madwoman

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‘Mommie Dearest’ Mimosa Mother’s Day’ Faye Dunaway plays screen legend Joan Crawford as a wire hanger-wielding madwoman in this campy 1981 bio-drama based on the scandalous tell-all by Crawford’s adopted daughter Christina.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2022

"My sister, my hilarious, charming, perfect sister: now other. The irate madwoman on the train," Leddy says.

From Fox News • Mar. 28, 2022

Bertha is not a madwoman, she is an angry woman who we, her readers, have been calling psycho for years.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2021

Is Frankie right to be suspicious or is she simply becoming more and more of the madwoman in the palazzo?

From Washington Post • Jun. 25, 2021

“She’s trying to draw out your sorrow,” the madwoman murmured, closing her eyes.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill