Amanda Wingfield is Laura Wingfield’s mother

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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 ⓘ
authorialFunction embodiment of clinging to the past ⓘ
characterTrait anxious ⓘ
controlling ⓘ
domineering ⓘ
nostalgic ⓘ
overprotective ⓘ
talkative ⓘ
conflictWith Tom Wingfield ⓘ
creator Tennessee Williams ⓘ
culturalBackground Southern United States ⓘ
dramaticFunction source of familial pressure ⓘ
familyName Wingfield ⓘ
linked to: Wingfield apartment
fictionalUniverse The Glass Menagerie ⓘ
firstAppearance The Glass Menagerie (1944 play) ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Amanda ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Glass Menagerie (1950 film) ⓘ
The Glass Menagerie (1987 film) ⓘ
hasChild Laura Wingfield ⓘ
Tom Wingfield ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Jessica Lange ⓘ
Joanne Woodward ⓘ
Katharine Hepburn ⓘ
Laurette Taylor ⓘ
relationshipToLauraWingfield mother ⓘ
relationshipToTomWingfield mother ⓘ
remembers having many gentlemen callers in her youth ⓘ
roleInWork mother of Laura Wingfield ⓘ
mother of Tom Wingfield ⓘ
settingOfActivity St. Louis ⓘ
linked to: Saint Louis City
spouse Mr. Wingfield ⓘ
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ

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