jessica lange played thaddeus montgomery's mom in american horror story season 1.
who plays thaddeus montgomery's mom in american horror story season 1?
jessica lange
bullet::::- nora montgomery (portrayed by lily rabe) was dr. montgomery's wife and thaddeus montgomery's mother. she was a society debutante before she moved to the new home that her husband built for her; the tiffany glass fixtures were specifically chosen to match the color of her eyes. nora was used to a wealthy and privileged lifestyle, and became verbally abusive towards her husband when their finances began to suffer. to supplement their dwindling income, caused by the lack of work due to his ether addiction, she and her husband provided illegal abortions in the basement of their home; nora found the clients and anesthetized them, and charles performed the procedures. after finding out his girlfriend had secretly gotten an abortion behind his back, an angry boyfriend of one of their clients sought revenge on the montgomerys by kidnapping and murdering their infant child, thaddeus. the baby had been dismembered and the remains preserved in jars. dr. montgomery had developed a frankenstein complex and reassembled their son from his remains, animal parts, and the heart of an abortion-seeking client. the result was what is referred to as the "infantata"; the creature was deformed and had razor sharp teeth and claws. nora attempted to breastfeed the creature which resulted in her being bitten on the breast, as the monster desired blood and not milk. she then attempted to kill it with a letter opener, but failed. upon realizing what her family had become, nora shot her husband in the head, before turning the gun on herself. when she appears as a ghost, there is an exit wound in the back of her head from the bullet; this seems to cause some memory problems for her since she continuously cries for her son, and intermittently appears to be unaware of what has happened to him. tate's ghost promises nora's ghost that he will provide her with a child, under any circumstances. after vivien gives birth to the twins, nora takes one of them for herself. soon after, however, she decides she no longer wants to raise a child and instead gives him back to vivien. a picture of nora, charles and his son thaddeus was featured in "hotel". she and her husband charles are mentioned by billie dean in "apocalypse".
list of american horror story: murder house characters
bullet::::- thaddeus montgomery / the infantata (ben woolf) is the son of dr. charles and nora montgomery, who was reconstructed and brought back to life by charles, after being kidnapped, killed, and dismembered. he is first seen in the "pilot" episode, in which he kills the twins. he also takes part in tate and violet's basement attempt to scare leah into ceasing her bullying of violet by attacking her. in the "birth" episode, a young tate loses his toy in the basement's shadow and goes to retrieve it. tate is grabbed by the infantata, but is saved by nora's ghost, who still refers to the monster as thaddeus.
list of american horror story: murder house characters