roxanne

     

Roxanne is a female given name. It was originally an alternate spelling of Roxane, the French form of Roxana, but it has been regularly use in English speaking countries since the 1930s.

Trivia about roxanne

  • In a 1979 hit by the Police she's told, "You don't have to sell your body to the night"
  • In this film Rick Rossovich was the lunk whom Steve Martin helped in pursuing Daryl Hannah
  • She married Christian de Neuvillette but it was Cyrano de Bergerac's poetry that she really loved
  • This 1987 comedy in which Steve played fire chief C.D. Bales was based on "Cyrano de Bergerac"
  • "You don't have to put on the red light, those days are over, you don't have to sell your body to the night"
  • Ladies, don't be like this Rostand heroine; make sure your suitor's great letters are really his own