Grandma Fontaine is Tony and Alex Fontaine’s crotchety, opinionated grandmother. She often intimidates Scarlett, but when Scarlett borrows food from the Fontaines after the war, Grandma Fontaine guesses that Scarlett has experienced more hardship than she is letting on. She tells Scarlett never to think she can lay down her burdens. At Gerald’s funeral, Grandma Fontaine takes Scarlett inside and praises her tenacity through hard times, saying she is much different from Ashley. Scarlett thinks Grandma Fontaine is annoying but recognizes that she’s only trying to help.