Elizabeth Branwell ( 2 December 1776 – 29 October 1842 ) arrived from Penzance in 1821, after the death of Maria, her younger sister, to help Patrick look after the children, and was known as ' Aunt Branwell '.

The family's finances did not flourish, and Aunt Branwell spent the money with caution.

It was Aunt Branwell who taught the children arithmetic, the alphabet, how to sew, embroidery and cross-stitching appropriate for ladies.

" Baum mentions his characters ' distaste for a Hopi snake dance in Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John, but also deplores the horrible situation of Indian Reservations.

His plays include The Designated Mourner, Aunt Dan and Lemon, and Grasses of a Thousand Colors ; he also co-wrote the screenplay for My Dinner with Andre with Andre Gregory, and scripted Vanya on 42nd Street, a film adaptation of Anton Chekov's play Uncle Vanya.

A " straw-man proposal ", also known as an Aunt Sally, is a brainstormed simple proposal intended to generate discussion of its disadvantages and to provoke the generation of new and better proposals.

Orwell's Aunt Nellie Limouzin also lived in Paris and gave him social and, when necessary, financial support.

Hattie McDaniel also appeared in the role of Aunt Tempy.

Family friends often also address married as " Mother ", " Aunt " or other kinship terms, followed by her husband's surname: e. g. Mother Wang ( 王媽媽 ).

In that role she got to perform solos and duets, often with Aunt Mary who also had a fine voice.

He also wrote the script for the 1977 Yorkshire Television adaptation of Charley's Aunt and appeared in the role of Brassett, playing alongside Jimmy Edwards and Judi Maynard.

Aunt Agatha also seems likely to have caused Bertie's expostulation that " It is no use telling me that there are bad aunts and good aunts.

Aunt Dahlia is more good natured, but can also be a little demanding.

He also shares an obvious platonic affection with his cousin Angela ( Aunt Dahlia's daughter ), towards whom he feels protective during her choppy engagement to Tuppy Glossop.

Aunt Agatha also disapproves strongly of Jeeves's influence on Bertie, seeing his position as Bertie's " keeper " as further proof of self-insufficiency and unwillingness to take responsibility.

Christopher left the New York stage for Hollywood to attempt to gain work in television, where he guest-starred in several well-known series, including: The Andy Griffith Show ( he portrayed a new, young doctor scheduling Opie Taylor for a tonsillectomy ) and also as an IRS agent who came to collect taxes due from Aunt Bee ( who had won some prizes on a TV show ), Death Valley Days, The Patty Duke Show, The Men from Shiloh and Good Times ( he portrayed the military doctor examining J. J. Evans ).

He is also known as Ananse, Kwaku Ananse, and Anancy ; and in the Southern United States he has evolved into Aunt Nancy.

In the USA today, the stories of Br ' er Rabbit exist alongside other stories of Aunt Nancy, and of Anansi himself, coming from both the times of slavery and also from the Caribbean and directly from Africa.

It became Aunt Agatha's country seat Woollam Chersey and also the inspiration for the setting for Money for Nothing ( 1928 ).

This conflict takes on an unusual turn when Aunt May had his enemy, Doctor Otto Octavius ( also known as Doctor Octopus ) as an apparent sweetheart ; Peter struggles to deal with his enemy's game while not hurting his aunt.

May also appeared as " Golden Oldie " ( this time an Iron Man parody ) as well as " The Astonishing Aunt Ant " and " Auntie Freeze " in an issue of What If ?.

In issue 45 it is revealed that not only was Aunt May a biological sister to Mary Parker, but also that Ben Parker was her husband.

* Aunt May was also mentioned in the Ultimate Spider-Man video game.

" ( i. e., hysterical ) Said by Ringo Starr's Aunt Jessie in Magical Mystery Tour, also said by BSM Williams ( amongst many other malapropisms ) in the BBC comedy series It Ain't Half Hot Mum ( Episode: " Gloria's Finest Hour ")

She also appeared as a guest on the American TV series Sabrina the Teenage Witch, as Sabrina's flamboyant Aunt Vesta.

Tatum also pioneered the use of dissonance in jazz piano, as can be heard, for example, on his recording of " Aunt Hagar's Blues ", which uses extensive dissonance to achieve a bluesy effect.

It became The Midnighters ' first major R & B hit, spending seven weeks at number 1 on the R & B charts and also selling well in mainstream markets, along with the answer songs " Annie Had a Baby " and " Annie's Aunt Fannie "; all were banned by the FCC from radio air play.

Fanny also spends holidays with her Uncle Matthew Radlett, Aunt Sadie, and numerous cousins at Alconleigh.

Gaiman gave Jed Walker a surname and made him related to several new characters, and treated his relationship with Uncle Barnaby and Aunt Clarice as abusive rather than Cinderella-esque.

In 1610, Phineas's wife gave birth to their son, Peter, and in the same year, his ( step ) Aunt Lydia died.

Finally Osborn gave a vital clue as to Aunt May's whereabouts, and was defeated by a combination of being shot by Mary Jane, being struck by lightning, and attacked by Doctor Octopus ( who was brainwashed by the police into trying to kill him ).

