Theodora

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Theodora is a central character in the 1963 horror film "The Haunting," known as a stylish, enigmatic woman with implied psychic sensitivity who becomes one of the guests investigating the sinister Hill House.

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Theodora canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
adaptationOf Theodora Crain
surface form: Theodora ("Theo") from "The Haunting of Hill House" novel
appearsIn The Haunting
surface form: The Haunting (1963 film)
associatedWith Hill House
associatedWithTheme female intimacy
psychic sensitivity
repressed desire
basedOn Theodora (character in Shirley Jackson's novel "The Haunting of Hill House")
costumeStyle fashionable
modernist
countryOfOriginOfWork United Kingdom
createdFor cinematic adaptation of "The Haunting of Hill House"
experiences supernatural phenomena in Hill House
filmDirectorOfWork Robert Wise
filmWriterOfWork Nelson Gidding
gender female
genre gothic horror
hasAbility implied psychic sensitivity
hasCharacteristic emotionally guarded
sarcastic
witty
hasPersonalityTrait enigmatic
stylish
householdStatus shares a room with Eleanor Lance at Hill House
invitedBy Dr. John Markway
languageOfWork English
medium film
narrativeFunction foil to Eleanor Lance
heightens psychological tension in Hill House
notableFor distinctive fashion and visual style in the film
early coded queer representation in mainstream horror film
occupation artist
participatesIn investigation of Hill House
portrayedBy Claire Bloom
relationshipTypeWithEleanorLance ambiguous intimacy and tension
relationshipWith Eleanor Lance
roleInWork central character in "The Haunting" (1963)
screenEra 1960s cinema
settingOfActivity Hill House
surface form: Hill House, New England mansion (fictional)
sexuality implied lesbian or bisexual
sourceWorkAuthor Shirley Jackson
temporalSettingOfWork 20th century

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The Haunting mainCharacter Theodora
subject surface form: The Haunting (1963 film)
novel "The Haunting of Hill House" mainCharacter Theodora
subject surface form: The Haunting of Hill House
Hill House inhabitedBy Theodora