Belladonna (Took) Baggins

Belladonna Took in the extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Belladonna Baggins
Biographical information
Other names	Belladonna Took Mrs. Bungo Baggins
Birth	TA 2852 (SR 1252)
Death	TA 2934 (SR 1334)
Spouse	Bungo Baggins
Physical description
Race	Hobbits
Gender	Female
Hair	Black
Culture	Shire-hobbits
Media portrayal
Actor	Sonia Forbes-Adam

Belladonna (Took) Baggins was the mother of Bilbo Baggins and was from a very large, wealthy family with many siblings.

Biography

Belladonna Took was the "remarkable" ninth child of Gerontius "The Old" Took and Adamanta Chubb. Belladonna had eight older siblings: Isengrim III, Hildigard, Isumbras IV, Hildigrim, Isembold, Hildifons, Isembard, and Hildibrand; and three younger siblings: Donnamira, Mirabella, and Isengar. Although she was technically the second daughter of Gerontius and Adamanta, she was the eldest of the three that survived to adulthood.

Belladonna Took married Bungo Baggins, becoming "Mrs. Bungo Baggins," and together they financed the construction of the Shire's most luxurious and comfortable Hobbit-hole, Bag End. In TA 2890, Belladonna became the loving mother of Bilbo Baggins, her only son and child. She was also well known to the wizard Gandalf. She died in TA 2934, eight years after her husband, leaving Bilbo the master of Bag End.

Portrayals in adaptations

Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring

Her portrait on the wall of Bag End in Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring was based on Fran Walsh's appearance.

A portrait of Belladonna in Bag End

She was mentioned in the movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, but although the character appeared in the book The Art of The Lord of the Rings about the film, and later in the extended version, the scenes with her in them were cut from the 2001 theatrical release.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

In the extended edition, Belladonna appears in a short flashback scene, showing the first meeting between Gandalf and the young Bilbo. The scene was based on Tolkien's appendices to The Hobbit, which were not published until after his death. Belladonna is played by actress Sonia Forbes-Adam, the wife of James Nesbitt who plays Bofur the Dwarf.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Беладона (Тук) Бегинс
Czech	Beladona (Bralová) Pytlíková
Finnish	Belladonna (Tuk) Reppuli
French	Belladonne (Touque) Sacquet
Georgian	ბელადონა (ტუკი) ბეგინსი
German	Belladonna (Tuk) Beutlin
Greek	Μπελαντόνα (Τουκ) Μπάγκινς
Hebrew	בלאדונה (בגינס) טוק
Italian	Belladonna (Tuc) Baggins
Korean	벨라돈나 (툭) 배긴스
Norwegian	Belladonna (Toker) Sekker Belladonna (Tók) Lommelun
Portuguese	Beladona (Tûk) Bolseiro (Brazil) Belladona (Took) Baggins (Portugal)
Russian	Белладонна (Тук) Бэггинс
Spanish (Spain and Latin America)	Belladonna (Tuk) Bolsón

Trivia

• In The Hobbit video game, a Hobbit named "Lorella", who runs a local food stand, mentions that Belladonna had a natural affinity for picking locks (a skill which Bilbo seemingly inherited).