Flower Belle Lee — My Little Chickadee Character Profile

About Flower Belle Lee

A saucy Chicago singer traveling west who gets kidnapped by a masked bandit and later enters a fake marriage with Cuthbert J. Twillie for respectability. She attracts the attention of the town boss and a newspaper editor, ultimately outsmarting the real criminal to save her fake husband and leave town.

Flower Belle Lee — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Mae West

Appears in

My Little Chickadee (1940)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Flower Belle Lee — Romantic Admirer/Admired — Wayne Carter (Dick Foran)

  Carter serves as a legitimate romantic alternative to Badger for Flower Belle.

• Flower Belle Lee — Conflict Target Of Gossip — Mrs. Gideon (Margaret Hamilton)

  Mrs. Gideon's gossip directly leads to Flower Belle's legal trouble and exile.

• Flower Belle Lee — Romantic Secret Admirer — Jeff Badger (Joseph Calleia)

  Flower Belle develops a complex attraction to Badger after realizing his identity.

• Flower Belle Lee — Romantic Fake Spouse — Cuthbert J. Twillie (W.C. Fields)

  Flower Belle enters a sham marriage with Twillie to maintain social respectability.

• Flower Belle Lee — Family Aunt/Niece — Aunt Lou (Ruth Donnelly)

  Flower Belle visits her relative Aunt Lou upon arriving in Little Bend.

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More characters from My Little Chickadee

• Cuthbert J. Twillie (W.C. Fields)
• Jeff Badger (Joseph Calleia)
• Wayne Carter (Dick Foran)
• Schoolboy (Jackie Searl)
• Aunt Lou (Ruth Donnelly)
• Mrs. Gideon (Margaret Hamilton)
• Candy (Russell Hall)
• Coco (Otto Heimel)
• Mrs. 'Pygmy' Allen (Fay Adler)
• Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited) (Al Bridge)
• Saloon Musician (Gene Austin)
• Leading Citizen (uncredited) (Wade Boteler)