Blanche Devereaux

A native of Georgia who owns the house the girls all live in. A distinctly Southern Femme Fatale who scoffs at the idea that a woman can't have a sex life after 50 (or 40, or however old she says she is that day). Despite being catnip on legs for most of the men of Miami, Blanche had a few episodes devoted to feeling a little inadequate in this regard. She considers implants in one episode, and in another, when Rose tries to psych her out at a bowling tournament by wearing the exact same outfit, Rose says not to worry because it looks different on a woman with a full bosom. In another episode, Blanche flirts with a man by claiming she is going to lie in a bath with "just enough water to barely cover my perky bosom", to which Sophia responds with "You're only gonna sit in an inch of water?" This is enough to set Blanche off. • She is so adamant about keeping her sex life alive that she had her age withheld by the governor. Seems to have been one when she was a child if her stories are accurate. She grew up in a family of them. During Christmas one year, one of Blanche's sisters electrocuted her with the star of the Christmas tree, and then blamed her for the whole thing, which led their father to send her to her room and tell her that Baby Jesus was mad at her for ruining his birthday (and the electricity straightened her hair.) And let's not forget Vixen, Story of a Woman. • Some of the stories of her exploits in high school also suggest this as well as mean girl tendencies. She once planned to marry the father of one of her cheerleading rivals, just so she could be the girl's "mama" and kick her off the squad. Ambiguously Bi: The show occasionally hinted that she'd had some experiences with women, or was at least open to the idea (though it could have been more of a Really Gets Around joke): • One episode had her reminiscing about a terrible New Year's date, and her desire to kiss someone at midnight to avoid bad luck. When her date leaves, she's left alone with Rose, and her face shows that she's considering going in for a smooch. Rose stops her: "Don't even think about it." • In "Yokel Hero," Dorothy and Blanche fudge Rose's application for the St. Olaf Woman of the Year award, and start feeling guilty. While traveling to the town, Dorothy gets a minute alone with Blanche and says there's "something we should do." Blanche casually replies "Dorothy, I like you as a friend, but I think I'll pass." • She's outraged to learn that Dorothy's lesbian friend has a crush on Rose rather than her, those this could just be yet another indication of her self-centeredness. • In "The Housekeeper," Blanche is thrilled with Marguerite, a young woman who's applied for the titular job (and is the only person who's not a terrible choice), and announces "Oh, Marguerite, I could just kiss you!" Marguerite warns her off: "I don't go in for any of that freaky stuff." Rose immediately replies "Neither do Dorothy and I!"—conspicuously leaving out Blanche, who's sitting next to her at the time. • However, in one episode Rose gets a job offer where one of the conditions is that she has to be bilingual. Blanche panics, saying no job is worth having to date women. Dorothy has to point out her misunderstanding: Blanche's family growing up and the one she had with George seems to be this. Blanche often regales that her father Big Daddy wasn't such a paragon of virtue as he appeared (he supported book burning, carried around a hollowed-out bible with liquor inside, slept with one of Blanche's ex-friends when she was older, and was in a relationship with Blanche's nanny Viola Watkins where it's implied he wasn't faithful, and is also implied to have been a Klan leader or member, or a bigot at least). And Blanche's hands-off parenting has had a negative effect on her children. One of her sons almost burned down their entire town when he was a kid, and her grandson has been badly neglected by his parents. Only now does it all seem to be catching up to Blanche.She loves sex, but she refuses to be a mistress and after an AIDS scare she always knows her partner's history and takes all the necessary precautions. She also was fiercely loyal to her husband during their marriage and was deeply hurt when it was revealed he fathered a child with another woman, saying the vows were sacred to her. • There were two episodes from the first season where she was a victim of sexual harassment. The first one was by a man Dorothy was dating who Blanche was attracted to begin with which nearly caused the end of Dorothy and Blanche's friendship. The second one was by a college professor after Blanche asked for help because she was trying to pass a course so she could get a job at a museum. • During one episode, she also notes that she embellishes her conquests a great deal. When asked if that was true, however, she responded with "Maybe it is and maybe it isn't," rendering this ambiguous.

BodytypeAverageHeight5 feet 3 inches (1.6 m)Weight60 kg (132 lbs)Hair Color dirty blonde and short styled Eye Color Brown Shoe Size7 (US)Dress Size6 (US)