Irena Dubrovna

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Irena Dubrovna is the troubled, feline-obsessed Serbian woman whose fear of transforming into a panther drives the psychological horror at the center of the 1942 film "Cat People."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
protagonist
appearsIn Cat People NERFINISHED
appearsInFilm Cat People (1942 film) NERFINISHED
associatedWith cats
panthers
causeOfDeath impalement by zoo fence
countryOfOrigin Serbia NERFINISHED
createdBy DeWitt Bodeen NERFINISHED
Jacques Tourneur NERFINISHED
diesIn Cat People (1942 film) NERFINISHED
filmStudioContext RKO Radio Pictures horror cycle
finalSceneInvolves panther cage at the zoo
gender female
genreContext psychological horror
hasBelief descended from a cursed line of cat people
hasCulturalImpact iconic figure in classic horror cinema
hasFear sexual intimacy
transforming into a panther
hasRival Alice Moore NERFINISHED
hasSpouse Oliver Reed NERFINISHED
hasTrait feline-obsessed
introverted
melancholic
troubled
inspired later depictions of cursed shapeshifters in horror
languageSpoken English
Serbian
loveInterest Oliver Reed NERFINISHED
narrativeRole central figure of psychological horror
nationality Serbian
occupation fashion designer
portrayedBy Simone Simon NERFINISHED
residence New York City
storyTheme identity and transformation
repression
sexual anxiety

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Cat People (1942 film) character Irena Dubrovna
Irena Sendler givenName Irena Dubrovna
this entity surface form: Irena
Cat People (1942 film) leadCharacter Irena Dubrovna