Gretchen Van Winkle — Rip Van Winkle Character Profile

About Gretchen Van Winkle

Rip's wife who drives him out of the house. After his twenty-year slumber, she has married Derrick Van Beckman but eventually reunites with Rip and promises he can drink freely in the future.

Character Facts

Played by

Milla Davenport

Appears in

Rip Van Winkle (1921)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Rip Van Winkle

• Rip Van Winkle (Thomas Jefferson)
• Meenie Van Winkle (Daisy Jefferson)
• Meenie Van Winkle, 20 years later (Gertrude Messinger)
• Nick Vedder (Max Asher)
• Derrick Van Beckman (Pietro Sosso)
• Derrick's nephew (Ted Billings)
• Heindrick Vedder 20 years later (Hal Craig)
• Hendrick Vedder (Francis Carpenter)
• Dreamland Queen (Mary Anderson)