Molly Brown

[Georgia Lampbeth]

What lifeboat was molly brown in and was she in the same lifeboat as someone with the last name Dewitt Bukater or Bukater?

 

[Mark Bray]

Molly Brown was in lifeboat 6. She was not in the same boat with someone with the last name Dewitt Bukater because Rose Dewitt Bukater was a fictional character in James Cameron's 1997 movie "Titanic." Jack Dawson and Rose were both fictional and never were on the Titanic. Hope this helps.

Mark

 

[John Clifford]

I think Molly Brown was also the last person placed in to Lifeboat 6.
She had helped some of the other women, and decided to go see if she could assist the loading of the other boats.
At that moment two unidentified crewmen said "you're going to", and placed her in the lifeboat.

 

[Philip Carter]

There were no passengers called Dewitt Bukater as the entire family was fictional , created by James Cameron and Co , Molly Brown was in life boat No.6 , during the night she rowed and encoureged morale , she also awarded members of the crew a loving cup momento of appreciation on her return to America

 

[sharon rutman]

So far I've been disappointed with all the Molly Brown actresses I've seen. Don't be fooled by the musical Unsinkable Molly Brown--the Titanic appears in the background for a few minutes only! I cringed watching Kathy Bates totally wimp out at the crucial time when an out of control Hitchens screamed at her. No body has gotten it right so far. Marilu Henning? Cloris Leachman? Please spare me.

 

[Tracy Smith]

Who would you pick as an ideal Molly Brown, Sharon? I've thought of Rosie O'Donnell, but I'm not sure if she's got the acting ability to pull it off. She's the right physical type, though.

 

[Brandon Whited]

How about Roseanne?

Cheers,

-B.W.

 

[Kate Bortner]

Well Tracy, I think she has the acting ability,(she's done some really nice things). . .but research shows that Ms. Brown wasn't quite so portly. I know an actres in Seattle who could nail her!!! Anyone out there working on a professional protrayal of Ms. Browne. . .contact me--have I got the actress for you. Actually I'm sort of keeping her to myself. I have a play that includes Margaret Browne and I want this gal to play her. I think Maggie should be an anomoyous (sp?) actress who the audience will accept without preconceptions.
-kate.

 

[Kat Komorowski]

I don't know if any of you know this, but James Cameron originally cast Reba McEntire, but she had to drop out at last minute. Kathy Bates was only given the role a few weeks before filming. Personally, I would have liked to have seen Reba in this role, but maybe I'm biased just because I think she is a really great actress!

 

[Jeremy Aufderheide]

Was Molly as rough around the edges as she's portrayed? At least Kathy Bates didn't play her the young Granny Clampett that she's often portayed as.

Rosie O or Rosanne? Was Molly a meaty gal? The picture of her with Captain Rostran has her looking pretty svelt.

If I could choose anyone living or dead, I'd have loved to see Ann Miller play her. She's brassy and kind of rough, but you could imagine her being intelligent enough to accomplish what Molly accomplished.

 

[Kat Komorowski]

No, from what I've seen Molly was pretty thin. Not skinny, but fairly trim. And not to hard on the eyes, either!

 

[Dave Gittins]

I certainly wouldn't call Margaret Brown thin. A studio photo of her and her family from 1891 shows a woman of at least average build and made trim by her corset. She was never exactly a dish.

 

[Kat Komorowski]

I saw a photo of her around Titanic era and she certainly didn't seem big to me. And granted, she was never a great beauty, but I she wasn't to bad looking, either.

 

[Jeremy Aufderheide]

She's definitely not Kathy Bates...

 

[Kyrila Scully]

Weight wasn't the issue then that it is today. Why we're even discussing Margaret's weight and not Benjamin Guggenheim's weight is very telling of our current societal attitudes. However, Margaret was indeed health conscious. She walked with purpose to strengthen her heart and lungs. Aboard the Titanic, she visited the ship's gymnasium daily after her strenuous walk. She loved the machinery in the gymnasium and was interested in using all of it under the supervision of Mr. McCawley. For most of her life she did manage to keep trim, although not thin. However, middle age spread plagued her in later years, evidenced in photographs displayed at the Denver Public Library, but she was not obese.