Cisely Compson

Mrs. Compson is the mother of Ladonna Compson.

According to Ladonna, Mrs. Compson played in a band until she was 25, but got so broke she had to sell her trumpet, but then a soldier (who would one day be her husband) bought it back for her.

She made Ladonna wear the snow hat her Aunt Bo gave her in "Based on a True Story."