Corky Pirbright

Also called Corky, Miss Pirbright, Cora Starr, young Corky, Cora (‘Corky’) Pirbright, Catsmeat’s sister Corky, Cora Pirbright, Pirbright’s sister

Cora 'Corky' Pirbright, Catsmeat's sister and Bertie's childhood friend, the film actress Cora Starr, keeping house for her uncle the vicar and running the village concert; she wins back Esmond.

Connections

dealings

• is loved by, is in love with Esmond Haddock 31
• is friend of, was at school with Bertie Wooster 28
• is loved by, flirts with Gussie Fink-Nottle 27
• is sibling of, dotes on Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright 14
• is nephew or niece of, keeps house for the Rev. Sidney Pirbright 13
• owns, dotes on Sam Goldwyn^♞︎ 12
• has as a fan, dotes on Thos 8
• has it in for, longs to sock Constable Dobbs 7

Everyone and everything else (12)

• is disliked by, has their marriage opposed by Esmond's aunts^⁂ 4
• organizes the village concert^✦︎ 4
• has as a fan Mrs Wellbeloved 3
• asks, will not discuss Corky's little job^✦︎ 2
• is child of Elsie Cattermole 2
• is as formidable as Aunt Agatha 1
• wangles Catsmeat's Hollywood contract^✦︎ 1
• is disliked by Dame Daphne Winkworth 1
• gives Gertrude Winkworth 1
• cheers the hunting song^✦︎ 1
• is muscled in on by the Kegley-Bassingtons^⁂ 1
• organizes the Pat and Mike cross-talk act^✦︎ 1

Scenes they are in

1. After seeing Thos off to school, Bertie comes home to find Corky and her dog Sam Goldwyn, hears of her break with Esmond Haddock and her feud with Constable Dobbs, and then a hung-over Catsmeat reveals that Gussie waded in the Trafalgar Square fountain and got fourteen days.Chapters 3–4, Bertie's flat, as Corky
2. Jeeves proposes that someone go to Deverill Hall as Gussie, Catsmeat flatly refuses, and Bertie gives in and sets off in Gussie's name, with Corky's dog Sam Goldwyn left on his hands.Chapter 4, as Corky
3. Gussie, furious at being taken for Bertie and loathing Catsmeat, rubbishes the Pat and Mike cross-talk act and refuses to hit a policeman with an umbrella, until Corky arrives and Bertie leaves her to win him round.Chapter 9, the post office, as his sister
4. Corky brushes Bertie off to take soup to Mrs Wellbeloved, and Gussie flatly refuses to write to Madeline, saying he is teaching her a lesson.Chapter 10, King's Deverill, as Corky
5. Bertie copies out the letter, posts it at the post office and is at once hailed by Corky.Chapters 11–12, the post office, as Corky
6. Back at King's Deverill station, Bertie clouts the cheeky Thomas, then learns from Corky that Thomas plans to cosh Dobbs and that Catsmeat kept Madeline away by telling her Bertie loves her hopelessly, while Corky puts off dropping Gussie until he has done a mysterious little job for her.Chapter 18, King's Deverill station, as Corky
7. Corky drives off with the rescued Sam Goldwyn, Dobbs chases Gussie up a tree, and Jeeves lays the constable out with a cosh and leads Gussie away to remove his beard.Chapter 24, the road, as Miss Pirbright
8. Esmond calls the Kegley-Bassingtons fatheads and leads Bertie into the drawing room, where Bertie is enjoying sardine sandwiches when Silversmith announces Constable Dobbs.Chapters 25–26, the drawing room at Deverill Hall, as Corky

