Amanda Wingfield is Laura Wingfield’s mother

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fictional character theatrical character

Amanda Wingfield is a domineering yet deeply anxious Southern mother in Tennessee Williams’ play "The Glass Menagerie," obsessed with securing her daughter Laura’s future and clinging to memories of her own faded gentility.

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Amanda Wingfield is Laura Wingfield’s mother canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ
appearsIn The Glass Menagerie NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorialFunction embodiment of clinging to the past ⓘ
characterTrait anxious ⓘ
controlling ⓘ
domineering ⓘ
nostalgic ⓘ
overprotective ⓘ
talkative ⓘ
conflictWith Tom Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator Tennessee Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalBackground Southern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
dramaticFunction source of familial pressure ⓘ
familyName Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse The Glass Menagerie NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance The Glass Menagerie (1944 play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Amanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Glass Menagerie (1950 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Glass Menagerie (1987 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChild Laura Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryGenre memory play ⓘ
medium stage play ⓘ
motivatedBy desire to secure Laura Wingfield’s future ⓘ
economic insecurity ⓘ
fear of abandonment ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
obsession finding a gentleman caller for Laura Wingfield ⓘ
memories of her youth in Blue Mountain ⓘ
occupation former Southern belle ⓘ
telephone subscription salesperson ⓘ
portrayedBy Gertrude Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jessica Lange NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joanne Woodward NERFINISHED ⓘ
Katharine Hepburn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laurette Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ
relationshipToLauraWingfield mother GENERATED ⓘ
relationshipToTomWingfield mother GENERATED ⓘ
remembers having many gentlemen callers in her youth ⓘ
roleInWork mother of Laura Wingfield ⓘ
mother of Tom Wingfield ⓘ
settingOfActivity St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Mr. Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ

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The Glass Menagerie (stage) → characterRelationship → Amanda Wingfield is Laura Wingfield’s mother ⓘ
subject surface form: The Glass Menagerie