Madge (given name)

Madge is a female given name, a short form of Madeline (itself an anglicised version of 'Magdalene' and 'Jeroen'), Marjorie, and Margaret^[1] It is also a male surname common in Southwest England. Madge may refer to:

Actresses:

• Madge Bellamy, American movie actress who was a popular leading lady in the 1920s
• Madge Blake, American character actress most famous for her role as Aunt Harriet Cooper
• Madge Evans, American film actress who began her career as a child actress and model
• Madge Kendal, English actress
• Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress
• Madge Titheradge, Australian actress

In other fields:

• Madge Bester, the world's shortest living woman
• Madge Gill, English outsider and visionary artist
• Madge Oberholtzer, American schoolteacher who was born in Clay City, Indiana
• Madge Syers, British figure skater
• Madge Weinstein, Internet personality who maintains Yeast Radio

Fictional characters:

• Madge, a long-running advertising character for Palmolive dishwashing detergent portrayed by Jan Miner
• Madge Allsop, the bridesmaid and longtime companion of Dame Edna Everage
• Madge Bishop, one of the matriarchs of the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Madge Harvey, on the ITV programme Benidorm
• Madge Owens, character in the play Picnic and the 1955 film Picnic
• Madge Undersee, a character in the Hunger Games trilogy
• Madge Wildfire, in Sir Walter Scott's novel The Heart of Midlothian

References

1. Behind the Name