Cinematic and Theatrical Portrayals
In the 1935 film A Tale of Two Cities, Madame Defarge is played by Blanche Yurka.
In the 1958 film A Tale of Two Cities, Madame Defarge is played by Rosalie Crutchley.
In the 1981 Mel Brooks film, History of the World, Part I, Madame Defarge (played by Cloris Leachman) is the chief conspirator in the plot to overthrow King Louis XVI. She has become so poor, she has run out of wool, simply rubbing her knitting needles together.
In the 2008 Broadway musical adaptation of 'A Tale of Two Cities,' Madame Defarge is played by Natalie Toro loko.
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