Grandmother (Flowers in the Attic)

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Grandmother in "Flowers in the Attic" is the stern, fanatically religious matriarch who cruelly imprisons and abuses her hidden grandchildren in V.C. Andrews' gothic family saga.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist
fictional character
matriarch
villain
abuses Carrie Dollanganger
Cathy Dollanganger
Chris Dollanganger
Cory Dollanganger
alsoKnownAs Grandmother Foxworth
Olivia Foxworth
appearsIn Flowers in the Attic
appearsInAdaptation 1987 film Flowers in the Attic
2014 Lifetime film Flowers in the Attic
appearsInSeries Dollanganger series
associatedWithTheme child abuse
family secrets
religious hypocrisy
characterTrait abusive
authoritarian
cruel
fanatically religious
stern
child Corrine Dollanganger
linked to: Cathy Dollanganger
createdBy V. C. Andrews
enforces strict religious rules
familyName Foxworth
gender female
givenName Olivia
grandchild Carrie Dollanganger
Cathy Dollanganger
Chris Dollanganger
Cory Dollanganger
imprisons Carrie Dollanganger
Cathy Dollanganger
Chris Dollanganger
Cory Dollanganger
locationOfImprisonment attic of Foxworth Hall
motivatedBy family pride
religious fanaticism
opposes incestuous relationship between Corrine and Christopher Dollanganger Sr.
punishes Corrine Dollanganger
her grandchildren
religion fanatical Christianity
residesIn Foxworth Hall
roleInGenre gothic villain
roleInPlot primary enforcer of the children’s imprisonment
spouse Malcolm Foxworth
uses physical punishment
psychological abuse

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Louise Fletcher characterPortrayed Grandmother (Flowers in the Attic)