Nanny and The Professor - The Nanny's Relatives

The Nanny's Relatives

From time to time, some of the Nanny's relatives dropped by the Everett home for a visit. They include:

• Uncle Alfred (portrayed by John Mills, Juliet Mills's father), an eccentric who enthralls the Everett children with his wonderful stories and human flying act in his visit in "The Human Fly".

• Aunt Justine (portrayed by Ida Lupino) and Aunt Agatha (portrayed by Marjorie Bennett), two of the Nanny's loveable aunts who draw a mob of reporters, tourists and "Flem Libbers" when they descend on the Everetts, quite literally, in a balloon in "The Balloon Ladies".

• Uncle Horace (portrayed by Ray Bolger), the Nanny's roguish uncle, an old charmer, just back from the South seas, finds himself in great demand as rainmaker in Nanny's drought-stricken town during his visit in "South Sea Island Sweetheart".

• Aunt Henrietta (portrayed by Elsa Lanchester), an eccentric grand dame who arrives in town with her circus and a disturbing premonition that the Nanny is about to be carried off by a mustachioed stranger in "Aunt Henrietta's Premonition." She later appeared in "Aunt Henrietta and the Jinx" during a battle between reason and superstition and returned again in "Aunt Henrietta and the Poltergeist" helping to get rid of a ghost.

• Aunt Arabella, the Nanny's aunt and the inspiration for the nickname of the Nanny's antique 1930 Model A automobile in "Nanny on Wheels".

• The Nanny had a lookalike great-aunt (never seen) who lived to a ripe old age (she was born in October - a Libra).

• During the Nanny's wedding to Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh (the character's name is pronounced "Chumley Fanshaw"), she found a note from her mother tucked in her great-great-great grandmother's wedding gown that told her to only marry if she was truly in love. She took the advice of the note and called off the wedding.