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Margaret Brown
Molly Brown
Biological Information
Full name

Margaret Brown

Nicknames

Molly (by everyone)

Gender

Female

Born

July 18, 1867

Death

October 26, 1932 (age 65)

Cause

Brain tumor

Background Information
Family

John Tobin (father)
Johanna Collins (mother)
James Brown (husband)
Lawrence Brown (son)
Catherine Brown (daughter)

Romances

James Brown (married)

Hometown

Denver, Colorado

Religion

Roman Catholic

Titanic Statistics
Boarded

Cherbourg, France

Destination

New York, U.S.A.

Occupation

Passenger

Class

First class

Fate

Escaped on lifeboat 6

Production
Classification

Historical character

Portrayal

Kathy Bates

Margaret Tobin Brown, also known as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"(although she was never known as "Molly" in her lifetime actually being called "Maggie") was an American socialite, philanthropist and activist who became famous as one of the survivors of the sinking of the Titanic. In the film, she is portrayed by Kathy Bates.

Biography

According to historical facts, Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown was born in Hannibal, Missouri on July 18, 1867. Brown was married with a son and a daughter. She and her family moved to Denver, Colorado in 1894. Between the 1880s and 1912, her husband had found some gold in the west. She boarded the RMS Titanic from Cherbourg as a first class passenger. Soon after, women from first class would call her "new-money" and tried to avoid her company.

She assisted Jack Dawson in winning over Rose DeWitt Bukater by lending him her son's tuxedo. She was one of the few people from the upper class that refused to discriminate against the lower class. Rose DeWitt Bukater was one of the other few kind-hearted upper class passengers.

When the Titanic sunk, Molly escaped in Lifeboat No. 6 and was one of the 705 survivors of the Titanic's shipwreck. She clashes with Quartermaster Robert Hichens in the lifeboat; Molly believed that, because there was plenty of room in the boat, they should pick up survivors in the water, but Hichens believed they would swamp the boat. She almost wins in her argument, until Hichens threatens to toss her overboard. In reality, just the opposite exchange occurred, and the boat did go back for survivors, of which none were found.

Molly, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, Quartermaster Hichens, and all the occupants of Lifeboat 6 were picked up by the RMS Carpathia early on the morning of April 15, 1912. The film does not state what happened to Molly Brown after the events of the sinking, so her fate is left unknown. However, in history, Brown died due to brain tumor in 1932. These historical facts were not stated in the film.

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Goofs

  • Rose mentions how they all called her Molly, except she become infamous for the name, Molly, after the sinking, not during.

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