Velma

E939627

Velma is a central vaudevillian performer and murderess character in the 1926 play "Chicago," later popularized in its musical and film adaptations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Velma canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
musical theatre character
theatrical character
appearsIn Chicago (1926 play)
Chicago (2002 film)
Chicago (musical)
awardAssociatedWithPortrayal Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Catherine Zeta-Jones, 2003)
basedOn Belva Gaertner
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Maurine Dallas Watkins
fictionalStatus convicted murderer
fictionalUniverse Chicago
firstAppearance Chicago (1926 play)
gender female
genre crime
dark comedy
musical theatre
hasTheme celebrity criminal culture
corruption in the justice system
media sensationalism
languageOfWork English
medium film
stage
television
narrativeFunction co-protagonist
narrator in musical numbers
notableFor being a central character in Chicago
notableSong All That Jazz
I Can’t Do It Alone
Nowadays
When Velma Takes the Stand
occupation showgirl
vaudeville performer
personalityTrait ambitious
cynical
manipulative
portrayedBy Ann Reinking
Bebe Neuwirth
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Chita Rivera
Ruthie Henshall
Ute Lemper
relationship fellow inmate of Roxie Hart
rival of Roxie Hart
roleInWork murderess
vaudeville headliner
settingOfActivities Chicago
timePeriod 1920s

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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