William has an idea, and pretends that the color green scares away wolves-so he finds his green tie ( which Aunt Jane gave him for a present ), and throws it outside pretending it scares them away.

* Peter Parker, paralyzed in this reality due to the spider-bite that gave him his powers in the true Marvel Universe, is bitter at the world due to his useless legs and his Aunt May's death from shock after she first learned about his paralysis.

After joining ( and fighting in the Pacific theater ) he visits his father's Aunt Toyo, who gave his father money for the trip to Hawaii.

Years later, when photographer Ansel Adams was a boy, his Aunt Mary gave him a copy of In the Heart of the Sierras when he was sick.

Playing herself as a love-starved Ozark bumpkin dividing her time between home and Southern California, Canova was accompanied by a cast that included voicemaster Mel Blanc as Pedro ( using the accented voice he later gave the cartoons ' Speedy Gonzales ) and Sylvester ( using the voice that later became associated with the Looney Tunes character ), Ruth Perrott as Aunt Aggie, Ruby Dandridge as Geranium, Joseph Kearns as Benchley Botsford and Sharon Douglas as Brenda — with Gale Gordon, Sheldon Leonard, and Hans Conried also making periodic appearances.

Her Aunt Betsy helped Ruth get an abortion ; Aunt Mary was mean but she gave Ruth a job in her leather factory where Ruth met a black man named Andrew Dennis McBride.

Melanie, who is living in Atlanta with Aunt Pittypat, invites Scarlett to live with them.

Great Aunt Joyce and Uncle Dick-Unseen characters, they are often mentioned by Victor and Margaret, as an aging and grim couple and Victor and Margarent dread having anything to do with them.

When John suggests going somewhere nice for dinner, Aunt May sarcastically proceeds to insult Peter over his fluctuating jobs and his dependence on them, culminating with calling her nephew " One damn big disappointment ".

It was then revealed that it was a drug created by the Kingpin that would be fake medicine for the elderly to take that would make them feel worse to the point of death, but the plan was foiled by Spider-Man and Aunt May was saved, along with every other elderly person who took the drug.

Later, when Peter moves into an apartment with his friend Harry Osborn, Aunt May visits them on Thanksgiving.

However, Aunt Dolly never uses the nicknames and always addresses them by their proper, full names.

During this, Decca Records offered them a recording contract ( helped by their Aunt Rosaleen and her friend in the music industry ), although Susan declined the offer to get married and emigrated to America with her husband.

He heard two of them, " Uncle Wallace " and " Aunt Minerva " Willis, singing religious songs that they had apparently composed.

* Aunt Philippa Charles's aunt and Ned's sister who, when Charles's mother died, came to live with them.

Their voyages take them from Paris to Istanbul on the Orient Express, and as the journey unfolds, so do the stories of Aunt Augusta, painting the picture of a woman for whom love has been the defining feature of her life.

Fans refer to her as " Aunt Rose " in all of her dozens of appearances, even though her character is never actually named in most of them.

After being urged to reconsider by her Aunt Anna, MJ goes to see Peter, and during the course of their conversation, tells him of the daughter she always envisioned having with him, who she hoped would take after both of them.

They release Lady, who leads them and Aunt Sarah to the dead rat, vindicating Tramp.

Scarlett sends her maid Prissy to find Rhett, and when he comes to Aunt Pitty's, he has stolen a horse and buggy in order to " rescue " them.

Susan Banks, learning she inherited her Aunt Cora's property, went to her cottage to clear up the possessions, ready them for auction, on the day of Cora's inquest.

( It is also possible that " Aunt " and " Uncle " are affectionate terms of a foster family and that Dorothy is not related to either of them, although Zeb in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz claims to be Dorothy's second cousin, related through Aunt Em.

In the sixth Oz book by Baum, The Emerald City of Oz ( 1910 ), when Uncle Henry and Aunt Em are unable to pay the mortgage on the new farmhouse built at the end of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy brings them to live in Oz ; the bulk of their appearance in the book dealing with her and her aunt and uncle is their tour of Oz, showing them the marvelous, Utopian land in which they have escaped the troubles of Kansas.

Catherine and Eddie foist crotchety old Aunt Edna ( Coca ) and her dog Dinky on the Griswolds, asking them to drop her off at her son Normy's home in Phoenix.

This concerns Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, who don't believe her, and are worried she cannot help them on the farm, which is at risk of foreclosure after the tornado.

However, after Kate convinces them to perform a healing ritual on their ill Aunt Annette " Netty " their relationship begins to mend and get back on good graces.

He claimed to have listened to, and memorized, the African American animal stories told by Uncle George Terrell, Old Harbert, and Aunt Crissy at the plantation ; he wrote them down some years later.

During Mama's Familys hiatus, Rue McClanahan ( Aunt Fran ) and Betty White ( Ellen Jackson ) had both gone on to star in the NBC sitcom The Golden Girls, rendering them unavailable to return.