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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Catherine Holly canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ
adaptedIn film "Suddenly, Last Summer" (1959) ⓘ
ageGroup young adult ⓘ
appearsIn Suddenly, Last Summer ⓘ
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 ⓘ
createdInCountry United States ⓘ
createdInLanguage English ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1958 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasAunt Violet Venable ⓘ
hasCousin Sebastian Venable ⓘ
hasMentalState post-traumatic distress ⓘ
hasProfession unemployed young woman ⓘ
hasRelationshipWith Dr. Cukrowicz ⓘ
hasRelative Sebastian Venable ⓘ
Violet Venable ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Suddenly, Last Summer → character → Catherine Holly ⓘ
Suddenly Last Summer → mainCharacter → Catherine Holly ⓘ
Lion's View estate → visitedByInFiction → Catherine Holly ⓘ
Violet Venable → conflictWith → Catherine Holly ⓘ
Violet Venable → relatedTo → Catherine Holly ⓘ
Violet Venable → auntOf → Catherine Holly ⓘ
Dr. Cukrowicz → investigates → Catherine Holly ⓘ
Dr. Cukrowicz → interactsWith → Catherine Holly ⓘ
Sebastian Venable → relatedCharacter → Catherine Holly ⓘ