Marnie is a Scottish-English diminutive of Marina or Margaret — also linked to the Hebrew *Miryam* ("beloved, bitter, star of the sea"). **A top-500 US baby name from 1957 to 1969**. **Marnie (1964)** — **Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller starring Tippi Hedren in the title role and Sean Connery; the film is one of Hitchcock's most-analyzed late works for its themes of trauma and identity**; the controversial behind-the-scenes treatment of Hedren by Hitchcock became central to discussions of mid-century Hollywood power dynamics, as recounted in *The Girl* (2012). **Marnie Michaels** — character on HBO's *Girls* (2012-2017), played by Allison Williams; one of the most-discussed millennial-female sitcom archetypes of the 2010s. **Marnie Simpson (born 1992)** — British TV personality; *Geordie Shore* (2013-2017). **Marnie Stern** — American experimental rock guitarist; widely cited as one of the most-innovative female guitarists of the 2000s-2010s. **Marnie Schulenburg (1984-2022)** — *As the World Turns* and *One Life to Live* daytime actress. **Marnie Cotton** — *Hollyoaks* character. **"When Marnie Was There" (2014)** — Studio Ghibli animated film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi based on the 1967 Joan G. Robinson British novel; Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature.
Featured throughout 1960s-2010s film and TV.
Marnie reduces to eight — the number of Hitchcock's Marnie.