Miriam Wilkins — Dear Brat Character Profile

About Miriam Wilkins

Energetic teenage activist across the trilogy. In Dear Ruth, she secretly writes 60 letters to Lieutenant Bill Seacroft using her sister Ruth's name and photo, sparking the romance. In Dear Wife, she campaigns for Bill's political run and attempts to reunite him with Ruth. By Dear Brat, she establishes the Society for the Rehabilitation of Criminals and nominates her father as honorary president, navigating family and social causes without parental approval.

Miriam Wilkins — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Mona Freeman

Appears in

Dear Brat (1951)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Miriam Wilkins — professional — Baxter (Lyle Bettger)
• Miriam Wilkins — Family Daughter — Senator Wilkins (Edward Arnold)

  Teenage daughter of the Senator

• Miriam Wilkins — Professional Employer — Baxter (Lyle Bettger)

  Hires Baxter as the family gardener

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More characters from Dear Brat

• Albert (Billy De Wolfe)
• Senator Wilkins (Edward Arnold)
• Baxter (Lyle Bettger)
• Clara (Patty Lou Arden)
• Edie Wilkins (Mary Philips)
• Pauline Baxter (Natalie Wood)
• Miss Pratt (uncredited) (Elizabeth Flournoy)
• Mrs. Clark (uncredited) (Katherine Warren)
• The new gardener (uncredited) (Tor Johnson)
• Neighbor (uncredited) (Minerva Urecal)
• Criminal Records Clerk (uncredited) (Mary Field)
• Laura Millikan, reporter (uncredited) (Bess Flowers)