Violet — Prime Cut Character Profile

About Violet

Poppy's childhood friend from a Missouri orphanage. She is taken by Mary Ann's men after the auction and suffers a gang rape as a cruel warning to Poppy, highlighting the brutal treatment of the enslaved girls.

Character Facts

Played by

Janit Baldwin

Appears in

Prime Cut (1972)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Violet — Alliance Indirect Ally — Nick Devlin (Lee Marvin)

  Unspoken cooperation through Violet's distraction of their captor.

• Violet — Conflict Perpetrator — Mary Ann (Gene Hackman)

  Cruel power dynamic where Mary Ann's forces terrorize Violet.

• Violet — Social Close Friend — Poppy (Sissy Spacek)

  Deep bond forged in childhood trauma at the orphanage.

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• Nick Devlin (Lee Marvin)
• Mary Ann (Gene Hackman)
• Clarabelle (Angel Tompkins)
• Weenie (Gregory Walcott)
• Jake (Eddie Egan)
• Poppy (Sissy Spacek)
• Freckle Face (Wayne Savagne)
• Big Jim (Jim Taksas)
• Farmer Bob (Craig Chapman)
• Mrs. O’Brien (E. Lund)
• Brockman (Gordon Signer)
• Reaper Driver (Bob Wilson)