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| Ursula Zandt | |
| Aliases: | The Silhouette |
| Continuity: | Watchmen |
| Notability: | Minor character |
| Type: | Superhero |
| Gender: | Female |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Austria New York City, New York |
| Associations: | Minutemen |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Born: | September 4th, 1917 |
| Died: | November 12th, 1946 |
| First: | Watchmen #2 |
| Actor: | Apollonia Vanova |
Ursula Zandt is a fictional comic book super-hero who goes by the code name of The Silhouette. She is featured in comic books published by DC Comics and is associated with the Watchmen multimedia franchise. She first appeared in a photograph in Watchmen #1 in September, 1986. Her first official appearance was in flashback in Watchmen #2 in October, 1986. A version of The Silhouette appeared in the 2009 live-action Watchmen feature film where she was played by actress Apollonia Vanova.
Biography[]
Ursula Zandt was born in Austria on September 4th, 1917. As a young woman, she emigrated to the United States after the Nazis took control of her homeland during World War II. She became a costumed super-hero and a member of the Minutemen and assumed the code name of The Silhouette.
Ursula was a homosexual and was involved in a romantic relationship with a woman named Gretchen Slovak. Her sexual identity became public knowledge in 1946 and she was forced out of the Minutemen. In November of that year, a villain known as the Liquidator murdered Ursula and Gretchen in their motel room. He wrote the words "Lesbian Whores" painted on the walls in their own blood.
Abilities[]
Powers[]
- None: Ursula Zandt is by all accounts a normal human being with no superhuman abilities to speak of.
Skills[]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Ursula Zandt was created by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons.
- Elements of Silhouette's background, including her sexuality and subsequent murder were recounted by Hollis Mason in his tell-all book Under the Hood.
- Sally Jupiter later avenged Silhouette's death by murdering Geoffrey Dean, aka the Liquidator.
- Silhouette is also the code name used by a character named Silhouette Chord, who is featured in Marvel Comics titles and a member of the New Warriors.
See also[]
Watchmen media
The World of the Watchmen
External Links[]
Appearances[]
Comics
- Watchmen 1 (In a photograph only)
- Watchmen 2 (In flashback only)
Film
Other