I was having a conversation with a guy I just met, and he mentioned that one of the things he liked about Fargo was that while Marge’s pregnancy was relevant to her character, the movie’s focus didn’t revolve around the ultimate birth of her child.
Which got me thinking…are there other movies where this is true? Where a main character in the movie is pregnant, but the birth itself is NOT part of the story arc? I can’t think of any, but there have to be some…right?
Not a main character, but Agnes Gooch in Auntie Mame. Her pregnancy figures prominently into the latter part of the movie but she doesn’t give birth on screen (although you could assume she did, since years pass after her last scene).
Dawn of the Dead; Fran’s pregnancy is a minor plot point (Peter tells Stephen he knows how to perform an abortion), but she neither aborts, miscarries, or gives birth in the film.
Her baby was ready to tend bar. The Fugitive - I seem to remember the detective played by L. Scott Caldwell was pregnant. I can’t find anything to substantiate it, though.
Hannah and her Sisters. In the final scene, Holly (Diane Wiest) reveals she’s pregnant.
After the Thin Man has Nora revealing her pregnancy at the end (and the birth is not shown in the next film – the baby has already been born). Since the film takes place over only a day or two, and only a week after The Thin Man, Nora had to be pregnant in both films.
The Buddy Holly Story ends with Buddy about to get on the private plane that he died on. His wife was pregnant at the time (and she is shown). So she is pregnant and doesn’t give birth during the movie. Alas, in fact, she miscarried the next day, but that’s outside the timeline of the movie.
Emily Mortimer’s character in Lars and the Real Girl. I thought for sure that the birth was going to be a big emotional moment in the movie, but nope. She was pregnant at the beginning and still pregnant at the end.
A pregnant woman doesn’t give birth - that’s suspense. Innerspace features a character who is in the early stages of pregnancy and though she marries the father in the final scene, does not give birth.