Spinster family caretaker for their family of origin or for a married sibling's children, "poor relations" who would work "to earn their keep" as nannies or unpaid domestics. For example, being a governess was the fate expected by rejected titular orphan in Charlotte Brontë's novel "Jane Eyre" (1847); Eyre retained that status until the man she loved was widowed and available. A common theme in the fiction writings of author/poet Sandra Cisneros is marital disillusionment; for example. in the poem "Old Maids" (1994). In the Charles Dickens' classic "Great Expectations", the primary antagonist is Miss Havisham, a spinster embittered by being
Kim Dickens Cards". In film, she co-starred in "Footloose" (2011) and "At Any Price" (2012). In 2014, she had a major supporting role as Detective Rhonda Boney in the psychological thriller film "Gone Girl", directed by David Fincher, and in 2016, co-starred as the lead character's mother in Tim Burton's film "Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children". In 2015, Dickens began playing Madison Clark in "The Walking Dead" companion series, "Fear the Walking Dead". The series premiered on AMC on August 23, 2015. Kim Dickens Kimberly Jan Dickens (born June 18, 1965) is an American actress. Her film debut was a supporting