Talked about, but not there

1. Jeeves briefs a reluctant Bertie on Esmond Haddock, his five aunts and Gussie's coolness with Madeline Bassett before a low-spirited Catsmeat Pirbright is shown in.Chapters 1–2, Bertie's flat, as the vicar’s niece
2. A low-spirited Catsmeat reveals that Corky is the vicar's niece who roped Bertie into the concert, explains his thwarted engagement to Gertrude Winkworth, and gets Bertie to guard her from Esmond Haddock, in return agreeing to give Gussie dinner.Chapter 2, as Corky
3. At dinner as Gussie, Bertie hears the aunts condemn Corky's cross-talk act and the absent Mr Wooster, resolves to drop out of the act, flops with a story about two deaf men, and is left alone with Esmond Haddock over the port.Chapters 5–6, the dining room at Deverill Hall, as Corky
4. Dame Daphne catches Bertie on a chair and Esmond on the table singing, sends Esmond cringing to the drawing room, tells Bertie his dog Sam Goldwyn has chased Charlotte and bitten Silversmith, and packs him off to bed.Chapter 6, the dining room at Deverill Hall, as Corky
5. Silversmith shows Bertie to his room and is asked to send his man, but the person who enters is Catsmeat, not Jeeves.Chapters 6–7, Bertie's room at Deverill Hall, as Corky
6. A frosty Silversmith brings the morning tea and says the late-night arrival was 'Mr Wooster', leaving Bertie baffled until Jeeves himself walks in with a breakfast tray.Chapters 7–8, Deverill Hall, as Miss Pirbright
7. Gussie returns besotted with Corky and keen on the act, reports that Sam Goldwyn bit Dobbs and was arrested, that Catsmeat will now play Mike, and hands Bertie the Christopher Robin poems he must recite at the concert.Chapter 9, Bertie's room at Deverill Hall, as Miss Pirbright
8. Over his first days at Deverill Hall Bertie becomes certain that Gussie has fallen for Corky, and the aunts grow bitter at the absent guest they take for Wooster.Chapter 10, Deverill Hall, as Corky
9. Bertie learns from a woebegone Queenie that Jeeves has gone to a lecture in London, and resolves to tackle Corky himself.Chapter 10, Bertie's room at Deverill Hall, as Corky
10. Back at the Hall Bertie finds Catsmeat lying dreamily on his bed, smoking his cigarettes.Chapters 10–11, Bertie's room at Deverill Hall, as Corky
11. Catsmeat bursts into Bertie's room with the news, picked up from Silversmith, that Aunt Agatha is coming to stay at Deverill Hall.Chapter 12, Bertie's room at Deverill Hall, as Corky
12. Catsmeat returns from London with Jeeves's plan to keep Aunt Agatha away by luring Thos from school to visit Corky; after he leaves, Bertie breaks the code of the Woosters, opens Gussie's telegrams, and learns that Madeline is arriving at Deverill Hall tomorrow.Chapters 13–14, Bertie's room at Deverill Hall, as favourite film star
13. Bertie finds Catsmeat's note saying he has gone to London with a superb plan for Madeline, then Gussie borrows the pink-lozenged tie for Corky and reveals he has written to Madeline breaking off the engagement.Chapter 14, Bertie's room at Deverill Hall, as Corky
14. Walking back to the hall brooding on Corky's job, Bertie runs into Esmond Haddock.Chapters 18–20, the road to the hall, as Miss Pirbright
15. Walking on, Bertie is horrified to see Gussie coming out of the village police station closely escorted by Constable Dobbs.Chapters 20–21, the police station, as Corky
16. At the village concert the Kegley-Bassingtons and George's 'Ben Battle' are endured, Catsmeat and Gussie's Pat and Mike act dies, and Esmond's hunting song brings the house down until the standees chant him back on over Poppy's dance.Chapter 22, the village hall, as Corky
17. Outside the inn Gussie, in his green beard, gulps brandy before going to steal Corky's dog from Dobbs's cottage, confident Dobbs is at the concert; then Jeeves returns to say Esmond will deputize and that Dobbs has gone home to his cottage.Chapters 23–24, the Goose and Cowslip, as Corky
18. Back in his room, Bertie hears from Gussie that his love for Corky died up the tree, tells him Madeline has been squared, and sees him dash off to Wimbledon just before Esmond Haddock comes in.Chapters 24–25, Bertie's room at Deverill Hall, as Corky
19. Jeeves reports he has got Gussie out of his beard, Bertie tells him Gussie is cured of Corky and off to Madeline and that Esmond needs a way to defy his aunts, and Jeeves leaves to help his Uncle Charlie with the refreshments just before Esmond returns.Chapter 25, Deverill Hall, as Miss Pirbright
20. In the hall the new Esmond calls Silversmith a pompous old ass, prods him in the ribs, and cheerfully answers back Dame Daphne when she asks why he is late.Chapter 25, the hall at Deverill Hall, as Miss Pirbright
21. Bertie congratulates Jeeves on squaring every loose end, then learns that Aunt Agatha has arrived, that Thos has blown the gaff, and resolves to go down and pull an Esmond Haddock on her.Chapter 27, Bertie's room at Deverill Hall, as Corky