Molly (name)

Molly
Pronunciation	/ˈmʊl.liː/
Gender	Female
Language(s)	English
Other names
Alternative spelling	Mollie
Derived	Mary Margaret

Molly or Mollie is both a feminine given name and a pet-name for Mary or Margaret.

People

• Mollie Arline Kirkland Bailey (c. 1844–1918), American circus musician, singer, war-time nurse and alleged Confederate spy
• Molly Bee (1939–2009), American country music singer
• Molly Bish, American murder victim
• Molly Brant, prominent Mohawk woman in the era of the American Revolution
• Margaret Brown, American survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic socialite, philanthropist, and activist
• Molly Burnett, American actress and singer
• Molly Crabapple, American artist and author
• Molly Dunsworth, Canadian actress
• Molly Engstrom, American ice hockey player
• Mollie Hardwick (1916–2003), English author
• Molly Hawkey, American actress and photographer
• Molly Haskell, American feminist film critic and author
• Molly Ivins, American columnist, political commentator, humorist and author
• Mollie Katzen (born 1950), American chef and cookbook writer
• Molly Keane, Irish novelist and playwright
• Mollie King (born 1987), British singer with The Saturdays
• Molly Lamont, South African-born British film actress
• Molly Hughes, British author
• Mollie Hunter (1922–2012), Scottish writer
• Molly Johnson, Canadian singer and songwriter
• Mary (Molly) MacCarthy (1882–1953), British writer associated with the "Bloomsbury Group"
• Mollie McConnell (1865–1920), American theater and silent film actress
• Molly Meldrum, Australian musician
• Molly Nyman, British composer
• Molly O'Brien (born 1952), Americana, bluegrass, R&B, and folk singer
• Mollie Orshansky (1915–2006), American economist and statistician
• Molly Parker, Canadian actress
• Molly Parkin, Welsh painter, novelist and journalist
• Molly Peacock, American-Canadian poet, essayist and creative nonfiction writer
• Molly Pearson, stage actress of the early 20th century
• Mollie Phillips (1907–1994), British figure skater
• Molly Picon, American actress in Yiddish theatre and film
• Molly Quinn, American actress
• Molly Ringwald, American actress, singer, and dancer
• Molly Sandén, Swedish singer
• Molly Sims, American model and actress
• Molly Shannon, American comic actress
• Molly Shattuck, American socialite and oldest NFL cheerleader
• Mollie Skinner (1876–1955), Australian Quaker, nurse and writer
• Molly Smitten-Downes, British singer
• Molly S. White, Texas politician
• Mollie Sneden (1709–1810), ferry operator before and after the American Revolution
• Mollie Steimer (1897–1980), Russian-American anarchist, trade unionist, anti-war activist and free-speech campaigner
• Mollie Sugden (1922–2009), British actress
• Mememolly (born Molly Templeton in 1989), English Internet personality
• Molly Wood, American executive editor and writer
• Molly Diggins, American Thinker , Wonderful Daughter

Fictional characters

In television and film

• Molly Baker, from Sailor Moon
• Molly Dobbs, from Coronation Street
• Molly Flynn-Biggs, from Mike & Molly
• Molly Hooper, from Sherlock
• Molly Lansing, from General Hospital
• Molly O'Brien, from Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Molly Walker, from Heroes
• Molly (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Molly (Friends)
• Molly (Star-Racers)
• Molly (The Big Comfy Couch)
• Molly (Thomas the Tank Engine)
• Molly (Toy Story)
• Molly Williams, from My Little Pony (TV series)
• Molly, from Annie (1982 film)

In books and comics

• Milly-Molly-Mandy from the books by Joyce Lankester Brisley
• "Molly Manton's Romances" Volume 1, a Marvel Comic that was published by Atlas Comics in 1949
• Molly Millions (also known as Sally Shears), from the stories and novels by William Gibson
• Molly McIntire, protagonist from the American Girl series
• Molly Moon, from the Molly Moon series
• Molly Weasley, from the Harry Potter series
• Molly Bloom, wife of Leopold in James Joyce's Ulysses
• Molly Fitzgerald, alter ego Super Hero Shamrock, Marvel Comic
• Mollie, fictional character from the novel Animal Farm
• Molly Carpenter, from the Dresden Files series.
• Molly, a fictional character from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Animals

• Polly and Molly, cloned sheep