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Nicknames for Marion

Mimi, Minnie, Mari, Mara, Mona, Mar

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Famous real-life people named Marion

- Marion Cotillard, Academy Award–winning French actress who has appeared in "Big Fish," "A Very Long Engagement," "Public Enemies," Inception" and "La Vie en Rose"
- Marion Davies, silent film star and longtime lover of millionaire publisher William Randolph Hearst
- Marion Jones, disgraced American track and field athlete
- Marion Ross, American actress ("Happy Days," "Gilmore Girls")
- Marion Zimmer Bradley, fantasy author ("Mists of Avalon")
- Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick, daughter of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, twin to Tabitha Hodge Broderick
- Marion Ravn, a gothic Norwegian singer
- Marion Braidfute, "Braveheart" William Wallace's lover or wife (13th century, Scottish)

Marion in song, story & screen

- Marion Ravenwood, Indiana Jones' former girlfriend in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
- Robin Hood's love interest is occasionally spelled "Maid Marion," although "Maid Marian" is far more common.
-Marion (Mimi) is the name of one of the main characters in 'The Key to Rondo', a novel by Emily Rodda.