Pollyanna (disambiguation)

Pollyanna is a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter. As a feminine given name, Pollyanna is derived from the name Polly combined with the name Anna.

Pollyanna may also refer to:

People

• Pollyanna Chu, billionaire businesswoman from Hong Kong
• Pollyana Papel (born 1987), a Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress
• Pollyanna Pickering (1942–2018), British wildlife artist and environmentalist
• Pollyanna Woodward (born 1982), English TV presenter
• Britt Pols, vocalist who performs under the name PollyAnna on songs by Timmy Trumpet and Steve Aoki

Fictional characters

• Pollyanna Whittier, the titular character from the 1913 Eleanor Porter novel Pollyanna

Entertainment

Stage

• Pollyanna (play), a 1916 Broadway play adapted from the novel.

Film

• Pollyanna (1920 film), an adaptation of the novel, starring Mary Pickford
• Pollyanna (1960 film), an adaptation of the novel, starring Hayley Mills

Music

• Pollyanna (album), the second studio album by emo band Northstar
• Pollyanna (band), an Australian band

Songs

• "Pollyanna", a recurring song in Mother, a Nintendo role-playing video game series
• "Pollyanna", a song by Billy Joe Royal off his 1965 album, Down in the Boondocks
• "Pollyanna", a 2021 single by American punk rock band Green Day
• "Pollyanna Flower", a 1998 song recorded by Canadian alt rock singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette

Games

• ”Pollyanna”, a board game published by Parker Brothers from 1915 to 1967

Other uses

• Pollyanna Creep, a term implying overly optimistic presentation of economic measurements by government
• Pollyanna principle, the tendency to remember pleasant events and forget unpleasant ones
• , a U.S. Navy ship name
• , a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
• Secret Santa, a Western holiday tradition referred to in Pennsylvania as Pollyanna
• A reindeer which served as the mascot of submarine HMS Trident (N52)

See also

• Anna (disambiguation)
• Polly (disambiguation)