Widow Tweed

Widow Tweed is one of the main protagonists in Disney's 1981 feature film The Fox and the Hound. She is the caretaker of Tod. She was voiced by Jeanette Nolan. She appeared in the midquel as well, voiced by Russi Taylor.

The Fox and the Hound
When a fox kit's mother is shot and killed by a hunter, Big Mama the owl and her friends Dinky the finch and Boomer the woodpecker search for someone to look after the orphaned kit. They realize that Widow Tweed, a nearby widowed farmer who is known as a kind woman named Widow Tweed, would be the perfect person for the job. Boomer knocks on Widow Tweed's door and when the widow sees Big Mama and Dinky pick her bloomers off her clothesline and drops them on the kit. She runs over and finds the young fox underneath. When Widow Tweed realizes he has no mother, she takes him in as her own. She names him Tod because he looks like such a little toddler. She tells him that with him there now she's not going to be so lonesome anymore after the passing of her husband.

Widow Tweed cares for Tod, and the young fox follows her everywhere. She notes that she can't stay mad at Tod, even when he is being mischievous. After Tod begins annoying Abigail the cow, she encourages him to run along and play. Unknown to her, Tod meets a hound puppy named Copper and the 2 become friends. One day, her neighbor Amos Slade chases Tod, accusing the fox of harassing his chickens. Tod had actually gone over to see Copper and thus was innocent, but this is unknown to either person. Widow Tweed grabs Amos' rifle and shoots out his radiator in his truck. She tells the hunter that Tod would never hurt anyone or anything and orders the hunter off her property. Deciding to keep Tod safe, Widow Tweed decides to coop him up inside, but she is glad the next day to see Amos and his 2 dogs Chief and Copper leave for a hunting trip.

At some point during the winter, Widow Tweed gives Tod a birthday party, celebrating his first birthday, and presents him with a collar. However, trouble starts up as Amos comes backs to shoot Tod. Tod had gone onto Amos's property, and a long chase had resulted in Chief nearly getting killed. Amos warns Widow Tweed that she can't protect Tod forever. The next day, she makes the hard decision to release Tod into a nearby game preserve.

Later, after the rescue of Amos and Copper from Tod, she doctors Amos's leg, which he had injured in a bear trap.

The Fox and the Hound 2
Widow Tweed appeared in the second movie only appeared in and out.

Trivia

 * Jeanette Nolan, the actress who voiced Widow Tweed, was married to actor John MacIntire (the voice of the grumpy badger in the film) from 1935 until his death in 1991 from a stroke. They also previously voiced characters together in The Rescuers. She was Ellie Mae, the swamp muskrat and he was Rufus the cat.