Kathy Lacey in Gentleman’s Agreement

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Kathy Lacey in Gentleman’s Agreement is the sophisticated yet conflicted love interest whose struggle with her own subtle prejudices becomes central to the film’s exploration of antisemitism and social conscience.

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instanceOf fictional character
film character
appearsIn Gentleman's Agreement
surface form: "1947 film Gentleman’s Agreement"

Gentleman's Agreement
surface form: "Gentleman’s Agreement"
appearsInWorkBasedOn Gentleman's Agreement
surface form: "Gentleman’s Agreement (novel)"
associatedIssue polite society’s complicity in discrimination
associatedWithSetting Connecticut social circles
New York City
basedOn Kathy Lacey (novel character)
centralThemeRelation antisemitism
social conscience
characterArc confronts her own subtle prejudices
characterTrait conflicted
romantic
socially privileged
sophisticated
well-meaning
conflictType internal conflict over prejudice and social acceptance
createdBy Laura Z. Hobson
developmentOutcome challenged to align her values with her actions
fiancéeOf Philip Schuyler Green
fictionalUniverse Gentleman's Agreement
surface form: "Gentleman’s Agreement universe"
filmDirectedBy Elia Kazan
firstAppearance Gentleman's Agreement
surface form: "Gentleman’s Agreement (novel, 1947)"
firstFilmAppearance Gentleman's Agreement
surface form: "Gentleman’s Agreement (film, 1947)"
gender female
genreOfWorkAppearedIn drama
social problem film
loveInterestOf Philip Schuyler Green
medium cinema
literature
moralPosition opposes overt antisemitism but tolerates social prejudice at first
narrativeRole deuteragonist
love interest
moral foil to Philip Green
nationality American
occupation schoolteacher
partOf cast of characters in Gentleman’s Agreement
portrayedBy Dorothy McGuire
relationshipStatusDuringFilm engaged to Philip Green
screenwriterAdaptationBy Moss Hart
symbolizes liberal gentile confronted with ingrained bias
themeEmbodied tension between personal comfort and moral courage

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Dorothy McGuire portrayed Kathy Lacey in Gentleman’s Agreement

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