# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/21 "2013-10-24T15:12:32Z")
Wasn’t Catherine Zeta-Jones character pregnant in _Traffic_? I don’t believe it was referenced or resolved during the movie. ---
**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, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/22 "2013-10-24T16:23:03Z")
> [@Nom\_de\_Plume](#): > > Bonnie has been pregnant since the beginning of the\* Family Guy.\* (Admittedly, not a movie.) She’s since given birth to a baby girl (voiced by Patrick Stewart). The baby even came with her own tiny wheelchair. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/23 "2013-10-24T16:54:07Z")
In _fFargo_ the police detective is quite pregnant, and lying in bed with her husband at the end looking forward to the birth. It’s a rather touching scene. Two very ordinary looking people, but in love with each other. And she just finished telling him how proud she was that his painting got on the three cent stamp. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/24 "2013-10-24T17:03:22Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > 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. That’s a good once. Especially since we find out part of Lars’s “delusion” was caused by his anxiety over her health since his mom died giving birth to him. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/25 "2013-10-24T17:36:02Z")
**Apollo 13**. Mrs Fred Haise was pregnant at during the movie, and despite the tension, did not give birth or have a miscarriage. No idea if she was actually expecting at the time IRL. The movie did take one or two liberties with history for dramatic effect so… ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/26 "2013-10-24T17:51:13Z")
Chekhov’s womb? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/27 "2013-10-24T17:57:06Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Does The Bride from _Kill Bill vol. 1_ count? She’s pregnant at the wedding, then wakes up from a coma four years later. No, because her daughter features heavily in the second movie. She gave birth off screen. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/28 "2013-10-24T17:58:10Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > _Barb Wire_. Pamela Anderson was pregnant, though the character probably wasn’t. Similarly, Blythe Danner was pregnant during the filming of _1776_. That child has also pursued a career in acting. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/29 "2013-10-24T18:59:58Z")
In the indie film Away We Go the characters discover that she is pregnant and spend the movie trying to find a suitable city to relocate to. No birth occurs at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/30 "2013-10-24T19:15:53Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > In _fFargo_ the police detective is quite pregnant, and lying in bed with her husband at the end looking forward to the birth. I can’t tell whether or not you realize that _Fargo_ was mentioned in the OP. It does seem to be a rule in threads like this that somebody must say “I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned…” and then name something that actually was mentioned early on, often in the OP itself. Anyway, FWIW, _Fargo_ was what I immediately thought of when I saw the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/31 "2013-10-24T19:38:39Z")
_Away We Go_ is all about a pregnancy but the baby isn’t born by the end of it. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/32 "2013-10-24T19:38:43Z")
I’m pretty sure in **Home Fries** (1998) Drew Barrymore’s character is still pregnant at the end of the film. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/33 "2013-10-24T19:39:41Z")
In an old movie Starman (1984) an alien played by Jeff Bridges impregnates Karen Allen’s character near the end of the story. So while the character wasn’t pregnant in the beginning of the story, nor was she visibly pregnant anytime in the story, she manages to exit the story pregnant. ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/34 "2013-10-24T21:21:24Z")
The pregnancy of the lead character was a main part of _Small, Beautifully Moving Parts_. But as I recall, the movie ended with her still pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/35 "2013-10-24T21:22:46Z")
Anne Acher’s character was pregnant in **Patriot Games** , with the amusing ending where she finds out the sex of the baby over the phone and is about to tell Harrison Ford, but then it fades to black before the audience finds out. ---
**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, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/36 "2013-10-24T21:25:38Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **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. > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > The Terminator ends with Sarah Conner pregnant. > [@BubbaDog](#): > > In an old movie Starman (1984) an alien played by Jeff Bridges impregnates Karen Allen’s character near the end of the story. > > So while the character wasn’t pregnant in the beginning of the story, nor was she visibly pregnant anytime in the story, she manages to exit the story pregnant. _Dogma_ is another example of a character discovering she is pregnant as part of the ending of a movie. ---
**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 27, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/37 "2013-10-27T20:54:08Z")
Superman 2? Kisses For My President ---
**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 27, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/38 "2013-10-27T21:24:51Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Superman 2? … who? Ursa, Lois, or Miss Tessmacher? ---
**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 27, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/39 "2013-10-27T22:12:49Z")
I gather Horatio is referring to the outcome we see in “Superman Returns”, i.e. Lois has since given birth to a hybrid child, presumably conceived during “Superman II”. ---
**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 27, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068/40 "2013-10-27T22:26:08Z")
… and she was pregnant during Superman III and IV as well, one would assume. :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-pregnant-women-who-dont-give-birth/672068.md?page=3)