The Spinster — The Sunbeam Character Profile

About The Spinster

A stern, initially isolated spinster whose encounter with the orphaned child softens her demeanor and leads her to form a new family and romantic bond.

Character Facts

Played by

Claire McDowell

Appears in

The Sunbeam (1912)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• The Spinster — Alliance Co-Parent — The Bachelor (Dell Henderson)

  Two initially isolated adults form a partnership to raise the child.

• The Spinster — Social Initial Encounter — One of the Children in Hallway (Gladys Egan)

  Strangers who meet in the hallway, initiating the chain of events.

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More characters from The Sunbeam

• Little Sunbeam (Ynez Seabury)
• Sunbeam's Mamma (Kate Bruce)
• The Bachelor (Dell Henderson)
• A Policeman (John T. Dillon)
• The Janitor (Charles Hill Mailes)
• In Tenement Hallway (Priscilla Dean)
• One of the Children in Hallway (Gladys Egan)
• Child with Cap in Hallway (Edna Foster)
• Old Man In Tenement Hallway (W. Chrystie Miller)
• 1st Health Inspector (Adolph Lestina)