Dorothy

Dorothy may refer to:

  • Dorothy (given name), a given name (and list of people with that name)
  • Dorothy (opera), a comic opera
  • Dorothy (comic book), a comic book based on the Wizard of Oz
  • DOROTHY, a device used to study tornadoes in the movie Twister
  • USS Dorothy (SP-1289), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
  • ST Dorothy, A Malaysian tug in service 1958-75

In characters:

  • Dorothy (MÄR), a main character in MÄR
  • Dorothy Gale or Dorothy, protagonist of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
  • Ace (Doctor Who) or Dorothy, a character played by Sophie Aldred in Doctor Who
  • Dorothy, a goldfish on Sesame Street owned by Elmo
  • Dorothy the Dinosaur, a costumed dinosaur who appears with The Wiggles

Famous quotes containing the word dorothy:

    “There’s Margaret and Marjorie and Dorothy and Nan,
    A Daphne and a Mary who live in privacy;
    One’s had her fill of lovers, another’s had but one,
    Another boasts, “I pick and choose and have but two or three.”
    If head and limb have beauty and the instep’s high and light
    They can spread out what sail they please for all I have to say....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Long as there’s lunch counters, you can always find work.”
    —Mother and Aunts Of Dorothy Allison, U.S. waitresses. As quoted in Skin, ch. 2, by Dorothy Allison (1994)