Clara Fields Hinklin — You Can't Fool Your Wife Character Profile

About Clara Fields Hinklin

A college sweetheart turned wife who feels her marriage is unexciting. Influenced by her mother and a misunderstanding, she disguises herself as the exotic Dolores Alvaradez at a party to win back her husband, Andrew, after he transforms into a party animal named Hinky.

Clara Fields Hinklin — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Lucille Ball

Appears in

You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Clara Fields Hinklin — Family Husband — Andrew Hinklin (James Ellison)

  Core marital bond strained by routine and external interference.

• Clara Fields Hinklin — Family Daughter — Mother Fields (Emma Dunn)

  Co-resident family dynamic that complicates the couple's privacy.

• Clara Fields Hinklin — Alliance Advisor — Battincourt (Robert Coote)

  Well-intentioned guidance aimed at repairing the couple's relationship.

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• Porter at Dock (Norman Mayes)
• Hotel Maid (Patsy O'Byrne)
• Mama Brentoni (Rosina Galli)
• Dr. Emery (Oscar O'Shea)
• Salesman (Charles Lane)
• Mr. Gillespie, Jr. (Walter Sande)
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