premise: Aunt May is a character that appeared in media adaptations of a type of creative work.
hypothesis: May Parker , commonly known as Aunt May is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics , commonly in association with the superhero Spider-man . The character has appeared in most other media adaptations of the comics , often playing a prominent role . She has been adapted into live action four times : Jeff Donnell in 1977 , Rosemary Harris in 2002 , Sally Field in 2012 and Marisa Tomei in 2016 .