Goldie
The blond, dark-eyed femme fatale whose death ignites Marv's war on Old Town.
Goldie is a fictional character in Frank Miller's Sin City graphic novel series, depicted as one half of an identical twin pair alongside her sister Wendy. Both are described as blond, dark-eyed femmes fatale who operate out of Old Town. In the 2005 film adaptation and its 2014 sequel, both sisters are portrayed by actress Jaime King. Goldie first appears in the story arc The Hard Goodbye, where she offers sexual services to Marv before her murder sets off a chain of violent events. She also features in A Dame to Kill For as the catalyst for that storyline and appears briefly in the short story And Behind Door Number Three? alongside Wendy.
- Canon Status
- Confirmed Fictional
- Affiliation
- Old Town
- First Appears
- The Hard Goodbye
- Status
- Deceased
- Associated Story Arcs
- The Hard Goodbye, A Dame to Kill For, And Behind Door Number Three?
Lore & Background
Goldie first appeared in The Hard Goodbye, where she offers sexual services to Marv. They spend the night together, but by morning, Marv wakes to find her murdered in his bed. With police closing in, Marv escapes after killing many officers. He is later captured and tortured by Wendy and Gail, who believe he killed Goldie. After realizing Marv's innocence, they discover Cardinal Roark used Kevin, a cannibalistic serial killer, to murder Goldie and frame Marv. In A Dame to Kill For, it is revealed that Goldie offering services to Marv marks the beginning of The Hard Goodbye. She also appears in And Behind Door Number Three?, where Wendy, now wearing Marv's necklace, helps Gail trap a man suspected of 'carving up' girls.
In Their Own Story
One night, Goldie offers sexual services to Marv, and he immediately falls in love with her. They spend the night together, but in the morning Marv wakes up to find Goldie lying in bed next to him, murdered. He hears police outside and escapes, killing many officers as he flees. Wendy and Gail capture Marv, believing he killed Goldie, and torture him for a confession until he unties himself and proves his innocence. They learn Cardinal Roark used Kevin, a cannibalistic serial killer, to murder Goldie. While Wendy waits in the car, Marv tortures and kills Kevin at the Roark farm, then finds and kills Cardinal Roark. Arrested and sentenced to the electric chair, Marv visits from prison. When Wendy comes to visit, he mistakenly calls her Goldie; she answers 'Call me Goldie' and they kiss madly before authorities eventually electrocute Marv after several failed attempts.
Reader's Guide
Goldie appears in three distinct Sin City works: The Hard Goodbye, A Dame to Kill For, and And Behind Door Number Three?. In the 2005 film adaptation, she is portrayed by Jaime King as a blonde twin alongside Wendy. In the 2014 sequel, Goldie is shown in full color wearing a white dress, while Wendy appears in black-and-white with a pistol in an Old West gunbelt. The visual difference signifies that Goldie was Marv's love interest; during a prison visit scene, Wendy is briefly colored (hair and lips) when mistaken for Goldie before fading back to black-and-white upon realizing the error. Katherine Farrimond notes Goldie's corpse 'resembles an idealised object' that haunts Marv, while Véronique Sina observes Marv cannot easily distinguish the two doppelgangers, repeatedly calling Wendy Goldie throughout the film.
Did You Know?
- In the 2014 film, Goldie is shown in full color wearing a white dress while her twin Wendy appears in black-and-white.
- Goldie's murder was committed by Kevin, a cannibalistic serial killer working for Cardinal Roark to frame Marv.
- Wendy wears Marv's necklace after his death in the short story And Behind Door Number Three?.
- Marv repeatedly mistakes Wendy for Goldie, even calling her 'Goldie' during their final prison kiss.
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