JOHNNY NOLAN
CREATED BY:
Betty Smith
PORTRAYED BY:
Cliff Robertson
AS SEEN IN:
"A Tree Grows In Brooklyn"
From Wikipedia:
Johnny Nolan is Francie's father. He is a second generation immigrant from
Ireland. He has a protective mother and had three brothers, all of whom died
young. Johnny marries Katie Rommely at nineteen. He is charismatic, a loving
husband and father, loved dearly by his family but especially by Francie. He is,
however, an alcoholic.
When he does hold a job, Johnny works as a singing
waiter. He has a beautiful voice, a talent that is greatly admired but that is
largely wasted because of his reputation as an alcoholic. After Katie tells him
that she is pregnant with their third child, he stops drinking and immediately
falls into a deep depression that ends with his death from alcoholism-induced
pneumonia.
He is a dreamer, in sharp contrast to Katie, whose view of the world
is realistic.
BCnU!
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