Lydia Deetz is the deuteragonist in the 1988 feature film Beetlejuice. She is Charles Deetz's daughter and the stepdaughter of Delia Deetz and a friend of Adam and Barbara Maitland.
She is portrayed by Winona Ryder.
Background[]
Personality[]
Lydia is a serious but kind girl who is sensitive beyond her Goth dress and feels isolated in the world. Her father and stepmother don’t take anything she says seriously and often ignore her for their own selfish pursuits. Lydia loves writing poetry, taking photographs and loves anything pertaining to the supernatural and paranormal. Despite her young age, Lydia appears to be the most sensible member of the Deetz household. By the end of the film, she is more happy and well-adjusted because Adam and Barbara Maitland become active parental figures alongside Charles and Delia Deetz, who take a stronger role in her upbringing after having seen her nearly forced into marriage with Beetlejuice.
Physical Appearance[]
Lydia is shown with jet black hair which she often wears in a bushy ponytail with long parted bangs. She wears pale face makeup and peach eye shadow around her eyelids, under her eyebrows and above her cheekbones.
Appearances[]
Beetlejuice[]
Beetlejuice (TV series)[]
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the Beetlejuice TV series, Lydia is the daughter of Delia Deetz, in the Beetlejuice film, she is Delia's step-daughter.
- Lydia is very similar to Elsa Van Helsing, who is also played by Winona Ryder.
- Lydia and Elsa are both goth.
- Lydia's grade in Science is a C, but in Math is an A.
- Lydia also is similar to Edward Scissorhands.
- Lydia and Edward are both goth, polite, serious and mature.