Blanche DuBois
Fictional character in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Blanche DuBois (married name Grey) is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire. The character was written for Tallulah Bankhead and made popular to later audiences with Elia Kazan's 1951 film adaptation of Williams' play; A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando.
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Blanche DuBois | |
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First appearance | A Streetcar Named Desire |
Created by | Tennessee Williams |
Portrayed by | Gillian Anderson Ann-Margret Tallulah Bankhead Cate Blanchett Blythe Danner Gretchen Egolf Renée Fleming Uta Hagen Rosemary Harris Isabelle Huppert Yvonne Kenny Maria Kraakman Jessica Lange Vivien Leigh Lois Nettleton Carrie Nye Angelica Page Geraldine Page Nicole Ari Parker Maxine Peake Natasha Richardson Amy Ryan Jessica Tandy Rachel Weisz |
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Gender | Female |
Occupation | High school English teacher |
Family | Stella DuBois (sister) Stanley Kowalski (brother-in-law) |
Spouse | Allan Grey (deceased) |
Relatives | Jessie (cousin, deceased) |
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