Mother Superior
noun
: a woman who is the head of a convent
—often used as a form of address
Good morning, Mother Superior.
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The hilarious scene saw Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu go undercover as nuns in order to garner information from Fisher’s Mother Superior.
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EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Casting female actors was slightly easier because there’s just the one major role for a woman, that of Vatican Mother Superior Sister Agnes.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
The pair starred together in 1992's Sister Act and the 1993 sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, in which Goldberg portrayed lounge singer Deloris and Smith played the memorable Mother Superior.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 28 Sep. 2024
Smith also appeared as the strict Mother Superior in Sister Act, as the elder Wendy Darling in Steven Spielberg’s Hook, A Room With a View, The First Wives Club, and Tea With Mussolini.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
Highlights of Smith’s career in the ‘90s include Sister Act, as the disapproving Mother Superior who becomes an unlikely ally to Whoopi Goldberg’s Reno lounge singer while she is being sheltered in a convent from her mobster boyfriend.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
Smith reprised her role as the Reverend Mother, aka Mother Superior, in the sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit in 1993.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
The redeployment of this onetime convent emphasized some of its most endearing quirks, too, retaining many of the murals painted on the walls—look for one suite, with a coffered ceiling festooned with pink roses, that is believed to have been where the Mother Superior would have slept.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 July 2024
And made a public plea to Dame Maggie Smith, who starred in both Sister Act films as Mother Superior, to come back to the franchise too.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
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EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Casting female actors was slightly easier because there’s just the one major role for a woman, that of Vatican Mother Superior Sister Agnes.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
The pair starred together in 1992's Sister Act and the 1993 sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, in which Goldberg portrayed lounge singer Deloris and Smith played the memorable Mother Superior.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 28 Sep. 2024
Smith also appeared as the strict Mother Superior in Sister Act, as the elder Wendy Darling in Steven Spielberg’s Hook, A Room With a View, The First Wives Club, and Tea With Mussolini.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
Highlights of Smith’s career in the ‘90s include Sister Act, as the disapproving Mother Superior who becomes an unlikely ally to Whoopi Goldberg’s Reno lounge singer while she is being sheltered in a convent from her mobster boyfriend.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
Smith reprised her role as the Reverend Mother, aka Mother Superior, in the sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit in 1993.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
The redeployment of this onetime convent emphasized some of its most endearing quirks, too, retaining many of the murals painted on the walls—look for one suite, with a coffered ceiling festooned with pink roses, that is believed to have been where the Mother Superior would have slept.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 July 2024
And made a public plea to Dame Maggie Smith, who starred in both Sister Act films as Mother Superior, to come back to the franchise too.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
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“Mother Superior.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mother%20Superior. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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