Jo Van Fleet as Ella Garth

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Jo Van Fleet as Ella Garth is a powerful supporting performance in the 1960 film "Wild River," where she plays a stubborn matriarch resisting government efforts to flood her land for a Tennessee Valley Authority dam project.

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instanceOf film character performance ⓘ
supporting performance ⓘ
appearsInFilm Wild River ⓘ
associatedOrganization Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
basedOn novels "Dunbar’s Cove" and "Wild River" by Borden Deal ⓘ
characterMotivation refusal to abandon family land ⓘ
characterName Ella Garth ⓘ
characterOpposes government efforts to flood her land ⓘ
characterRole matriarch ⓘ
characterTrait stubborn ⓘ
coStarsWith Jay C. Flippen ⓘ
Lee Remick ⓘ
Montgomery Clift ⓘ
criticalReception widely regarded as powerful performance ⓘ
filmCountryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
filmDirector Elia Kazan ⓘ
filmLanguage English ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1960 ⓘ
filmStudio 20th Century Fox ⓘ
genre drama film performance ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
narrativeFunction embodiment of attachment to ancestral land ⓘ
symbol of resistance to federal authority ⓘ
performanceType supporting role ⓘ
portrayedBy Jo Van Fleet ⓘ
screenwriter Paul Osborn ⓘ
setInContext Tennessee Valley Authority dam project ⓘ
linked to: Tellico Dam project
setInCountry United States ⓘ
setInLocation Tennessee ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1930s ⓘ

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Wild River → portraysCharacter → Jo Van Fleet as Ella Garth ⓘ