Malcolm Foxworth Jr. (2024)

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Who is Malcolm Jr. in Flowers in the Attic? ›

Malcolm "Mal" Neal Foxworth, Jr.: Older brother of Joel, nephew of Christopher, and paternal half-brother of Corinne. He was usually referred to as "Mal" so he could be told apart from his father. He dies in a motorcycling accident. He was mentioned by Corinne in Flowers in the Attic.

Then we find out that Malcolm is a misogynist who takes out his Freudian love/hate relationship with the mother who abandoned him on all women. He picked Olivia because she reminded him least of his beautiful, flighty mother, but nonetheless, can't make love to her unless he can call out "Corinne's" name.

At age five, Corinne Dixon abandoned him and Garland, as a result, Malcolm became extremely distrustful of women, and obsessed with their degradation.

Malcolm Foxworth marries Olivia Winfield. They have two sons, Malcolm Jr. and Joel.

Malcolm told Corrine that he loves her and started to touch her inappropriately which made Corrine feel uncomfortable. Fortunately Olivia caught it and stopped her husband.

Christopher Dollanganger, Sr.: Corrine's first husband, he is the father of the children. He was Malcolm's younger half-brother, making him Corinne's half-uncle. He is described as a wonderful father who could not bear to be separated from his children for longer than five days.

Corrine Foxworth is the youngest child and only daughter of Malcolm Foxworth and Alicia.

Reggie_Love I thought the book stated that the grandmother didn't know about the poison. The mom did it because she wanted the money. Janelle in petals on the wind the mother confesses to doing it because she wanted to make them sick enough to take them to a hospital and get them out of the house.

Type of Villain

She is a religious fanatic who physically and psychologically abuses her grandchildren, whom she keeps imprisoned in an attic with the complicity of her daughter Corrine Dollanganger, the children's mother. In the 1987 film adaptation, she was portrayed by Louise Fletcher.

Anyone who has read the remarkable third book in the Dollanganger saga, If There Be Thorns, will remember the references Malcolm made to his mother in his secret diary: Corrine abandoned Malcolm as a young child and lay the groundwork for the monster he became later in his life.

Who are Corrine Foxworth's parents? ›

Garland Foxworth dies of a heart attack in Foxworth Hall , Virginia. Corrine Foxworth is born to Malcolm and Alicia Foxworth in Foxworth Hall, Virginia. However, she and society believe her mother is Olivia Foxworth.

A Garden Of Shadows Movie Is Unlikely

While fans would like to see a Garden Of Shadows adaptation, the last movie aired in 2015 and there's been no word of Lifetime pursuing an adaptation, so the Dollanganger saga is likely complete.

They end up trapped in the attic for more than three years, where poisoned doughnuts kill off one of them, and where the overheated drama somehow leads Chris to rape his sister – but it's fine, says Cathy, “you didn't rape me.

July 1959 — Corrine Foxworth/Dollanganger/Patterson marries Bartholomew Winslow. November 29th, 1959 — Malcolm Foxworth dies of heart disease in Foxworth Hall. October 29, 1960 — Cory Dollanganger dies of arsenic poisoning in the attic of Foxworth Hall.

Corinne says she stashed the body in a ravine, but Cathy accuses her of hiding Cory's body in a small room off the attic that gave off a telltale odor. Chris bursts into the library, and Corinne perceives him as the ghost of his father, her first husband.

The prequel to Flowers in the Attic gave a good insight into Malcolm. He was not a very nice man as a result of his childhood due to his mother leaving him and his father and held a grudge against women. He was particularly suspicious of beautiful women despite also being drawn to them.

In this story, we learn the back-story of Malcolm's mother, Corrine Dixon.

November 29th, 1959 — Malcolm Foxworth dies of heart disease in Foxworth Hall. October 29, 1960 — Cory Dollanganger dies of arsenic poisoning in the attic of Foxworth Hall. November 1960 — Chris and Cathy start stealing from their mother's room.

Nella is disgusted by this and urges Alicia to play the Foxworths' game until she can find a way out. Oh, and in case you were wondering, Malcolm is the father of Nella's daughter Celia.