Virginia Chance
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Virginia Chance is a fictional character on Raising Hope
played by Martha Plimpton
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Virginia (40) is Hope's grandmother, Jimmy's mother, and Burt's wife. Virginia conceived Jimmy when she was fifteen. Her mother left her when she was two years old, and she was raised by her grandmother, Maw Maw, who told her that her mother was killed by a duck.
. Virginia's mother left when she was very young, and she was raised with the false knowledge that her mother had passed away after hitting her head on a lawn ornament.
When Virginia was fourteen, she began dating Burt Chance, who was seventeen. A year later in a parked car outside her friend's Sweet Sixteen party, Virginia conceived her son, Jimmy, making her a mother at the age of fifteen.
Virginia had to work a lot to let her son have a childhood and often left him home sitting, staring a picture or spending time with his Great Maw Maw (Virginia's grandmother, Jimmy's great-grandmother) which he did not like. When Virginia was thirty nine years old she became a grandmother, as Jimmy's daughter, Hope, was born. Virginia gave up smoking when Hope moved in with them and gave the money to Jimmy to pay for Hope's daycare.
Virginia also hates her cousin Delilah, since Delilah always had better clothes and would belittle Virginia because of this. Virginia stole Burt from Delilah to get back at her for her rude attitude.
She also had to wear a back brace in her teen years due to scoliosis.
Raising Hope
Raising Hope is a television comedy program first aired on September 21, 2010 on Fox. The series airs on Tuesdays at 9:30 pm. On January 10, 2011, Fox renewed Raising Hope for a second season, which premiered on September 20, 2011....
played by Martha Plimpton
Martha Plimpton
Martha Campbell Plimpton is an American actress and singer and former model. Plimpton is a screen, stage and television actress. She first appeared as Jonsy in the feature film River Rats before rising to prominence in the Richard Donner film The Goonies portraying the character Stef...
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Virginia (40) is Hope's grandmother, Jimmy's mother, and Burt's wife. Virginia conceived Jimmy when she was fifteen. Her mother left her when she was two years old, and she was raised by her grandmother, Maw Maw, who told her that her mother was killed by a duck.
Background
Virginia was born in 1970 or possibly late 1969. When she was born she was close to her grandmother, Maw MawMaw Maw
Barbara June Thompson, always referred to by her family as "Maw Maw," is a fictional character in the television comedy Raising Hope. The character is played by Cloris Leachman....
. Virginia's mother left when she was very young, and she was raised with the false knowledge that her mother had passed away after hitting her head on a lawn ornament.
When Virginia was fourteen, she began dating Burt Chance, who was seventeen. A year later in a parked car outside her friend's Sweet Sixteen party, Virginia conceived her son, Jimmy, making her a mother at the age of fifteen.
Virginia had to work a lot to let her son have a childhood and often left him home sitting, staring a picture or spending time with his Great Maw Maw (Virginia's grandmother, Jimmy's great-grandmother) which he did not like. When Virginia was thirty nine years old she became a grandmother, as Jimmy's daughter, Hope, was born. Virginia gave up smoking when Hope moved in with them and gave the money to Jimmy to pay for Hope's daycare.
Virginia also hates her cousin Delilah, since Delilah always had better clothes and would belittle Virginia because of this. Virginia stole Burt from Delilah to get back at her for her rude attitude.
She also had to wear a back brace in her teen years due to scoliosis.
Relatives
- Jimmy ChanceJimmy ChanceJames "Jimmy" Chance is fictional character on Raising Hope. He is played by Lucas Neff.Jimmy is a 23-year-old who is clueless about raising a child and everything else. One night when he was driving back to his home after picking up bubblegum ice cream, a girl named Lucy jumped into his van while...
: Virginia's son, who she had at fifteen. - Burt ChanceBurt ChanceBurt Chance is a fictional character on Raising Hope played by Garret Dillahunt.Burt is Hope's grandfather, Jimmy's father, and Virginia's husband. Burt conceived Jimmy with Virginia when he was seventeen. He has a gardening business which he runs with Jimmy.Burt has been seen in several episodes...
: Virginia's husband. She stole him from her cousin Delilah, who is revealed to still love Burt. - Maw MawMaw MawBarbara June Thompson, always referred to by her family as "Maw Maw," is a fictional character in the television comedy Raising Hope. The character is played by Cloris Leachman....
: Virginia's grandmother who raised her when her mother left. - Delilah: Virginia's wealthy cousin; the two have hated each other since childhood. This was fueled when Virginia stole Burt from Delilah
- Hope Chance: Virginia's granddaughter.
- Louise Thompson: Virginia's mother who had her when she was twenty. Louise left when Virginia was two, and Maw Maw told Virginia that her mother had died by suffocating herself
- Mike Chance: Virginia's nephew.
- Bruce Chance: Virginia's brother-in-law, Burt's brother.
- Wilfred Thompson: Virginia's grandfather.