehouse
  • "Mary", a song by Dune Rats on The Kids Will Know It's Bullshit
  • "Mary Is a Grand Old Name", a song by George M. Cohan from Forty-five Minutes from Broadway
  • "Mary (I'm in Love with You)", a song written by J. Fred Coots and Ozzie Nelson
  • "Mary", a song by Alex G on "Trick"

Novels

  • Mary, by Vladimir Nabokov
  • Mary: A Fiction, a 1788 novel by Mary Wollstonecraft

Ships and boats

  • Mary (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1737 to 1749, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels
  • USS Mary (SP-462), the proposed naval name and designation for a motorboat that was never acquired

Other uses

  • Mary (crater), a lunar impact crater
  • Mary (elephant), an elephant from the Sparks World Famous Shows circus
  • Mary (programming language)
  • Mary 2.0, Roman Catholic women's movement

See also

Search for "Mary" on Wikipedia.
  • All pages with titles containing Mary
  • All pages with titles beginning with Mary
  • Islas Marías (Mary Islands), Mexico
  • Bloody Mary (disambiguation)
  • Mari (disambiguation)
  • Maria (disambiguation)
  • Marie (disambiguation)
  • Marius (disambiguation)
  • Maryam (surah) "Mary", 19th surah (chapter) of the Qur'an
  • Mery (disambiguation)
  • Miss Mary (disambiguation)
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