Mrs Esposito was the landlady of a brownstone house located at 679 West 24th Street in New York in 1926.[1][2] She heavily disproved of single women bringing home strange men.
Biography[]
- Mrs Esposito: "Are you alone?"
- Porpentina Goldstein: "I'm always alone, Mrs Esposito!"
- — Esposito on not having male guests over[src]
Mrs Esposito lived on the main floor of the 679 West 24th Street brownstone house. She rented out an apartment on the second floor to two sisters, Tina and Queenie Goldstein.[1] She did not allow them to bring home male guests. However, on the night of 6 December, Tina sneaked Newt Scamander and Jacob Kowalski upstairs. Newt and Jacob needed a place to hide from the MACUSA authorities pursuing them.[1][3] Hearing noise on the stairs, Mrs Esposito called out, asking if Tina was alone. Tina untruthfully replied that she was always alone.[1]
Etymology[]
Esposito is derived from Latin "expositus," meaning "to place outside" or "expose." In Italian, "esposto" or "esposito" also means "exposed." It may have originated from the custom of leaving abandoned children at church steps, known as "esposizione," giving rise to the surname for those exposed or abandoned.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
- Mrs Esposito was played by Ellie Haddington in the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.[5]
Appearances[]
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (First appearance)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, Scene 40
- ↑ See this image of Porpentina Goldstein's MACUSA identification card on display as part of a prop exhibition in Japan.
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, Scene 39
- ↑
Esposito on Wikipedia
- ↑ IMDb profile of Ellie Haddington
