Mame

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Mame is the flamboyant, free-spirited title character of the stage musical "Mame," known for her larger-than-life personality and unconventional approach to life and family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
protagonist
stage musical character
alsoKnownAs Mame
surface form: Auntie Mame
appearsInWork Auntie Mame (play)
surface form: Auntie Mame (novel)

Auntie Mame (play)
surface form: Auntie Mame (stage play)

Mame self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mame (stage musical)
basedOn Auntie Mame (screenplay adaptation)
surface form: Auntie Mame (novel)
basedOnCharacterFrom Auntie Mame (play)
catchphraseAssociated “Life is a banquet and most poor sons-of-bitches are starving to death.”
centralThemeInvolving celebration of life
family
nonconformity
characterTrait extravagant
flamboyant
free-spirited
larger-than-life
unconventional
warm-hearted
witty
createdBy Jerome Lawrence
Patrick Dennis
Robert E. Lee Jr.
surface form: Robert E. Lee
culturalRole icon of theatrical camp
symbol of unconventional family life
familyRole aunt
fullName Mame Dennis
genre comedy
musical theatre
guardianOf Patrick Dennis (character)
hasGivenName Mame self-linksurface differs
influencesCharacterOf Patrick Dennis (character)
nationality American
notableSongAssociated “It’s Today”
Mame self-linksurface differs
surface form: “Mame”

“Open a New Window”
“We Need a Little Christmas”
occupation socialite
portrayedBy Angela Lansbury
Bea Arthur
surface form: Bea Arthur (in related stage/film works, supporting role context)

Lucille Ball
surface form: Lucille Ball (in film adaptation of Mame)
residence New York City
timePeriodOfFictionalSetting 1920s
Great Depression
titleCharacterOf Mame self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mame (1966 musical)

Mame self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mame (stage musical)

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Bea Arthur notableWork Mame
this entity surface form: Mame (Broadway musical)
Jerome Lawrence notableWork Mame
this entity surface form: Auntie Mame
Jerome Lawrence coWrote Mame
this entity surface form: Auntie Mame
Mame Dennis givenName Mame
Mame Dennis alsoKnownAs Mame
this entity surface form: Auntie Mame
Mame Dennis centralCharacterOf Mame
this entity surface form: Auntie Mame
Mame Dennis literaryDebutWork Mame
this entity surface form: Auntie Mame
Mame Dennis adaptedAsCharacterIn Mame
this entity surface form: Mame (1966 musical)
Mame Dennis adaptedAsCharacterIn Mame
this entity surface form: Mame (1974 film musical)
Mame hasGivenName Mame self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Mame Dennis
Mame alsoKnownAs Mame
subject surface form: Mame Dennis
this entity surface form: Auntie Mame
Mame titleCharacterOf Mame self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Mame Dennis
this entity surface form: Mame (stage musical)
Mame titleCharacterOf Mame self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Mame Dennis
this entity surface form: Mame (1966 musical)
Mame appearsInWork Mame self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Mame Dennis
this entity surface form: Mame (stage musical)
Mame notableSongAssociated Mame self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Mame Dennis
this entity surface form: “Mame”
Mamie hasVariant Mame