Catherine Holly

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Catherine Holly is the traumatized young woman at the center of Tennessee Williams' play "Suddenly, Last Summer," whose disturbing memories threaten to expose a family's dark secrets.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
theatrical character
adaptedIn film "Suddenly, Last Summer" (1959) NERFINISHED
ageGroup young adult
appearsIn Suddenly, Last Summer NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre play
appearsInLanguage English
associatedWithTheme family secrets
madness and sanity
repression of truth
sexuality
violence
centralConflict faces attempts by Violet Venable to silence her
struggles to recount the circumstances of Sebastian Venable's death
confronts Violet Venable in the climactic scene
createdBy Tennessee Williams NERFINISHED
createdInCountry United States NERFINISHED
createdInLanguage English
firstPerformanceYear 1958
gender female
hasAunt Violet Venable NERFINISHED
hasCousin Sebastian Venable NERFINISHED
hasMentalState post-traumatic distress
hasProfession unemployed young woman
hasRelationshipWith Dr. Cukrowicz NERFINISHED
hasRelative Sebastian Venable NERFINISHED
Violet Venable NERFINISHED
hasTrait emotionally unstable
perceptive
traumatized
truthful
medium stage
narrativeFunction unreliable witness whose story may be true
partOf the dramatic canon of Tennessee Williams
portrayedBy Elizabeth Taylor NERFINISHED
portrayedIn 1959 film adaptation of "Suddenly, Last Summer"
reveals Sebastian Venable's predatory behavior
cannibalistic death of Sebastian Venable
roleInWork protagonist of "Suddenly, Last Summer"
settingOfKeyEvents New Orleans NERFINISHED
subjectOf psychiatric evaluation by Dr. Cukrowicz
symbolizes the disruptive power of truth
victim of patriarchal and familial control
threatens to reveal the truth about Sebastian Venable
undergoes threatened lobotomy
witnessed death of Sebastian Venable

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Suddenly, Last Summer character Catherine Holly