Stella Kowalski

Gentle young woman, Stella is Stanley's wife and Blanche's sister, greeting Stanley and later welcoming Blanche. Stella tries to mediate the poker game, is assaulted by Stanley, helps Blanche, and is implied to be pregnant. Stella is mentioned as having gone out with her husband Stanley to a midnight preview at Loew's State. Stella prepares Blanche's birthday, rebuffs Stanley, and reveals details of Blanche's earlier marriage to a poet and her expulsion from school. Stella weeps, reveals her concern for Blanche and her own pregnancy, defends her sister, and asks Stanley to take her to the hospital. Stella sobs over Blanche’s removal, holds her newborn baby, and is comforted by Eunice.