Wilhelmina Vanderjetski

Wilhelmina Vanderjetski is a young starlet in 1930s Hollywood who is blackmailed for her money or else a secret will be revealed.

Arc
Wilhelmina Vanderjetski's real name is Lily THomas. Lily grew up in a Minnisotan farm town with her best friend Fig Whineshine. For some reason or another, the two eventually move to Hollywood as adults. Once there, Lily begins work as a cigarette girl. During one of her gigs as a cigarette girl, she works at a party for Roger Haircremé. He mistakes her for being a guest instead of a worker and the two become a couple. This causes Lily to begin to mask her past; she takes on the name Wilhelmina Vanderjetski from Fakelandia. Once she marries Roger, her fame begins to grow.

She becomes such a star that she begins to beat out previous favourite, Vivian Nightingale, for many theatre roles. She beat Vivian out of a role for a prohibition tap dancing adaptation of the grapes of wrath AND OTHER STUFF. However, with her popularity also comes more negativity. Due to her affluence, she is blackmailed for money. She needs to drop of $20,000 (today's equivelant would be $313,271.86) every Wednesday night or else her secret identity will be revealed. So, with this problem and Fig at her side, Whilly goes to Ford Phillips, a private investigator, for help.

gilded lily plot blackmail oh no

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Other Tidbits
-Wilhelmina's orange dress, worn in the movie theatre scene, is Sarah Grace Hart's favourite Wilhelmina and Shipwrecked costume she has ever worn.

-Wilhelmina has many nicknames from the fandom such as Whilly, Willie, Whillie, Willy, and other variants. In the script the Persaud's often abbriviated it to Willy; although, Shipwrecked as a whole more commonly refers to her as Willie.

-Mary Kate Wiles played the role of Wilhelmina when Shipwrecked did a Gilded Lily switcheroo reading/livestream.