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Film Midterm Characters

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Mildred Pierce
Actress: Joan Collins (1945)
Role: Mother, cooking entrepreneur
Meaning: "Mild strength" or "rock"
Veda Pierce
Actress: Ann Blyth (1945)
Role: Eldest daughter, pianist,
Meaning: "conqueror" or "sacred knowledge"
Moira Pierce or "Kay"
Actress: Jo Ann Marlowe (1945)
Role: Youngest daughter
Meaning: "great"
Bert Pierce
Actor: Bruce Bennet (1945)
Role: Mildred's 1st husband
Meaning: "Bright"
Wally Fay-1945 film (Burgan-novel/ 2011)
Actor: Jack Carson (1945)
Role: Mildred's boyfriend; first Bert and then Mildred's business partner
Meaning: "he conquers"
Monte Beragon
Actor: Zachary Scott (1945)
Role: Polo player, rich playboy
Meaning: "of the mountain"
Ida Corwin
Actress: Eve Arden (1945)
Role: Waitress friend of Mildred
Meaning: "prosperous"
Mrs. Maggie Biederhof
Actress: Lee Patrick (1945)
Role: Bert Pierce's mistress
Meaning: "child of light"
Mrs. Forrester
Actress: Barbara Brown (1945)
Role: Potential employer of Mildred; mother of boy who dates Veda
Meaning: "caretaker of the woods"
Letty(novel/2011) or Lottie(1945film
Actress: Butterfly McQueen (1945)
Role: Maid to Mildred (black lady)
Meaning: "feminine" or "joy"
Mr. Chris Makadoulis ("Mr. Chris")
Actor: George Tobias (1945)
Role: Chef of a café who gives Mildred her first job in food service
Meaning: "bearer of Christ"
Carlo Treviso
Actor: John Christian (1945)
Role: Voice and piano teacher
Meaning: Italian form of Charles, "strong,"
Sonia Sanchez
Role: Poet, activist
Says vegetables at local grocer are "having a nervous breakdown"
Bryant Terry
Role: Vegan soul food chef, food activist, host of the web series Urban Organic.
Points out that the there is a class-based "food apartheid" in America
Jenga Mwendo
Founder/Director, Backyard Gardens Network of New Orleans
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