Agnes — A Delicate Balance Character Profile

About Agnes

Matriarch of the household who maintains the fragile equilibrium of her family's life through habit and dry martinis. Her comfortable suburban existence is disrupted by the arrival of distressed friends and her returning daughter, forcing her into a period of intense self-examination and confrontation with hidden psychological demons.

Agnes — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Katharine Hepburn

Appears in

A Delicate Balance (1973)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Agnes — Family Spouse — Tobias (Paul Scofield)

  Husband and wife maintaining a shared household.

• Agnes — Family Sister — Claire (Kate Reid)

  Siblings sharing a domestic space.

• Agnes — Family Mother — Julia (Lee Remick)

  Mother and estranged adult daughter.

• Agnes — Social Friend — Harry (Joseph Cotten)

  Longstanding social acquaintances.

• Agnes — Social Friend — Edna (Betsy Blair)

  Longstanding social acquaintances.

Explore the full interactive character relationship map of A Delicate Balance

More characters from A Delicate Balance

• Tobias (Paul Scofield)
• Julia (Lee Remick)
• Harry (Joseph Cotten)
• Claire (Kate Reid)
• Edna (Betsy Blair)