Emma's young daughter who brings herself and her mother to Dr. Joyce's clinic, initiating the central relationship. She has no further narrative role.
Betty is a 17-year-old schoolgirl whose claim that Marion Sharpe and her mother kidnapped and beat her sets the case in motion. She says she is 19 and has been having an affair with a travelling salesman; she invents the kidnapping story to explain her absence and selects The Franchise after seeing it from a bus and learning about its occupants from a former employee.
At nine years old, Fanny wanders with a young friend into the basement of the Hopwood Shades. She is given a coin and pulled away by Joe, William Hopwood's handyman. After returning home, she celebrates her birthday with her parents, who decide to send her to boarding school.
Ann Stephens has 10 screen credits in a career dating back to 1942. Signature works include Son of a Stranger, The Upturned Glass, No Room at the Inn. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
