That is Laura- Louise McBurney, who lives up on twelve--12F, to be exact--at The Bramford in Ira Levin's and Roman Polanski's "Rosemary's Baby--" the one and only. Laura Louise was played by the great Patsy Kelly, and she raises an interesting, but unseen question, about the story.
In the above scene, when they first meet, Rosemary says she's on the first day of her period. Laura Louise pipes up that her first day was always hard, delivering one of her best lines, "Dan used to give me gin through a straw, to kill the pain."
Now, just exactly, who is Dan? He is never seen. One can guess he is or was Laura Louise's husband. But, just how sympathetic was he to the coven? Did he know? Or did he disapprove????????????
My guess is there was something about the whole thing he did not like, and Laura- Louise and the others had him done away with. Of course, in a manner no one would suspect.
So, though Patsy Kelly gives the character a wonderfully comic touch--brilliant acting on her part--make no mistake about it.
Laura- Louise is pretty sinister.
We do love Laura-Louise!!
ReplyDeletethe Dan character was never explained in the book, either.
the movie stayed true to the book; I like that.
I read it before I had children AND after.
I will tell you, non-satanic pregnancy and childbirth is pretty terrifying too!!
Victoria, The adaptation is perfect. But I always wondered about Dan. I got the impression she lived alone and wondered why. And I have heard childbirth is scary no matter what! I credit any woman who has gone through it.
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