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Thelma "Thel" Keane (née Carne; March 15, 1926 – May 23, 2008) was the Australian-born American wife of The Family Circus newspaper cartoonist, Bil Keane. Keane served as her husband's inspiration and model for the "Mommy" character in his long-running comic strip and was instrumental in restoring the copyrights for The Family ...
- Businessperson and business manager
- May 23, 2008 (aged 82), Paradise Valley, Arizona, U.S.
Thel is a college-educated homemaker. The Los Angeles Times ran a feature article on the Thelma character when Keane updated her hairstyle in 1996. The eldest child is seven-year-old Billy. A recurring theme involves Billy as a substitute cartoonist for a Sunday strip.
- The Family Circle, Family-Go-Round
- February 29, 1960; 63 years ago
- Running
PHOENIX (AP) — Thelma Keane, the inspiration for the Mommy character in the long-running "Family Circus" comic created by her husband, Bil Keane, has died. She was 82. She died Friday of Alzheimer's disease, the family said. "Family Circus," which Keane began drawing in 1960, depicts the good-humored life of two parents and their four children.
27 mag 2008 · PHOENIX — Thelma Keane, the inspiration for the Mommy character in the long-running Family Circus comic created by her husband, Bil Keane, has died. She was 82. She died Friday of Alzheimer’s disease.
May 26, 2008. PHOENIX — Thelma Keane, the wife of "Family Circus" cartoonist Bil Keane and the inspiration for the Mommy character in the long-running comic, has died of Alzheimer's disease....
27 mag 2008 · By Amanda Lee Myers. May 26, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Thelma Keane, 82, the inspiration for the Mommy in the long-running "Family Circus" comic strip created by her husband, Bil Keane, died May...
26 mag 2008 · PHOENIX — Thelma Keane, the inspiration for the Mommy character in the long-running "Family Circus" comic created by her husband, Bil Keane, has died. She was 82. She died Friday of Alzheimer's...
