Mrs Doubtfire

Mrs Doubtfire is the title character of a 1993 comedy film, a divorced father who disguises himself as an elderly Scottish nanny to spend time with his children.

The name has come to evoke elaborate disguises or desperate measures to stay close to loved ones: He pulled a Mrs Doubtfire just to see his kids.

Related

Robin Williams · Sally Field · comedy · housekeeper · makeup · wig · children · custody · father · transformation · British · accent · family · Pierce Brosnan · San Francisco · prosthetics · babysitter · cooking

Categories
Opposites
authenticity of identity

Mrs Doubtfireauthentic self

One's genuine identity

unmasked · undisguised · The Truman Show

parental access strategy

Mrs Doubtfireabsent parent

Caretaker not in child's life

deadbeat dad · absent father · walking away · custody battle · legal mediation

film tone and genre

Mrs DoubtfireRevolutionary Road

Thoroughfare named for uprising

Family

doubt, fire, doubts, doubted, doubting, doubtful, doubtfully, doubtfulness, undoubted

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G