Blanche Tyler — Family Plot Character Profile

About Blanche Tyler

Fake psychic and George's girlfriend. Hired by Julia Rainbird to locate a missing heir for $10,000. Survives a sabotaged car ride, gets abducted by Arthur and Fran, fakes unconsciousness to escape the cellar, and ultimately enters a genuine trance to reveal hidden diamonds.

Blanche Tyler — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Barbara Harris

Appears in

Family Plot (1976)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Blanche Tyler — Romantic Boyfriends & Business Partners — George Lumley (Bruce Dern)

  Romantic partners who operate a fake psychic business together.

• Blanche Tyler — Professional Client & Fake Psychic — Julia Rainbird (Cathleen Nesbitt)

  Employer and fraudulent service provider.

• Blanche Tyler — Conflict Assassin & Target — Joseph Maloney (Ed Lauter)

  Hired killer attempting to eliminate the protagonist.

• Blanche Tyler — Conflict Abductor & Victim — Arthur Adamson (William Devane)

  Criminal kidnapper and his captive.

• Blanche Tyler — Conflict Captor & Victim — Fran (Karen Black)

  Female accomplice and her captive.

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More characters from Family Plot

• George Lumley (Bruce Dern)
• Fran (Karen Black)
• Arthur Adamson (William Devane)
• Victor Constantine (Nicholas Colasanto)
• Joseph Maloney (Ed Lauter)
• Woman in Cafe with Priest (uncredited) (Elisabeth Brooks)
• Julia Rainbird (Cathleen Nesbitt)
• Andy Bush (John Lehne)
• Old Man in Cemetery (John Steadman)
• Lieutenant Peterson (uncredited) (Carl Byrd)
• Floyd Sanger (Martin West)
• Ida Cookson (uncredited) (Louise Lorimer)