Mother McTeague — Greed Character Profile

About Mother McTeague

McTeague's mother who desperately seeks a trade for her son. She successfully persuades the traveling dentist Dr. Potter to take John on as an apprentice, setting his career in motion.

Character Facts

Played by

Tempe Pigott

Appears in

Greed (1924)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Mother McTeague — Family Mother — John McTeague (Gibson Gowland)

  John's mother who influences his early life

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