The Old Maid

Old Maid is a pejorative term for a spinster. It may also my refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Films

• The Old Maid (1939 film), an American drama film starring Bette Davis
• The Old Maid (1972 film), a French film by Jean-Pierre Blanc

Games

• Old maid (card game)

Literature

• La Vieille Fille (novel) or The Old Maid, an 1836 novel by Honoré de Balzac
• The Old Maid (play), a 1935 play by Zoe Akins
• The Old Maid, a 1761 play by Arthur Murphy

Music

• "Old Maid Boogie", a 1947 R&B song by Eddie Vinson
• The Old Maid and the Thief, 1937 one-act opera composed by Gian Carlo Menotti for performance on the radio

Flora and fauna

• Old Maid moth, the owlet moth species Catocala badia (Bay Underwing)
• Old Maid's Bonnets (Lupinus perennis), a flowering plant species of Fabaceae
• Old Maid's Nightcap (Geranium maculatum), a flowering plant species of family Geraniaceae
• Old-maid's-pink (Agrostemma), a flowering plant genus of family Caryophyllaceae

Other uses

• Old maid's insanity, an archaic term for erotomania