Mrs. Warren — The Spiral Staircase Character Profile

About Mrs. Warren

The bedridden matriarch of the estate. She verbally abuses her staff and suspects Albert of the murders. She shoots and kills Albert to protect the household, then dies on the staircase while embracing her son Steven.

Character Facts

Played by

Ethel Barrymore

Appears in

The Spiral Staircase (1946)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Mrs. Warren — Family Mother — Steve Warren (Gordon Oliver)

  Biological mother to Steve Warren

• Mrs. Warren — Professional Companion — Helen (Dorothy McGuire)

  Employed as live-in companion

• Mrs. Warren — Family Son — Steve Warren (Gordon Oliver)

  Steve Warren is Mrs. Warren's son

• Mrs. Warren — Family Stepmother — Professor Warren (George Brent)

  Stepmother to Professor Warren

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More characters from The Spiral Staircase

• Helen (Dorothy McGuire)
• Professor Warren (George Brent)
• Dr. Parry (Kent Smith)
• Dr. Harvey (uncredited) (Erville Alderson)
• Blanche (Rhonda Fleming)
• Minister (uncredited) (Larry Wheat)
• The Killer's 'Shadow' (uncredited) (George Holmes)
• Starry-eyed Man (uncredited) (Stanley Price)
• Freddy (uncredited) (Richard Tyler)
• Murder Victim (uncredited) (Myrna Dell)
• Steve Warren (Gordon Oliver)
• Desk Clerk (uncredited) (Charles Wagenheim)