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* Creator/PeterDavid's SpaceWestern ''Film/{{Oblivion}}'' has a Miss Kitty who's a CatGirl, and of course, she's actually ''[[PunnyName called]]'' Miss Kitty. And she's played by Julie "[[Series/Batman1966 Catwoman]]" Newmar.

* Creator/PeterDavid's SpaceWestern ''Film/{{Oblivion}}'' has a Miss Kitty who's a CatGirl and, [[{{Pun}} of course]], she's actually ''called'' Miss Kitty. And she's played by Julie "[[Series/Batman1966 Catwoman]]" Newmar.

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* In ''Film/{{Hustlers}}'', Creator/JenniferLopez plays a variant at a strip club. The 2008 financial crash spurs her and the girls to develop a more ruthless MO of drugging and robbing wealthy patrons.

* In ''Film/{{Hustlers}}'', Creator/JenniferLopez plays a variant at a strip club. The 2008 financial crash leads her and the girls to develop a more ruthless MO of drugging and robbing wealthy patrons.

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* Enid, played by ''Creator/MargoMartindale'' in ''Film/BlowTheManDown'', cultivates an air of this, but is a more sinister character behind closed doors, deeply embittered at her former partners feeling that the town's need for a brothel has passed, and possibly involved in the murder of one of her girls (who'd been stealing from her).

* Willie in ''Literature/OutOfTheEasy'' runs a brothel in the French Quarter of New Orleans, and acts as [[ParentalSubstitute surrogate mother]] to the protagonist, Josie.

* On ''Series/AdamRuinsEverything'', Adam debunks the notion that the founding of the Wild West was all the doing of gritty white male cowboys. He meets up with a saloon owner named Pearl, and an actual historian, who explain that the towns on the Frontier were basically work camps, with no women. When women ''did'' come to the West, some of them found that there was a market for sex (and not many other options open to women)...and that it was a very lucrative one. The prostitutes of the Old West used their newfound wealth and power to transform those settlements from work camps to cities with schools, hospitals, etc. The gritty white male cowboy Adam was talking to is shocked and appalled.
* Mama Mabel from ''Series/LukeCage2016''. She's [[PosthumousCharacter long dead in the present day]], but she was [[BigBad Mariah Stokes']] grandmother and Harlem's crimeboss in the 70's and 80's by way of running a brothel out of her house and selling illegal arms. And, not unusual for a brothel madam, she used her resources to provide for the community (turkeys for Thanksgiving, disposing of abusive boyfriends, etc.), ensuring that she was loved ''and'' feared. She also has ties to a few other characters across the MCU Netflix shows, such as putting Benjamin Donovan--lawyer to Mariah and Kingpin--through law school, and Piranha was born to [[SonOfAWhore one of Mabel's girls and a customer]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail: Fievel Goes West'', 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 (but soon regrets leaving Tiger).

* In ''Film/GhostTown1988'', Grace ran the town's saloon when she was alive, and continues to run it in death. This incles the soiled doves upstairs.

The [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]] is Miss Kitty, the proprietor of the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City in ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}''. Should not be confused with [[BestKnownForTheFanservice the burlesque dancer]] in ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'' or former Wrestling/{{WWE}} Diva Wrestling/StacyCarter, who used this name before changing it to The Kat.

Initially, {{Bowdlerization}} restricted her activities to running a saloon or burlesque house. In today's media, it's usually much more obvious that she's running a brothel with ancillary booze service.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': [[PunnyName Mrs. Rosie Palm]] is one, having risen to President of the [[UnusualEuphemism Seamstresses']] Guild of Ankh-Morpork after working as a Seamstress herself. Seamstresses are referred to as "Miss" while the head of the guild is "Mrs". This causes Sir Samuel Vimes to commit a minor gaff in ''Discworld/NightWatch'' when he travels back in time and comes across Rosie and calls her Mrs. Palm. At that point she was just another working girl and corrected him that it is Miss Palm.

* Aloe the fairy is head of the Nectar brothel in ''Manga/InterspeciesReviewers''.

* Mama Mabel from ''Series/LukeCage''. She's [[PosthumousCharacter long dead in the present day]], but she was [[BigBad Mariah Stokes']] grandmother and Harlem's crimeboss in the 70's and 80's by way of running a brothel out of her house and selling illegal arms. And, not unusual for a brothel madam, she used her resources to provide for the community (turkeys for Thanksgiving, disposing of abusive boyfriends, etc.), ensuring that she was loved ''and'' feared. She also has ties to a few other characters across the MCU Netflix shows, such as putting Benjamin Donovan--lawyer to Mariah and Kingpin--through law school, and Piranha was born to [[SonOfAWhore one of Mabel's girls and a customer]].

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

"Miss Kitty" is an older woman who runs a brothel and is heavily implied to be a former working girl herself. She's charismatic when necessary, but has no tolerance for rowdiness in her establishment and very often has a shotgun handy to make certain that her policy is enforced. [[MamaBear She goes out of her way to make certain that no one mistreats her girls]], and she runs a tight ship with ''them'' as well. She acts as [[TeamMom mother-confessor]] for anyone in town and always has time to provide people with advice and common-sense wisdom. Occasionally, PreacherMan berates her for operating a DenOfIniquity, but most of the time he accepts her business as a necessary evil.

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* In ''Film/TheReturnOfSherlockHolmes2016'', SassyBlackWoman Mrs. Burrows is shown to be a very indulgent madam, even hand feeding her girls treats.

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* In ''ComicStrip/RickOShay'', Sheriff Rick O'Shay's love interest, dance-hall owner Gaye Abandon, is a family-friendly version of the trope.
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* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', Calista Cypher aka Black Widow used to work as a prostitute (among other things) before she became the matron of [[TheMagocracy Alent's]] finest brothels.

* Mama Mabel from ''Series/LukeCage''. She's [[PosthumousCharacter long dead in the present day]], but she was [[BigBad Mariah Stokes']] grandmother and Harlem's crimeboss in the 70's and 80's by way of running a brothel out of her house and selling illegal arms. And, not unusual for brothel madam, she used her resources to provide for the community (turkeys for Thanksgiving, disposing of abusive boyfriends, etc.), ensuring that she was loved ''and'' feared. She also has ties to a few other characters across the MCU Netflix shows, such as putting Benjamin Donovan--lawyer to Mariah and Kingpin--through law school, and Piranha was born to [[SonOfAWhore one of Mabel's girls and a customer]].

* Mama Mabel from ''Series/LukeCage''. She's [[PosthumousCharacter long dead in the present day]], but she was [[BigBad Mariah Stokes']] grandmother and Harlem's crimeboss in the 70's and 80's by way of running a brothel and selling illegal arms.

* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has "Pretty" Sarah. Once she was pretty... before she was burned and raped by the Fiend leader Cook-Cook and not necessarily in that order. She now lives in the Casa Madrid Apartments in Westside acting as a madam for her three prostitutes. She may be burned by she's much tougher than she looks and never likes people messing with her "merchandise". That .44 magnum is not just there for show.