Velma Von Tussle

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fictional character film character musical theatre character

Velma Von Tussle is a vain, racist, and manipulative TV station manager and former beauty queen who serves as one of the main antagonists in the musical and film "Hairspray."

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Velma Von Tussle canonical 3
Amber Von Tussle 1
Velma Von Tussle (Hairspray 2007 film character) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
musical theatre character ⓘ
adaptedAs Velma Von Tussle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Velma Von Tussle (Hairspray 2007 film character)

Velma Von Tussle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Velma Von Tussle (Hairspray stage musical character)
alignment villain ⓘ
appearsIn Hairspray ⓘ
Hairspray ⓘ
surface form: Hairspray (1988 film)

Hairspray ⓘ
surface form: Hairspray (2002 stage musical)

Hairspray ⓘ
surface form: Hairspray (2007 film adaptation)
associatedWithTheme body image ⓘ
celebrity culture ⓘ
media power ⓘ
racism ⓘ
createdBy John Waters ⓘ
createdFor Hairspray ⓘ
surface form: Hairspray (1988 film)
employer WYZT-TV ⓘ
enemyOf Motormouth Maybelle ⓘ
Seaweed J. Stubbs ⓘ
Tracy Turnblad ⓘ
fictionalEthnicity white American ⓘ
fictionalResidence Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland
formerOccupation beauty queen ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hairColor blonde ⓘ
hasMotivation maintain white-only television programming ⓘ
promote her daughter Amber Von Tussle ⓘ
hasRelative Amber Von Tussle ⓘ
manages The Corny Collins Show ⓘ
nationalityInFiction American ⓘ
notableSong Miss Baltimore Crabs ⓘ
occupation TV station manager ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
opposes racial integration of The Corny Collins Show ⓘ
parentOf Amber Von Tussle ⓘ
portrayedBy Deborah Harry ⓘ
surface form: Debbie Harry

Janelle Monáe ⓘ
Kris Jenner ⓘ
Linda Hart ⓘ
Lucy Lawless ⓘ
Michelle Pfeiffer ⓘ
Rita Simons ⓘ
Tracie Bennett ⓘ
roleInNarrative antagonist ⓘ
timePeriodInFiction 1960s ⓘ
trait manipulative ⓘ
racist ⓘ
vain ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hairspray → hasCharacter → Velma Von Tussle ⓘ
Hairspray → hasCharacter → Velma Von Tussle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amber Von Tussle
Tracy Turnblad → enemy → Velma Von Tussle ⓘ
Velma Von Tussle → adaptedAs → Velma Von Tussle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Velma Von Tussle (Hairspray stage musical character)
Velma Von Tussle → adaptedAs → Velma Von Tussle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Velma Von Tussle (Hairspray 2007 film character)
Corny Collins → appearsAlongside → Velma Von Tussle ⓘ