Eileen or Lulu is a character from the BBC series Pennies from Heaven and its 1981 film adaptation where she was portrayed by Bernadette Peters.
History[]
Biography[]
Eileen was a schoolteacher in Chicago in the year 1934. After being impregnated by adulterous sheet-music salesman Arthur Parker, she lost her job and became a prostitute. Eileen's pimp was a man named Tom who arranged for her to have an abortion. In this career, Eileen started going by the name of, "Lulu".
Lulu later reunited with Arthur who she continued her romance with. Arthur planned on running away from his wife with Eileen and objected to her sex-work. After failing to sell his business, Eileen and Arthur robbed a store which they trashed. Throughout this all, Lulu continued prostituting to make their ends meet despite Arthur's domineering objections.
Arthur's wife Joan later had him arrested for a murder-charge which he did not commit. Arthur was arrested and executed for the crime at the gallows. Prior to his demise, he was shown having a fantasy singing the song, "Pennies from Heaven" with Eileen.
Jungle Cruise appearances[]
Jungle Cruise[]
Audio of Eileen's (non-diegetic) musical-number Love is Good for Anything that Ails You is played by Albert Awol in the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise. Said song was sung by Ida Sue McCune for Peters to lip-sync to in 1981. Awol also mentions to music as being given to AWOL Airwaves by the Library of Lost American Melodies of Manaus, Brazil.[2]