Catherine Freneau — Father Goose Character Profile

About Catherine Freneau

French woman caring for seven schoolgirls, stranded on the island after escaping Rabaul. She initially clashes with Eckland over supplies and whisky but they become friends and lovers. After surviving a snake bite (actually a thorn prick), she marries Eckland via radio. She boards Eckland's dinghy during the Japanese patrol attack and escapes with the girls.

Catherine Freneau — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Leslie Caron

Appears in

Father Goose (1964)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• Catherine Freneau — Family Guardian — Elizabeth Anderson (Stephanie Berrington)

  Cares for the schoolgirl

• Catherine Freneau — Family Guardian — Christine (Verina Greenlaw)

  Cares for the schoolgirl

• Catherine Freneau — Family Guardian — Anne (Pip Sparke)

  Cares for the schoolgirl

• Catherine Freneau — Family Guardian — Jenny (Sharyl Locke)

  Cares for the traumatized schoolgirl

• Catherine Freneau — Professional Informant — Commander Frank Houghton (Trevor Howard)

  Reports to Houghton about Eckland

• Catherine Freneau — Romantic Spouse — Walter Christopher Eckland (Cary Grant)

  They fall in love and get married

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• Walter Christopher Eckland (Cary Grant)
• Commander Frank Houghton (Trevor Howard)
• Lieutenant Stebbings (Jack Good)
• Dominique (Nicole Felsette)
• Jenny (Sharyl Locke)
• Navigator (Don Spruance)
• Accordionist (Frank Marocco)
• Doctor Bigrave (Alex Finlayson)
• Captain of Submarine, USS Sailfin (Simon Scott)
• Radioman (Richard Lupino)
• Chaplain (Peter Forster)
• Lt. Cartwright (John Napier)