# Movies with pregnant women who don't give birth... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068 "2013-10-23T23:41:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/1 "2013-10-23T23:41:40Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/2 "2013-10-23T23:47:58Z")
_Die Hard_. The pregnant office worker wasn’t going to give birth, she just needed to lie down. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/3 "2013-10-24T00:04:43Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/4 "2013-10-24T00:22:47Z")
**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. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/5 "2013-10-24T00:43:16Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > _Die Hard_. The pregnant office worker wasn’t going to give birth, she just needed to lie down. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/6 "2013-10-24T00:46:56Z")
_Barb Wire_. Pamela Anderson was pregnant, though the character probably wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/7 "2013-10-24T00:57:42Z")
Isn’t the [rule](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov%27s_gun) that if you show a gun in Act 1, it has to go off by Act 3? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/8 "2013-10-24T01:13:24Z")
**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. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/9 "2013-10-24T01:14:28Z")
Does The Bride from _Kill Bill vol. 1_ count? She’s pregnant at the wedding, then wakes up from a coma four years later. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/10 "2013-10-24T01:21:33Z")
In “Exotica,” the movie by Atom Egoyan, the owner of the strip club is pregnant and she does not give birth during the movie. The actress is Egoyan’s wife, and I think that she was really pregnant during filming. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/11 "2013-10-24T01:27:10Z")
> [@Billdo](#): > > Isn’t the [rule](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov%27s_gun) that if you show a gun in Act 1, it has to go off by Act 3? In this case, the gun went off BEFORE Act 1. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/12 "2013-10-24T01:28:59Z")
**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. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/13 "2013-10-24T01:54:04Z")
> [@Billdo](#): > > Isn’t the [rule](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov%27s_gun) that if you show a gun in Act 1, it has to go off by Act 3? A good writer knows when to break that rule, to add verisimilitude or for dramatic effect. A bad writer doesn’t know when to break that rule, and creates a pedestrian, cliche work by following it slavishly. A terrible writer thinks they know when to break that rule, and creates a shaggy dog story where the reader feels ripped off at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/14 "2013-10-24T02:49:05Z")
The Terminator ends with Sarah Conner pregnant. Star Trek IV - Gracie is pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/15 "2013-10-24T03:05:55Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/16 "2013-10-24T03:49:57Z")
A pregnant woman gives birth - that’s surprise. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/17 "2013-10-24T03:58:34Z")
_Clerks II_ had a major plot point about Becky being pregnant. And the final scene of the movie showed them reopening the store with her still pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/18 "2013-10-24T14:56:17Z")
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/19 "2013-10-24T14:57:58Z")
“The Master”'s main character had a pregnant wife who didn’t give birth during the movie’s timeframe. ---
**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/20 "2013-10-24T15:02:31Z")
Bonnie has been pregnant since the beginning of the\* Family Guy.\* (Admittedly, not a movie.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068.md?page=2)