Jenny Curran (later Jenny Gump) is a fictional character featured prominently in both the novel and movie Forrest Gump. In the latter, she is portrayed by Hanna R. Hall as a child and Robin Wright Penn as an adult.
Jenny was born on July 16, 1945. Forrest mentions in passing that she had at least two sisters though we never see them in the film. She and her family lived in a dilapidated farmhouse that Forrest described as being "as old as Alaba...
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Jenny Curran (later Jenny Gump) is a fictional character featured prominently in both the novel and movie Forrest Gump. In the latter, she is portrayed by Hanna R. Hall as a child and Robin Wright Penn as an adult.
Jenny was born on July 16, 1945. Forrest mentions in passing that she had at least two sisters though we never see them in the film. She and her family lived in a dilapidated farmhouse that Forrest described as being "as old as Alabama". Her mother died when she was five years old. Her father was a farmer and an alcoholic who physically and sexually abused Jenny and her sisters.
Jenny and Forrest first met when Jenny was the only child who would let Forrest sit next to her on the bus to their first day of school. Young Forrest was instantly taken with her and the two became inseparable friends, "like peas and carrots" as Forrest put it. The two would often play around a large nearby tree.She taught him how to read and stood up for him when bullies bothered him, telling...
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