Jill McBain in Once Upon a Time in the West

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fictional character film character

Jill McBain in *Once Upon a Time in the West* is the resilient former prostitute who becomes a central figure in the film’s epic Western saga, embodying both vulnerability and strength as she fights for her land and survival.

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Label	Occurrences
Jill McBain in Once Upon a Time in the West canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ
appearsIn	Once Upon a Time in the West ⓘ surface form: 1968 film Once Upon a Time in the West Once Upon a Time in the West ⓘ
associatedWithLocation	Flagstone ⓘ Sweetwater ranch ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	female empowerment in the Western genre ⓘ frontier survival ⓘ transition from old West to modernity ⓘ
characterArc	seeks a new life in the West ⓘ transitions from prostitute to landowner ⓘ
characterTrait	compassionate ⓘ determined ⓘ resilient ⓘ resourceful ⓘ strong-willed ⓘ vulnerable ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Sergio Leone ⓘ
ethnicity	Irish-American ⓘ
filmGenreContext	Spaghetti Westerns ⓘ surface form: Spaghetti Western
gender	female ⓘ
goal	to protect the McBain ranch ⓘ to start a new life with Brett McBain ⓘ to survive attacks on her land ⓘ
languageOfWork	Italian-American co-production ⓘ
maritalStatus	widow ⓘ
narrativeFunction	driving force of the plot ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the rare complex female leads in a Western epic ⓘ
notableScene	arrival at Flagstone and discovery of McBain family massacre ⓘ final scenes preparing to run the station at Sweetwater ⓘ negotiations with Morton and Frank over the ranch ⓘ
occupation	prostitute ⓘ saloon worker ⓘ
owns	McBain ranch ⓘ
portrayedBy	Claudia Cardinale ⓘ
portrayedInLanguage	English ⓘ
relationship	ally of Cheyenne ⓘ ally of Harmonica ⓘ target of Frank ⓘ
roleInStory	central character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ
spouse	Brett McBain ⓘ
symbolizes	the civilizing influence in the West ⓘ the future of the frontier ⓘ
threatenedBy	Frank ⓘ railroad interests ⓘ
yearOfFirstAppearance	1968 ⓘ

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Claudia Cardinale → hasSignatureRole → Jill McBain in Once Upon a Time in the West ⓘ