But as they sip from fine china and sample French macaroons and petits fours, they can't help but slip into character. "We is in high cotton now," says Davis as Aibileen Clark, protagonist of "The ...

So the truth is that "The Help" is sort of based on a true story in that Stockett, who was born at the end of the 1960s, did grow up with a Black domestic worker in her family home. Stockett has ...

The character "Aibileen Clark" in The Help is a fictional character and is not intended to depict Mrs. Cooper. I've met Mrs. Cooper only briefly. I used the name "Aibileen" because it resonated ...

“The character “Aibileen Clark” in The Help is a fictional character and is not intended to depict Mrs. Cooper,” Stockett tells USA Today. I’ve met Mrs. Cooper only briefly.

In 2011’s The Help, Davis plays Aibileen Clark, a Black woman in the 1960s working as a maid for a prominent white family.When Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan (Emma Stone) returns home after ...

The Song of Aibileen: What 'The Help' has to say Michael V. Tueth September 12, 2011 T he Help is a film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling first novel about telling stories and the ...

Aibileen Clark (Viola Davis) raises a white toddler under the eyes of the child’s neurotic mother, but has lost her own son too early. Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer) has trouble finding work ...

As scene stealing maid Aibileen Clark in the 2011 smash drama The Help, Viola Davis quickly worked her way into moviegoers' hearts — and put the Academy on notice. 3. Davis had major ...

At issue is Aibileen Clark, a character in “The Help.” Clark is a black woman who works as a maid and baby sitter for a white family in the early 1960s. According to Cooper’s lawsuit, ...

The maid, Aibileen Clark (Viola Davis), begins, “it feels...”, but her expression becomes clouded and she trails off. It’s the sort of uncomfortable moment emblematic of the “The Help.” ...