Sylvia Fowler — The Women Character Profile

About Sylvia Fowler

Mary's cousin who eagerly spreads news of the affair and turns it into a public scandal. Faces her own divorce, attacks Miriam at the ranch, and ends up entangled with Buck Winston.

Character Facts

Played by

Rosalind Russell

Appears in

The Women (1939)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Sylvia Fowler — Conflict Betrayer — Mary Haines (Norma Shearer)

  Sylvia manipulates social information to harm Mary's reputation.

• Sylvia Fowler — Conflict Adulterous Rival — Miriam Aarons (Paulette Goddard)

  Romantic and social competition escalates into physical conflict.

• Sylvia Fowler — Conflict Manipulated Victim — Peggy Day (Joan Fontaine)

  Sylvia's actions indirectly force Peggy into a marital crisis.

• Sylvia Fowler — Conflict Social Antagonist — Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford)

  Indirect rivalry fueled by overlapping social and romantic conflicts.

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• Mary Haines (Norma Shearer)
• Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford)
• The Countess De Lave (Mary Boland)
• Pat (Virginia Grey)
• Miriam Aarons (Paulette Goddard)
• Miss Atkinson (uncredited) (Dorothy Adams)
• Peggy Day (Joan Fontaine)
• Dolly Dupuyster (Hedda Hopper)
• Mrs. Morehead (Lucile Watson)
• Mrs. Van Adams (Cora Witherspoon)
• Miss Trimmerback (Mary Beth Hughes)
• Miss Wattson (Ruth Hussey)