Mabel (Jeeves character)

Mabel
Charles Edward Biffen (Philip Shelley) and Mabel (Jenny Whiffen) (Jeeves and Wooster - Pearls Mean Tears).
First appearance	Pearls Mean Tears
Created by	P. G. Wodehouse
Portrayed by	Jenny Whiffen
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Gender	female
Family	Jeeve’s niece and girlfriend of Charles Edward Biffen (Philip Shelley)

Mabel, is a recurring fictional character from the Jeeves novels of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being Jeeves’ niece, who falls in love with Charles Edward Biffen ("Biffy") during an ocean voyage. In the 1990s television series Jeeves and Wooster she is portrayed by Jenny Whiffen . In The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy, we learn that the girl named Mabel falls in love with "Biffy", but he cannot find her, because he cannot remember her surname. At the end Jeeves, Mabel's uncle, produces a plan to get Biffy and Mabel together and suggests to Biffy that he may go to the theatre. Mabel is now a British burlesque dancer and show girl who performs in the theatre. Disaster ensues when Biffy sees Mabel dancing and singing in the theatre. Biffy proposes and she accepts his proposal.

References

• Wodehouse, P. G. (1999) [1954]. Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-028120-7. 

See also

• "The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy" (Carry On, Jeeves, 1925)

References