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Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Madalyn Murray O'Hair, born Madalyn Mays, was an American atheist activist who won the 1963 Supreme Court ruling ending school prayer and Bible reading, then founded American Atheists.
Madam
Madam (2024) is a New Zealand half-hour dramedy on Three and Netflix: Rachel Griffiths opens an ethical brothel, Sweethearts, based on Antonia Murphy's unpublished memoir; it won Golden Nymph and Berlin comedy awards.
Madam Beja
Madam Beja is a Brazilian telenovela that premiered on HBO Max in 2026, telling the story of Ana Jacinta de São José, a woman from Minas Gerais.
Madam C. J. Walker
Madam C. J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, was an American entrepreneur whose haircare company trained thousands of Black women sales agents, making her a self-made millionaire and philanthropist.
Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company
The Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company was an American hair-care and cosmetics business founded by Madam C. J. Walker, incorporated in Indiana in 1911 and based in Indianapolis.
Madam Chief Minister
Madam Chief Minister is a 2021 Hindi political drama directed by Subhash Kapoor, starring Richa Chadha as Tara Roopram, a Dalit woman who becomes Uttar Pradesh's first woman chief minister; released 22 January 2021, widely compared to Mayawati.
Madam Qin Is Looking for You to Divorce
Madam Qin Is Looking for You to Divorce (秦总夫人在找你离婚) is a 2024 Chinese 79-episode vertical short drama directed by Yang Tao, starring Ma Qianqian and Zhang Tianjing, about a flash marriage meant to end in divorce; it ranked near the top of 2025 micro-drama playback charts.
Madam Secretary (TV series)
Madam Secretary is a CBS political drama (2014–2019, six seasons) created by Barbara Hall, executive produced by Lori McCreary and Morgan Freeman, starring Téa Leoni as ex-CIA analyst turned Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord, often compared to Hillary Clinton.
Madam Secretary season 6
Madam Secretary season 6, the CBS drama's final season, 10 episodes airing October 6 to December 8, 2019, jumps two years ahead to Elizabeth McCord's presidency amid an impeachment inquiry, with a reduced cast and declining ratings.
Madam X
Madam X, born Crissi, is a Greek-British DJ and producer in UK bass, dubstep, and grime, and founder of the KAIZEN label and club night.
Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly, Puccini's 1904 opera in three acts with libretto by Illica and Giacosa, tells of Cio-Cio-San, a Nagasaki geisha abandoned by Pinkerton. A La Scala fiasco, the Brescia revision became one of the world's most performed operas.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary (Madame Bovary. Moeurs de province) is Gustave Flaubert's 1857 realist novel about Emma Bovary, a provincial doctor's wife ruined by romantic illusions; known for its 1857 obscenity trial, free indirect style, and vast translation and adaptation history.
Madame Bovary (1991 film)
Madame Bovary (1991) is Claude Chabrol's French film adaptation of Flaubert's novel, starring Isabelle Huppert as Emma Bovary. Released April 1991 in France, 143 minutes, Moscow Festival best actress prize, Oscar-nominated costumes.
Madame Bovary (2014 film)
Madame Bovary (2014) is Sophie Barthes's English-language drama adapting Flaubert's novel, starring Mia Wasikowska as Emma Bovary with Ezra Miller, Rhys Ifans, and Paul Giamatti; a US-German-Belgian 118-minute film released 2015 to mixed reviews.
Madame Butterfly (short story)
Madame Butterfly, short story by John Luther Long (January 1898, Century Magazine), source of Belasco's 1900 play and Puccini's 1904 opera; Cho-Cho-San abandoned by Pinkerton survives her suicide attempt in Long's ending.
Madame de La Fayette
Madame de La Fayette, born Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne (1634–1693), was a French novelist and courtier whose anonymous La Princesse de Clèves (1678) is regarded as the first modern French novel.
Madame de Pompadour
Madame de Pompadour (Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, 1721-1764), official mistress, friend, and advisor of Louis XV from 1745; marquise, patron of Boucher, Sèvres, the Petit Trianon, and the Encyclopédie; died at Versailles in 1764.
Madame de Sade
Madame de Sade (Sado kōshaku fujin, サド侯爵夫人) is a 1965 three-act play by Mishima Yukio in which the Marquis de Sade is built entirely through the words of six women.
Madame de Sévigné
Madame de Sévigné, born Marie de Rabutin-Chantal (1626–1696), was a French letter writer whose correspondence, chiefly to her daughter, chronicles Louis XIV's reign and remains in print since 1696.
Madame du Barry
Madame du Barry (Jeanne Bécu, 1743–1793) was the last official mistress of Louis XV, presented at court in 1769 after a marriage of convenience to Guillaume du Barry; she patronized the arts at Versailles, lived at Louveciennes, and was guillotined in December 1793.
Madame Freedom (자유부인)
Madame Freedom (자유부인, 自由夫人) is a 1956 South Korean melodrama by Han Hyung-mo, adapted from Jeong Bi-seok's serialized novel; a professor's wife enters Seoul's dance-hall world. It was 1956's top box-office hit and a registered cultural heritage.
Madame Masque
Madame Masque, aka Giulietta Nefaria or Whitney Frost, is a Marvel Comics crime boss and Iron Man villain who leads the Maggia, wears a golden mask over scarred features, and debuted in Tales of Suspense #97 (1968).
Madame Morrible
Madame Morrible (Madame Muriel Morrible), Shiz University headmistress and sorceress, secondary antagonist of Maguire's 1995 Wicked novel, the 2003 musical, and the 2024–25 films; Wizard's agent, Dillamond's murderer in the novel.
Madame Nhu
Madame Nhu (Trần Lệ Xuân, 1924–2011), de facto first lady of South Vietnam 1955–1963 as hostess for bachelor President Ngô Đình Diệm; wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, founder of the Women's Solidarity Movement, notorious for her 1963 'barbecue' remarks, exiled in France and Rome.
Madame Satã
Madame Satã (2002) is Karim Aïnouz's debut feature, a Brazilian-French biographical drama starring Lázaro Ramos as João Francisco dos Santos (1900–1976), the Lapa drag performer and outlaw who took his name from Cecil B. De Mille's 1930 film Madame Satan.
Madame Tussauds
Madame Tussauds, also called the Madame Tussaud wax museums, is a Merlin Entertainments chain of wax museums founded on Marie Tussaud's exhibition, with the original in London; figures take about nine months, 800 hours, and €250,000 each.
Madame Web
Madame Web is a 2024 Sony Pictures superhero film starring Dakota Johnson as clairvoyant paramedic Cassandra Webb, and the Marvel Comics character she is based on, who debuted in Amazing Spider-Man #210 (1980).
Madame Web (film)
Madame Web (2024) is a Sony/Columbia superhero film directed by S.J. Clarkson, starring Dakota Johnson as clairvoyant paramedic Cassandra Webb. It grossed $100.3 million worldwide on an $80 million budget, flopped critically, and later succeeded on Netflix.
Madame X (adaptations of the play)
Madame X adaptations: screen and TV versions of Alexandre Bisson's 1908 French play La femme X, about a fallen mother defended in court by her unrecognized son. Key versions: 1916 silent, 1920 Goldwyn, 1929 MGM (Oscar-nominated), 1937 MGM, 1966 Lana Turner film, 1981 TV movie.
Madame X (album)
Madame X is Madonna's fourteenth studio album, released June 14, 2019 on Interscope; a Lisbon-inspired, multilingual art-pop record with Maluma, Anitta, Quavo, and Swae Lee that debuted at US #1 and scored 70 on Metacritic.