Kath Pettingill

Kathleen Pettingill
Born	1935
Other names	Granny Evil
Occupation	Former brothel owner
Children	7
Conviction(s)	Drug trafficking

Kathleen Pettingill (born 1935) is the matriarch of the Melbourne based criminal family, the Pettingill family.

Pettingill has one glass eye, having lost an eye after being shot through a closed door at the Collingwood Housing Commission of Victoria flats by Kim Nelson and Keryn Thompson as she and her son Dennis attempted to repay a $300 debt on behalf of her daughter, Vicky.

Having herself been a prostitute, she then went on to run brothels.

Pettingill's children include some of Melbourne's most infamous criminals.

A biography of her life, titled, The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story was released in 1996 written by Adrian Tame. Pettingill now lives in Venus Bay, Gippsland, Victoria.
A fictionalised version of her appears in the film Animal Kingdom, in which she is portrayed by Jacki Weaver, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance.

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