* In the anime Trinity Blood Esther is the main character, a nun with a star on her side.

* In the book The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, the character Esther Greenwood meets a girl named Valerie in the asylum who has had a lobotomy.

* Members of Sturges's unofficial " stock company " of character actors who appear in Sullivan's Travels include George Anderson, Al Bridge, Chester Conklin, Jimmy Conlin, William Demarest, Robert Dudley, Byron Foulger, Robert Greig, Harry Hayden, Esther Howard, Arthur Hoyt, J. Farrell MacDonald, Torben Meyer, Charles R. Moore, Frank Moran, Jack Norton, Franklin Pangborn, Emory Parnell, Victor Potel, Dewey Robinson, Harry Rosenthal, Julius Tannen and Robert Warwick.

* Many members of Sturges ' unofficial " stock company " of character actors appear in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, among them Al Bridge, Georgia Caine, Chester Conklin, Jimmy Conlin, William Demarest, Robert Dudley, Byron Foulger, Esther Howard, Arthur Hoyt, J. Farrell MacDonald, George Melford, Torben Meyer, Frank Moran, Jack Norton, Emory Parnell, Victor Potel, Harry Rosenthal, Julius Tannen and Max Wagner.

Sharon Esther Spitz is the main character of the series.

" Esther first appeared in early 1973, replacing her sister Ethel ( Beah Richards ), the first principal in-law character.

Perhaps the origin of this character archetype is the biblical account of Esther.

In Thomas Pynchon's V. ( 1963 ), a character called Esther is reading The Search for Bridey Murphy as she is sitting on a bus.

* Ephraim Lapham, a character in Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

His final episode, the last episode of the 1977-78 season, depicted his being reunited with his onscreen wife Esther ( Ellen Corby, who played the character, had been absent for the entire season, due to a stroke ).

Some more recent feminist interpreters of the Book of Esther compare Vashti's character and actions favorably to those of her successor, Esther, who is traditionally viewed as the heroine of the Purim story.

* Esther Blanchett, a major character in the anime Trinity Blood

* Esther, a female character in the Christian-themed game, Forgiveness: The First Chapter

* " Esther ", the main character from the film Orphan

Some of the contemporary television sitcoms which featured mammies include Maude, where Esther Rolle, who played the character Florida, worked as a domestic for a white family.

* Esther, the biblical character

It was revealed on the August 29, 2008 episode that the character is actually Kate, daughter of Katherine Chancellor's maid, Esther Valentine.

On Sanford and Son, the character Aunt Esther was the sister of Fred Sanford's late wife Elizabeth.

The Aunt Esther character was a combination of a devout churchgoer and a tough-as-nails realist.

Although the show was Foxx's vehicle, the strong portrayal of the Aunt Esther character by Page allowed her to hold her own against Sanford.

# redirect Esther Anderson ( fictional character )

* Preston Sturges served as producer on this film, until he left due to artistic differences with the director, and some regular members of his unofficial " stock company " of character actors appear in it, including Al Bridge, Chester Conklin, Robert Greig, Esther Howard, Charles R. Moore, Emory Parnell and Robert Warwick.

In David O. Selznick's 1937 " A Star is Born ," character Norman Maine ( Frederic March ) prepares a Prairie oyster cocktail at a lunch counter as he overhear's the newly-renamed Esther Blodgett ( Janet Gaynor ) practicing her " one line " in her first film role as Vicki Lester.

Though only a relatively short walk separated it from my own part of town, its character was wholly foreign to me.

He was the lawman who survived more gunfights than any other famous gun-slinging character in the book.

After the collapse of that desperate and ill-fated campaign the character of the king degenerated for a time into a futility that was not merely pitiable but often ridiculous.

Some people thought he lacked both ability and character, but most agreed that he was noble in appearance and, for a Russian, humane.

Pike was stunned by the first blast against his character, which was published in the March 4th issue of The Gazette under the name `` Vale ''.

Thus, the Church was born and because of its intrinsic character was soon identified as a conservative institution, determined to resist the forces of change, to identify itself with the political rulers, and to maintain a kind of splendid isolation from the masses.

Until the last year or so the profession of friendship with the United States had been an article of faith with Trujillo, and altogether too often this profession was accepted here as evidence of his good character.

The audience was fond of Harry Hawk, he was a dear, in or out of character, but he was not particularly funny.

The figure was so theatrically dressed, that it was as though a character from some other play had blundered into this one.

The sentimental pure heart of Galahad is gone with the knightly years, but I still believe in the heart of the George Meredith character that was not made of the stuff that breaks ''.

Of more importance to the West than Poland's boundaries was the character of her government.

Following Day was Woodbury who spoke of his disapproval of Brown's attempt at servile insurrection, his admiration of Brown's character, and his opposition to slavery.

What was lacking was a real sense of phrase, the kind of legato singing that would have added a dimension of smoothness to what is, after all, a very oily character.

The new `` School For Wives '' was interpreted according to a principle that is becoming increasingly common in the playing of classic comedy -- the idea of turning some obviously ludicrous figure into a tragic character.

At the other extreme in character was the half-hour excerpt from the Petipa-Minkus ballet `` Bayaderka '', which opened the evening.

A year ago it was bruited that the primary character in Erich Maria Remarque's new novel was based on the Marquis Alfonso De Portago, the Spanish nobleman who died driving in the Mille Miglia automobile race of 1957.

Susan was an active character ; ;

It was the kind of thing that could ruin a man's life, and it was a tribute to John's strength of character and very real business ability that it hadn't ruined his.