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Beth Harmon is orphaned at age eight when her mother dies in a car crash. Growing up in an orphanage in Kentucky, she is taught chess by the custodian Mr. Shaibel, and soon becomes a chess prodigy. While at the orphanage, she struggles with an addiction to tranquilizers. In her teens she is adopted and begins her rapid rise in the chess world ...
Chloe Pirrie as Alice Harmon, Beth's deceased mother (seen only in flashbacks) who earned a Ph.D. in mathematics at Cornell University before experiencing a downward spiral in her mental health Akemnji Ndifornyen as Mr. Fergusson, the orderly at Methuen, who among other roles administers state-mandated pills to the girls
The Queen's Gambit is a 1983 American novel by Walter Tevis, exploring the life of fictional female chess prodigy Beth Harmon.A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, it covers themes of adoption, feminism, chess, drug addiction and alcoholism.
Walter Stone Tevis Jr. (/ ˈ t ɛ v ɪ s /; February 28, 1928 [4] – August 9, 1984 [5]) was an American novelist and screenwriter.Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth.
The series consisted of orchestral music, to focus on the "instrumental depth and color" for each episode, progressing on Beth Harmon's life. The score album was released on October 23, 2020 through Maisie Music Publishing label, coinciding with the release on Netflix .
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Elizabeth "Beth" Harmon in the novel and TV miniseries The Queen's Gambit; Beth Stanley, a character in the 1998 American science-fiction disaster movie Deep Impact; Beth Ryan, a character in the 1987 movie Throw Momma from the Train; Beth Smith (née Sanchez), in the Adult Swim cartoon Rick and Morty; Beth Tezuka, a character in Bravest Warriors
Darby Leigh Stanchfield (born April 29, 1971) [1] is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Abby Whelan in the ABC political drama series Scandal (2012–2018). ). Stanchfield is also known for roles as April Green in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama series Jericho (2006–07), and as Helen Bishop in the AMC period drama series Mad Men (2007–