Marilla Cuthbert

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"Marilla Cuthbert has got mellow."

- Mrs. Rachel Lynde about Marilla

Marilla Cuthbert was very good at keeping cool and hiding her emotions. When she is very happy, she becomes extremely emotional, but when the event is over, she quickly regains her cool demeanor.

Behind the scenes
In the 1985 movie, Anne of Green Gables, Marilla is portrayed by Colleen Dewhurst. Colleen Dewhurst had a home on Prince Edward Island.

Matthew Cuthbert
Matthew Cuthbert was Marilla's brother. He was a very shy man who lived at Green Gables with her, and later Anne, until he died at the end of Anne of Green Gables.

Anne Shirley
Anne Shirley was Marilla's adopted daughter whom she originally didn't want, but later found she couldn't live without.

Davy Keith
Davy Keith was one of a pair of twins that Marilla adopted when Anne was sixteen. She loved him dearly, though he does get into scrapes a lot.

Dora Keith
Dora Keith was another one of a pair of twins that Marilla adopted when Anne was sixteen. She is very calm, demure, and ladylike. Anne once confessed to Marilla that she liked Davey better than Dora, even though Dora had practically no faults to speak of.

Rachel Lynde
Mrs. Rachel Lynde was Marilla's good friend. She moved into Green Gables after her husband, Thomas Lynde, died. Marilla, however much she likes Rachel, is willing to contridict Rachel for Anne's sake.

Appearances

 * Anne of Green Gables
 * Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)
 * Anne of Avonlea
 * Anne of the Island
 * Anne's House of Dreams
 * Anne of Ingleside (mentioned only)
 * Rainbow Valley (mentioned only)
 * Rilla of Ingleside (mentioned only)