Miriam Aarons — The Women Character Profile

About Miriam Aarons

Tough-cookie chorus girl on the train to Reno. Having an affair with Sylvia's husband, she plans to marry him and gets into a physical fight with Sylvia at the ranch.

Character Facts

Played by

Paulette Goddard

Appears in

The Women (1939)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Miriam Aarons — Alliance Fellow Divorcee — Mary Haines (Norma Shearer)

  Shared experience of marital breakdown creates a supportive bond.

• Miriam Aarons — Conflict Adulterous Rival — Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell)

  Romantic and social competition escalates into physical conflict.

• Miriam Aarons — Conflict Romantic Rival — Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford)

  Parallel romantic pursuits create indirect competition within the group.

• Miriam Aarons — Social Fellow Divorcee — Peggy Day (Joan Fontaine)

  Shared social experience fosters camaraderie among divorcees.

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