Blanche — Bonnie and Clyde Character Profile

About Blanche

Preacher's daughter and Buck's wife who joins the gang, fostering intense mutual dislike with Bonnie. She is severely injured during the Texas ambush, losing sight in one eye, and is captured by police before Hamer tricks her into revealing C.W.'s identity.

Quick Facts about Blanche

Manner of Death

Natural causes

Blanche's Known Relations

• Buck Barrow — Spouse

Character Facts

Played by

Estelle Parsons

Appears in

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Blanche — Conflict Mutual Antagonists — Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway)

  Their hostility creates persistent internal tension.

  The two women develop an immediate dislike that intensifies, with Blanche disdaining Bonnie and Bonnie viewing Blanche as a danger to the gang.

• Blanche — Alliance Reluctant Gang Associate — Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty)

  She is attached to Clyde's gang while distrusting its leader.

  Blanche joins the gang with her husband, but the plot states that she has disdain for Clyde and the other outlaws.

• Blanche — Professional Interrogator — Frank Hamer (Denver Pyle)

  Hamer uses Blanche as an investigative source.

  After Blanche is captured and injured, Hamer tricks her into revealing the identity of the previously unidentified gang member.

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More characters from Bonnie and Clyde

• Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty)
• Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway)
• C. W. Moss (Michael J. Pollard)
• Buck Barrow (Gene Hackman)
• Bank Teller (uncredited) (Patrick Cranshaw)
• Frank Hamer (Denver Pyle)
• Bonnie's Sister (uncredited) (Ann Palmer)
• Policeman (uncredited) (Owen Bush)
• Sheriff Smoot (uncredited) (Ken Mayer)
• Deputy (uncredited) (Clyde Howdy)
• Bank Guard (uncredited) (Russ Marker)
• Ivan Moss (Dub Taylor)