Don's best friend and former dance partner. Tenor. Lina Lamont - A slow-witted silent film diva with a big personality and a harshly unpleasant voice. She is Don's regular co-star. Mezzo-Soprano.

1927 Hollywood. Monumental Pictures' biggest stars, glamorous on-screen couple Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood, are also an off-screen couple if the trade papers and gossip columns are to be believed.