Baby Doll Meighan

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Baby Doll Meighan is the naive, childlike young bride at the center of Tennessee Williams’ 1956 film "Baby Doll," whose sexual awakening and troubled marriage drive the story’s tension and controversy.

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Baby Doll Meighan canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
ageAtStoryStart 19
appearsInFilm Baby Doll
associatedWithCharacter Archie Lee Meighan
Silva Vacarro
basedOn Tennessee Williams one-act plays
basedOnWorkBy Tennessee Williams
centralTheme sexual awakening
troubled marriage
countryOfFictionalSetting United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Tennessee Williams
fictionalUniverse Baby Doll
filmReleaseYear 1956
gender female
languageOfWork English
maritalStatus married
marriageCharacteristic unconsummated
medium film
narrativeRole protagonist
title character
notableAspect source of censorship controversy
notableScene crib-like brass bed
occupation housewife
personalityTrait childlike
naive
portrayedBy Carroll Baker
settingLocation Mississippi
spouse Archie Lee Meighan
theme power dynamics in marriage
sexual repression

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Baby Doll leadCharacter Baby Doll Meighan
Archie Lee Meighan spouse Baby Doll Meighan