For other uses of Louise, see Louise (disambiguation).
Her eyes were the color of storms, and her voice was just as threatening. “You've got three minutes. I've got patients waiting and a badge doesn't mean dick in here.” -- Conspiracy in Death, Chapter 6
Introduction[]
Introduced in Conspiracy in Death at the Canal Street Clinic where she treats the sick and needy.
Descriptions[]
- Eve Dallas described her as blonde, Caucasian, early thirties, blonde hair, gray eyes; slim build, even features.[2]
- She's a size six.[3]
- Described as “Young, tiny... her hair was short and even more ragged that [sic] Eve's. Still, its honeycomb color set off the pretty rose-and-cream face.”[4]
- Eyes the color of storms.
- Sunny hair[5] and gray eyes.[6]
Personality[]
- Dedicated and concerned with the alleviation of suffering; willing to do whatever it takes to that end; crusader and doctor.[7]
- Known, due to her dedication and work, as 'The Angel of Canal Street'.[8]
- She moves quickly/energetically.[9]
- Louise said she grew up with pretense and with role-playing. She doesn't like it.[10]
- A tough-minded, strong-spined woman with a solid core of sense.[11]
- Described as being “pretty as a strawberry parfait, classy as a crystal flute of champagne, and a born reformer who lived to fight in the trenches.”[12]
- She's an efficient sort.[13]
History[]
- Born: Westchester, New York
- Parents: Alicia Cagney Dimatto and Mark Robert Dimatto
- No siblings[14]
- Niece of Dr. Colin Cagney, Chief of Staff of the Drake Center
- Cousin: Mandy[15]
- Brought up in wealth and privilege
- Graduated from Harvard Medical School, all honors; her residency was completed at Roosevelt Hospital.[16]
Charles and the Wedding[]
- Charles and Louise met in Seduction in Death[17] and had their first date at the Royal Bar of the Roarke Palace.[18]
- On March 20, 2060 Charles asked Louise to marry him after showing her the three-story brownstone he purchased in the West Village. He told her he was retiring and beginning his own practice as a sex therapist. She agreed to marry him.[19]
- Mavis, Mira, Nadine, Peabody, Trina (and consultants), Cher Reo, and others, all joined Louise for her bridal shower.[20]
- They planned to marry in May, late May or early June, and have asked Roarke and Eve to stand up for them at their wedding since Charles and Louise met though them.[21] Their rehearsal was Friday night[22] and they married on a Saturday in June at Roarke's Mansion.[23]
- Eve is Louise's matron of honor.[24]
- Peabody is Louise's bridal attendant.[25]
- Louise said that when she was a girl, she dreamed about getting married, and “all that went with it.” For a long time, after she grew up, she put those dreams aside for her work and because no one measured up to what she dreamed as a girl. With Charles, she has more than she ever dreamed.[26]
- For something old, she had her grandmother's delicate pearl earrings; something new, the dress; something blue, the garter; something borrowed, one of Eve's necklaces.[27]
- They planned to marry in May, late May or early June, and have asked Roarke and Eve to stand up for them at their wedding since Charles and Louise met though them.[21] Their rehearsal was Friday night[22] and they married on a Saturday in June at Roarke's Mansion.[23]
- They're going to Tuscany for a couple of weeks on their honeymoon.[28]
Interesting Facts[]
- She offers street exams for those who will not go to a clinic; she uses a medi-van for this work.[29]
- She accepted a half a million dollar bribe from Eve for the Canal Street Clinic[31] which was bumped up to three million dollars if she contracted to donate her services to Dóchas.[32]
- She was attacked at the clinic by Jan (the nurse); resulting in a fractured skull, hemorrhaging and swelling.[33]
- She thinks gardening (digging in the dirt) is fun.[34]
- She donates time to Get Straight.[35]
YANNI[]
- In Conspiracy in Death (January, 2059), Louise is said to live at 28 Houston, unit C, New York City, New York.[36] In Seduction in Death (June, 2059) Bryna Bankhead was said to have lived in an apartment on Tenth Street and was neighbors of Louise Dimatto. Bryna lived on the twelfth floor, Louise on the tenth.[37] There is some distance from Houston (East or West) to Tenth Street.
- In Conspiracy In Death, Peabody said Louise was attacked at the clinic “early this morning;”[38] later, Peabody said, “It happened between three and four this afternoon.”[39]
References[]
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 189
- ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 209
- ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 211
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), p. 99
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 190
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 193
- ↑ Survivor in Death (ISBN 0-425-20418-9), p. 88
- ↑ Reunion in Death (ISBN 0-425-18397-1), p. 245
- ↑ Seduction in Death (ISBN 0-425-18146-4), p. 124
- ↑ Seduction in Death (ISBN 0-425-18146-4), p. 152
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 211
- ↑ Visions in Death (ISBN 978-0-7499-3499-6), pp. 52
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 160
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), p. 157
- ↑ Reunion in Death (ISBN 0-425-18397-1), p. 181
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), p. 157
- ↑ Seduction in Death (ISBN 0-425-18146-4), p. 126
- ↑ Seduction in Death (ISBN 0-425-18146-4), p. 151
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), pp. 202, 203, 210
- ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), pp. 247, 248, 255, 258
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), pp. 211, 212
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 194
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 5
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), pp. 5, 160
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 6
- ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 258
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 373
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 362
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), p. 100
- ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 279
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), pp. 300, 301
- ↑ Seduction in Death (ISBN 0-425-18146-4), pp. 40, 43, 62
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), pp. 331, 343
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 190
- ↑ Chaos in Death, Chapter 1
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), p. 157
- ↑ Seduction in Death (ISBN 0-425-18146-4), pp. 7, 60
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 978-425-16813-4), p. 328
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 978-425-16813-4), p. 334