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Modesty Barebone[2] (born 1918[1]) was the youngest of Mary Lou Barebone's three adoptive children.
Biography
Modesty was born in 1918 in the United States.[1] She lived with her family in a tenement in the Bronx with her parents and eleven siblings.[3] However, she was adopted by No-Maj anti-witchcraft activist Mary Lou Barebone, perhaps because her parents had more children than they could care for or because they were magical.[3] Afterward, she missed her brothers and sisters, and would talk about them to her older adoptive brother Credence.[3]
A precocious child, Modesty learned to hide disobedient behaviour from her strict mother, as she was aware of the abusive treatment that her older brother, Credence, received. She sung anti-witchcraft rhymes while playing hopscotch, but out of sight of her mother (and her similarly zealous older adoptive sister, Chastity), she rebelliously threw away New Salem Philanthropic Society leaflets.[2]
Personality and traits
Modesty was described as a "haunted" girl with "inner strength and stillness." She also possessed an ability to see into people's psyches and understand them.[4]
Behind the scenes
- Modesty Barebone is portrayed by Faith Wood-Blagrove in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.[5]
- She is possibly a witch as she possessed a wand, probably inherited from her deceased family, and because she was adopted by Mary Lou who was actively looking for orphans with magical powers through her "philanthropic activities".
Appearances
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, Scene 7 - She is described as being 8-years-old in 1926.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Full Character Descriptions" from FantasticBeastsMovies.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, Scene 96
- ↑ "Casting call for 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them' " from Warner Brothers UK
- ↑ "Fantastic Beasts actress chosen from open auditions" from CBBC