and more than one member of the talamasca has observed that whereas stella , antha , and deirdre mayfair - her daughter , granddaughter , and great-granddaughter respectively - were delicate 'southern belle ' women , mary beth greatly resembled the striking and 'larger than life ' american film stars who came after her death , particularly ava gardner and joan crawford mary beth also bore a strong resemblance in photographs to jenny churchill , the celebrated american mother of winston churchill .