Mary Shelley — Mary Shelley Character Profile

About Mary Shelley

Protagonist and daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft. She navigates complex family dynamics, elopes with Percy Shelley, endures poverty and infant loss, and channels her experiences into writing Frankenstein. Her literary ambition drives the narrative, culminating in anonymous success and eventual public recognition under her own name.

Mary Shelley — Character Profile

Quick Facts about Mary Shelley

Occupation

writer, poet, playwright

Manner of Death

Natural causes

Mary Shelley's Known Relations

• Percy Bysshe Shelley — Spouse
• William Godwin — Father
• Percy Florence Shelley — Child
• William Shelley — Child
• Clara Shelley — Child
• Clara Everina Shelley — Child
• Mary Wollstonecraft — Mother
• Fanny Imlay — Sibling
• Claire Clairmont — Sibling
• William Godwin the Younger — Sibling
• Charles Gaulis Clairmont — Sibling

Character Facts

Played by

Elle Fanning

Appears in

Mary Shelley (2017)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (1)

• Mary Shelley — father — William Godwin (Stephen Dillane)

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• Girl in Park (Mella Carron)
• Landlady (Serena Barnes)
• Ianthe (Chloe Vos)
• William Godwin (Owen Richards)
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• Scientist (Alexander Cobb)
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