madwoman
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‘Mommie Dearest’ Mimosa Mother’s Day’ Faye Dunaway plays screen legend Joan Crawford as a wire hanger-wielding madwoman in this campy 1981 bio-drama based on the scandalous tell-all by Crawford’s adopted daughter Christina.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2022
"My sister, my hilarious, charming, perfect sister: now other. The irate madwoman on the train," Leddy says.
From Fox News ● Mar. 28, 2022
In “Jane Eyre,” the heroine enters a home with a madwoman whose husband has locked her in the attic; Rose is soon troubled by other malevolent forces.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
To be made mad or to be seen as a madwoman.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2021
Sister Ignatia said, narrowing her eyes as Antain’s gaze drifted back up to the window where the madwoman lived.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
Having evaded 12 homicidal masked madmen, madwomen, mad-cousins and mad-siblings, Sidney is now a married mother of three who prefers the last name Evans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
But it would still make sense to link thematically related works into mini-festivals that encourage binge-watching, like a “Lulu”-versus-“Lucia” showdown of madwomen.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2016
Or: “Don’t start making comparisons with madwomen in history. You are not one of them.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2014
And in some strange way, their movies do honor to their madwomen by respecting the integrity of their delusions.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2011
Both she and Aglaya stood and waited as though in expectation, and both looked at the prince like madwomen.
From The Idiot by Martin, Eva M.
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