portrayals In the 1965 comedy film How to Murder Your Wife, Stanley Ford's town house, after being overhauled by his new wife, contains six paintings and drawings in the style of Keane. In 1998, the cartoon series The Powerpuff Girls by animator Craig McCracken debuted, featuring leads with abnormally large eyes inspired by Keane's art; the series also features a character (specifically the leads' teacher) named "Ms. Keane". In 1999, Matthew Sweet's album In Reverse features one of Keane's oil paintings on its cover. In the 2014 biographical film Big Eyes, Margaret Keane and her ex-husband Walter are the main focus of the film. Margaret was portrayed by Amy Adams and Walter was played by Christoph Waltz. The film was directed by Tim Burton. Margaret Keane makes an appearance in the film, as an elderly lady sitting on a park bench, in the scene where Adams' and Waltz's characters are outside the Palace of Fine Arts. Margaret Keane turned down various offers for the film rights. After meetings with screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, she agreed to the film rights and approved the screenplays written by Alexander and Karaszewski. The film took 11 years from development to completion. References External links 1927 births 2022 deaths American women painters American Jehovah's Witnesses Converts to Jehovah's Witnesses Painters from California Painters from Tennessee People from Nashville, Tennessee People from Napa, California 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women artists Traphagen School of Fashion alumni 21st-century American women artists Deaths from congestive heart failure