Stage name with Davy Jones of The Monkees. Singer Ray Charles, born Ray Robinson, changed his name to avoid confusion with boxer Sugar Ray Robinson. A performer may also have had their stage name chosen for them by their agent – such was the case with Barbara Eden, born Barbara Jean Huffman – or, in the heyday of the Hollywood studios, by a movie studio. Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky) went one step further and named herself after a former agent, Tony Rivers, after he told her to change her name. In the non English-speaking world, an example is the Taiwanese
Joan Eadington Jonny Briggs?", published in 1979 in the journal "Books for Young Children". Eadington has also written fiction for adults under the pen-name Joan Eadith; novels include "Dasia" and "Ivy Violet" (1994). Joan Eadington Joan Eadington (born 1926) is an author from the United Kingdom best known for her books for children. Eadington lived in Middlesbrough and several of her books are set there. Eadington has written a number of books for children from the 1970s onwards. She is best known, however, for a series of books centred on the character Jonny Briggs, later adapted into a BBC television series. The