Is Penny Joker's real mom?

Is Penny Joker's real mom?

Penny Fleck is was the adoptive mother of Arthur Fleck, a mentally unstable failed comedian who would later call himself the Joker. Much like her son, Penny suffered from an unspecified mentally illness.

Who is Arthur Fleck real father?

Thomas Wayne In Joker, Thomas Wayne (Batman's father) and Penny Fleck (Joker's mother) are key characters. Penny claims that Thomas is actually Arthur's father.

Is the Joker Mr Wayne's son?

note: Major spoilers follow for Joker.] Arthur (Phoenix) and his mother (Frances Conroy). ... When he finally opens one of the letters that his mother has been sending to Thomas Wayne (Brett Cullen), he discovers that he's Wayne's son — Bruce Wayne's (Dante Pereira-Olson) half-brother.

Is Fleck the Joker?

He also lost access to his medication and therapist, causing him to succumb to madness as he killed his deceitful mother and took on the identity of The Joker....

Arthur Fleck
Alias(es)	Joker
Appeared in	Joker
Status	Alive
Actor	Joaquin Phoenix

What was Penny Fleck diagnosed with?

delusional disorder and narcissistic tendencies She was diagnosed with delusional disorder and narcissistic tendencies, or something like that. Penny Fleck (played by Frances Conroy) is attended to by her son Arthur.

Is Penny Fleck telling the truth?

While the movie presents this idea as a delusion that Arthur adopts from his equally unbalanced mother, there is some evidence to suggest that Penny Fleck was telling the truth about a love affair with the famous billionaire and that he fathered her son.

What was Penny Fleck's relationship with the Joker?

• Penny Fleck is was the adoptive mother of Arthur Fleck, a mentally unstable failed comedian who would later call himself the Joker. Much like her son, Penny suffered from an unspecified mentally illness.

What happens to Arthur Fleck's mom in the Joker?

• It's after finding official paperwork at the asylum revealing those facts that Arthur goes even further off the deep end, killing his mother via smothering. It all seems fairly cut and dry, and it might be, were this another movie.

Who was Penny Fleck's real mother in Gotham?

• The first time was in the television show Gotham, which featured Lila Valeska as the mother of the Valeska Twins: Jerome Valeska (the precursor of the Joker) and Jeremiah Valeska (The Joker). Even so, however, it's left ambiguous whether Penny adopted Arthur or if she was indeed Arthur's biological mother and his adoption was fabricated.

Who is the mother of the Joker in the new movie?

• In comic books the Joker’s father looms semi-large in the super-villain’s loose backstory, but in Joker —the new origin story in theaters Friday—it’s his mother who takes center stage. Penny Fleck (played by Frances Conroy) is a meek, sickly woman who relies on her son, Arthur ( Joaquin Phoenix ), to take care of her.