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* Shunu from FushigiYuugiGenbuKaiden.

* Mary Barrett from ''WildBoys''.

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* In one skit from TheArmstrongAndMillerShow, Alexander Armstrong discovers that his ancestor was a prostitute, and determines to find out whether she ever improved her lot in life. Apparently, she did: a later entry into the records he's examining instead lists her occupation as "brothel owner".

* Bart discovers and eventually ends up working for one of these women on ''TheSimpsons.'' Even though the show is set in modern America, the matron of the house plays this trope completely straight and makes Marge look foolish by comparison. This episode led to the CrowningMusicOfAwesome -- "We put the * Spring* in Springfield."

* I'm surprised nobody has mentioned [[OneSceneWonder Miss Kitty Mouse]] from TheGreatMouseDetective.

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*** {{TruthInTelevision}}- 18th and 19th century 'bawds' usually did adopt the honorific 'Mrs.' when they went into the management side, as it were. (Earlier than this, the respectful way to refer to any woman was as 'Mistress _', regardless of her marital status.) (It would also be part of a loose pretence- as Rosie Palm puts up when we first meet her- that the younger women in her house are her daughters. Allegedly it was also fairly common for the girls to address the madam as 'Mother'.) (Bear in mind that this was also adopted by senior servants- head cooks and house keepers- as a mark of respect for their seniority.)

** Predated by [[spoiler: the OlderAndWiser Transitror Soto]] from ''House of Spirits''.

* PeterDavid's SpaceWestern ''Oblivion'' has a MissKitty who's a CatGirl and, [[IncrediblyLamePun of course]], she's actually ''called'' MissKitty. And she's played by Julie "[[Series/{{Batman}} Catwoman]]" Newmar.

** Did she ever actually leave the life? Though presumably the head of the real-world Plumbers' Union doesn't [[IncrediblyLamePun lay much pipe either]].

* [[Spoiler: Roy's adoptive mother]] Madame Christmas in ''FullmetalAlchemist''.

* The owner of the titular salon in Tinto Brass' ''Salon Kitty'' even has the right name. Would be dead on this trope if it wasn't set in Nazi Germany...

* Madame Christmas in ''FullmetalAlchemist''.

The TropeNamer is Miss Kitty, the proprietor of the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City in ''{{Gunsmoke}}''.

* [[PunnyName Ms. Rosie Palm]] is one, having risen to President of the [[UnusualEuphemism Seamstresses']] Guild of [[{{Discworld}} Ankh-Morpork]] after working as a Seamstress herself.

** The origins of the women who called themselves Ada and Minna Everleigh are still in dispute, although a great deal of detective work has been done (most recently by Karen Abbott in her book ''Sin In The Second City''). What is known is that they made a windfall profit in Omaha operating a high-class house, then took that money to create a dream establishment on Chicago's South Side. Opening in 1901, the Everleigh Club soon became world-famous for its opulence and its employment of beautiful, talented women, who were treated magnificently by Ada and Minna. The brothel was down-right palatial in its furnishings, among other things, it had a champagne fountain, a solid gold spittoon and a gold-plated piano. Not to mention that they got world-class chefs and musicians to work for them. It was as exclusive as possible; new customers needed a letter of recommendation from an established patron to be admitted, they only took checks at a time when only the rich possessed checking accounts, and people who spent less than $50 (worth about $2000-$4000 today) are politely but emphatically advised to never come back, the average "dinner and a night" service costs more than $200. They even entertained royalty. The house was forcibly shut down in 1911, and the sisters went into genteel retirement in New York City.

** The origins of the women who called themselves Ada and Minna Everleigh are still in dispute, although a great deal of detective work has been done (most recently by Karen Abbott in her book ''Sin In The Second City''). What is known is that they made a windfall profit in Omaha operating a high-class house, then took that money to create a dream establishment on Chicago's South Side. Opening in 1901, the Everleigh Club soon became world-famous for its opulence and its employment of beautiful, talented women, who were treated magnificently by Ada and Minna. The brothel was down-right palatial in its furnishings, among other thins, it had a champagne fountain, a solid gold spittoon and a gold-plated piano. Not to mention that they got world-class chefs and musicians to work for them. It was as exclusive as possible; new customers needed a letter of recommendation from an established patron to be admitted, they only took checks at a time when only the rich possessed checking accounts, and people who spent less than $50 (worth about $2000-$4000 today) are politely but emphatically advised to never come back, the average "dinner and a night" service costs more than $200. They even entertained royalty. The house was forcibly shut down in 1911, and the sisters went into genteel retirement in New York City.

** The origins of the women who called themselves Ada and Minna Everleigh are still in dispute, although a great deal of detective work has been done (most recently by Karen Abbott in her book ''Sin In The Second City''). What is known is that they made a windfall profit in Omaha operating a high-class house, then took that money to create a dream establishment on Chicago's South Side. Opening in 1901, the Everleigh Club soon became world-famous for its opulence and its employment of beautiful, talented women, who were treated magnificently by Ada and Minna. The brothel only used the best furnishings, with the champagne fountain, solid gold spittoon and gold-plated piano being the most famous. Not to mention that they got world-class chefs and musicians to work for them. It was as exclusive as possible; new customers needed a letter of recommendation from an established patron to be admitted, they only took checks at a time when only the rich possessed checking accounts, and people who spent less than $50 (worth about $2000-$4000 today) are politely but emphatically advised to never come back, the average "dinner and a night" service costs about $200. They even entertained royalty. The house was forcibly shut down in 1911, and the sisters went into genteel retirement in New York City.

** The origins of the women who called themselves Ada and Minna Everleigh are still in dispute, although a great deal of detective work has been done (most recently by Karen Abbott in her book ''Sin In The Second City''). What is known is that they made a windfall profit in Omaha operating a high-class house, then took that money to create a dream establishment on Chicago's South Side. Opening in 1901, the Everleigh Club soon became world-famous for its opulence and its employment of beautiful, talented women, who were treated magnificently by Ada and Minna. It was as exclusive as possible; they only took checks, at a time when only the rich possessed checking accounts. They even entertained royalty. The house was forcibly shut down in 1911, and the sisters went into genteel retirement in New York City. The Everleigh Club even provided the English language with a new phrase; "I'm getting Everleighed" became a euphemism for visiting a house of prostitution, and was eventually vulgarized into "getting laid".
*** The last sentence of this example seems a bit like an UrbanLegend.

* In [[AnAmericanTail FeivelGoesWest]], there is a talking cat woman whose name is actually Miss Kitty. She is the head matron amongst the other "singers" in the saloon, and left her troubled past behind her in New York to go off to the west.

* In FeivelGoesWest, there is a talking cat woman whose name is actually Miss Kitty. She is the head matron amongst the other "singers" in the saloon, and left her troubled past behind her in New York to go off to the west.

** The last sentence of this example seems a bit like an UrbanLegend.

* Madame Christmas [[spoiler: who is [[SonOfAWhore likely Mustang's mother]]]] in ''FullmetalAlchemist''.

** Dora Flood in ''Cannery Row'' is another Steinbeck example. In the sequel ''Sweet Thursday'', her older sister Flora takes over, having changed her name to "Fauna."