Olivia Foxworth

The antagonist of "Flowers in the Attic" and one of the most ruthless grandmothers in all of literature. Mother to Corrine and wife to Malcolm Foxworth, Olivia takes in her daughter and her children Cathy, Christopher, Carrie and Cory after their father dies unexpectedly. Olivia locks the children in the attic of the family mansion and they endure unimaginable treatment. An extremely religious woman, Olivia threatens the children as she knows the dark secret of their parents' past and she takes it upon herself to execute punishment.