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A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood when she becomes a woman. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.
The English word girl first appeared during the Middle Ages between 1250 and 1300 CE and came from the Anglo-Saxon words gerle (also spelled girle or gurle). The Anglo-Saxon word gerela meaning dress or clothing item also seems to have been used as a metonym in some sense.
Girl has meant any young unmarried woman since about 1530. Its first noted meaning for sweetheart is 1648. The earliest known appearance of girl-friend is in 1892 and girl next door, meant as a teenaged female or young woman with a kind of wholesome appeal, dates only to 1961.
The word girl is sometimes used to refer to an adult female. This usage may be considered derogatory or disrespectful in professional or other formal contexts, just as the term boy can be considered disparaging when applied to an adult man. Hence, this usage is often deprecative. It can also be used deprecatively when used to discriminate against children ("you're just a girl").
Actors: Dan Simon (editor), Jonathan Mayor (producer), Jonathan Mayor (producer), Jonathan Mayor (writer), Jonathan Mayor (writer), Jonathan Mayor (director), Jonathan Mayor (editor), Alexandra Metz (producer), Jeremy Turner (composer), Nicolas Peduzzi (actor), Francesco Orazzini (director), Francesco Orazzini (producer), Noella Borie (actor),
Genres: Animation, Horror, Short, Thriller, Western,Actors: Magnus Härenstam (actor), Lena Koppel (director), Ulla Skoog (actress), Sten Elfström (actor), Per Svensson (actor), Olle Sarri (actor), Carl Åstrand (director), Jesper Danielsson (director), Lea Stojanov (actress), Christian Hillborg (actor), Annika Ryberg Whittembury (actress), Fanny Klefelt (actress), Elisabeth Wernesjö (actress), Maria Sundbom (actress), Anna Blomberg (actress),
Genres: Family,Actors: Karim Debbagh (producer), Karim Debbagh (director), Karim Debbagh (writer), Michael Dreher (producer), Majid Aoulad Abdellah (producer), Mark Reynolds (editor), Jaouad El Kacimi (writer), Fahd Chtina (actor), El Hamdaoui Abdelatif (actor), Dominic Bouffard (composer), Mohammed Rouicha (composer), El Hasnaoui Abdelghafour (actor), Ghizlan Khtabi (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Allan Svensson (actor), Margaretha Krook (actress), Nils Eklund (actor), Pernilla August (actress), Astrid Lindgren (writer), Waldemar Bergendahl (producer), Börje Ahlstedt (actor), Brasse Brännström (actor), Barbro Svensson (actress), Magnus Härenstam (actor), John M. Jacobsen (producer), Kerstin Bonnier (producer), Marteinn Thorisson (writer), Kjetil Bjerkestrand (composer), Maria Bolme (actress),
Genres: Animation, Family,Actors: Börje Ahlstedt (actor), Pernilla August (actress), Waldemar Bergendahl (producer), Magnus Härenstam (actor), Michael Schaack (producer), Michael Ekbladh (director), Thorsten Wegener (producer), Ernst Geyer (producer), Eva Roos (actress), Zach Bladh (actor),
Genres: Animation,Actors: Bruno Putzulu (actor), Phillip B. Goldfine (producer), Olivier Sitruk (actor), Gérard Chaillou (actor), Patrick Chesnais (actor), Evelyne Buyle (actress), Cécile De France (actress), Isabelle Le Grix (miscellaneous crew), Eric Assous (writer), Paul Weller (composer), Agathe de La Boulaye (actress), Estelle Larrivaz (actress), Michel Scotto di Carlo (actor), Valérie Moreau (actress), Didier Brice (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Christian Lindblad (producer), Claes Olsson (producer), Christian Lindblad (writer), Christian Lindblad (director), Christian Lindblad (actor), Ilkka Ruuhijärvi (producer), Nicke Lignell (actor), Stiina Laakso (producer), Max Bremer (miscellaneous crew), Hellen Willberg (actress), Marika Parkkomäki (actress), Satu Sadinkangas (miscellaneous crew), Kristoffer Möller (actor), Rebecca Troupp (actress), Birthe Wingren (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Astrid Lindgren (writer), Jan Persson (editor), Inger Pehrsson (costume designer), Georg Riedel (composer), Astrid Lindgren (writer), Jan Nygren (actor), Olle Hellbom (director), Stig Ossian Ericson (actor), Janne Carlsson (actor), Catrin Westerlund (actress), Olle Nordemar (producer), Bert-Åke Varg (actor), Bengt Schöldström (miscellaneous crew), Nils Lagergren (actor), Elisabeth Fahlén-Lee (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Family,Actors: Jan Persson (editor), Georg Riedel (composer), Astrid Lindgren (writer), Inger Pehrsson (costume designer), Olle Hellbom (director), Jan Nygren (actor), Stig Ossian Ericson (actor), Janne Carlsson (actor), Olle Nordemar (producer), Catrin Westerlund (actress), Catti Edfeldt (miscellaneous crew), Catti Edfeldt (actress), Nils Lagergren (actor), Maud Hansson (actress), Elisabeth Fahlén-Lee (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Family,Actors: George Melford (director), James Kirkwood (actor), Wheeler Oakman (actor), Charles Ogle (actor), Alice Hollister (actress), Mabel Van Buren (actress), William Boyd (actor), Alan Hale (actor), Fred Huntley (actor), Ann Forrest (actress), Gilbert Parker (writer), Gilbert Parker (writer), Truly Shattuck (actress), John Herdman (actor), Harry Duffield (actor),
Plot: Jean, a wealthy young Canadian back from a trip to Europe, meets and falls for Carmen, a pretty young Spanish girl. They marry and have a daughter, but soon afterward Jean discovers his wife is having an affair. She takes her daughter and leaves him, and Jean's luck gets even worse--he loses his business in a fire and his thieving father-in-law steals what little money he has left.
Keywords: based-on-novel, chorus-girl, domestic, melodrama, montréal-quebec-canada, quebec-canada