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Gidget

Gidget (/ˈɡɪdʒɪt/) is a fictional character created by author Frederick Kohner (based on his teenage daughter, Kathy) in his 1957 novel, Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas. The novel follows the adventures of a teenage girl and her surfing friends on the beach in Malibu. The name Gidget is a portmanteau of "girl" and "midget". Following the novel's…

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Occupation
Student. Also waitress (Cher Papa), teacher (Gidget in Love and Gidget Gets Married), fashion model (Gidget Goes Parisienne), tour guide (Gidget Goes New York and Gidget Grows U…
Created by
Frederick Kohner
Family
Professor Russell Lawrence (father) Anne Cooper (sister) John Cooper (brother-in-law)
First appearance
Gidget, The Little Girl With Big Ideas (1957)
Full name
Franziska Hofer (novels) Frances Elizabeth Lawrence (TV and film)
Gender
female

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Gidget

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples118
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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Gidget

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related to Gidget timeline · 20
Gidget → Big Ideas, Cher Papa, Frederick Kohner, Gidget Goes, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Gidget Goes New York, Gidget Goes Parisienne, Gidget Makes, Kathy Kohner, Little Girl, Love, Motion, Rome, Sitcom, Telemovie Gidget Gets Married, Telemovie Gidget Grows Up, Telemovie Gidget's Summer Reunion, The Affairs, The New Gidget, Wrong Connection
related to Stage · 18
Gidget → Arts, Catcher, Chicago, City Lit Theater, Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, In, It, John Farrar, June, Kohner's, Krysta Rodriguez, Marissa McKown, May, Orange County High School, Rye, Sabrina Kramnich, Terry McCabe
related to Frederick Kohner · 15
Gidget → American, As, Columbia Pictures, Czechoslovak Jew, Eastern European, Franzie, German, Hollywood, Jewish, Kathy, Kohner, Nazis, Over, Surfing, The
related to Notes · 15
Gidget → America's Mermaid, Deanne Stillman, DVD, Gidget Grows Up, Gidget's Up, IMDb, In Malibu, Jewish Woman, Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, September, Successful Women, Summer, Synopsis, The Washington Post, Zuckerman
related to Novels · 15
Gidget → Academy Award, Big Ideas, Cher Papa, Frederick Kohner, Gidget Goes New York, Gidget Goes Parisienne, Kathy, Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman, Kohner, Love, Malibu Point, Putnam, The, The Affairs, The Little Girl
related to Television · 14
Gidget → Ann Cooper, Anne Cooper, Don Porter, Gidget Goes, Gidget Goes New York, Gidget Grows Up, Gidget's, In, Karen Valentine, Larue, Rome, Sally Field, Screen Gems, The
related to Films · 6
Gidget → Columbia Pictures, In, Kathy, Kohner, Paul Wendkos, William Morris Agency
Created by · 1
Gidget → Frederick Kohner
Family · 1
Gidget → Professor Russell Lawrence (father) Anne Cooper (sister) John Cooper (brother-in-law)
First appearance · 1
Gidget → Gidget, The Little Girl With Big Ideas (1957)

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kohner series novel new kathy films goes name girl published sitcom 1957 novels gidget's character telemovie television first also frederick

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GidgetCreated byFrederick Kohner1.00infobox
GidgetFamilyProfessor Russell Lawrence (father) Anne Cooper (sister) John Cooper (brother-in-law)1.00infobox
GidgetFirst appearanceGidget, The Little Girl With Big Ideas (1957)1.00infobox
GidgetFull nameFranziska Hofer (novels) Frances Elizabeth Lawrence (TV and film)1.00infobox
GidgetGenderfemale1.00infobox
GidgetLast appearanceThe New Gidget: "Make Waves, Not War" (1988)1.00infobox
GidgetNicknamesFranzie Gidget1.00infobox
GidgetOccupationStudent. Also waitress (Cher Papa), teacher (Gidget in Love and Gidget Gets Married), fashion model (Gidget Goes Parisienne), tour guide (Gidget Goes New York and Gidget Grows U…1.00infobox
GidgetPortrayed bySandra Dee Deborah Walley Cindy Carol Sally Field Karen Valentine Monie Ellis Caryn Richman Sabrina Kramnich1.00infobox
GidgetRelativesDanielle "Dani" Collins-Griffin (niece)1.00infobox
GidgetSpouseJeff "Moondoggie" Griffin (by the 1980s)1.00infobox
GidgetVoiced byKathy Gori1.00infobox
Gidgetis aportmanteau of0.90text

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