Paramount+ is currently going back to the Yellowstone universe, with the Fantastic Season 2. 1923. In the 2nd episode published last Sunday, the line-up around Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford was expanded to include a new, prominent face. The actress Jennifer Carpenter, known as Debra Morgan from the Dexter serial killer series Dexter, can be seen in season 2 of the Western Prequels as US Marshal Mamie Fossett. And this actually existed.
Jennifer Carpenters Yellowstone character Mamie Fossett is based on a real western heroine
For the first time in episode 2 of season 2 in 1923, we get to know the law enforcement officer of the small town of Anadarko in Oklahoma. Here Marshal Mamie Fossett has to deal with the fact that priest Renaud and US Marshal Kent Kent roasted through her territory in search of the “murderer” Tona Rainwater and kill Native Americans.
However, Marshal Mamie Fossett is not a figure invented for the Yellowstone spin-off, but is based on a real historical personality. In conversation with the Hollywood Reporter, Jennifer Carpenter explains the research on her model:
I was able to find about 10 sentences about the actual mamie fossett. She probably came to this area to pass a piece of land, which did not work for one reason or another, and so she was recruited as a US Marshal – not to work behind a desk, but to drive out banks from this area, What was the most deadliest work that could be done at that time.
Mary Franci’s “Mamie” Fossett was one of the first female US Marshalls in the late 19th century and worked in Oklahoma. However, there is very little information about your life and work. It is also not known whether she was still alive in 1923. The Yellowstone character is therefore more to be regarded as a homage that was built into an otherwise fictional history.
Marshal Fossett is not the first “real” personalitythat can be seen in the Yellowstone prequel. Alexandras (Julia Schlaepfer) of former fiance Arthur and his father, the Earl of Sussex, are also based on real role models. In addition, the Italian gangster Sal Maceo (Gilles Marini) from the current episode of 1923 is also based on a real mafioso.
The 2nd season of the Yellowstone series in 1923 started on February 23, 2025 at Paramount+. There is a new episode every Sunday. The broadcast of eight new episodes is expected to be completed on April 13, 2025.