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Ferris was born on 11 May 1948 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, [1] to a Welsh mother and an English father who was serving in the Royal Air Force. After her parents returned to the United Kingdom, Ferris spent her childhood in the Aberkenfig area, near Bridgend in Wales. Her father, Fred Ferris, was a policeman, and her mother, Ann Perkins ...
Miss Agatha Trunchbull is the fictional headmistress of Crunchem Hall Primary School (or Elementary School), and the main antagonist in Roald Dahl's 1988 novel Matilda and its adaptations: the 1996 film Matilda (played by Pam Ferris), the 2011 musical, and the 2022 musical film adaptation (played by Emma Thompson).
In the 1996 film, actress Pam Ferris plays Trunchbull. In the stage production on the West End and Broadway, Bertie Cavel, a male actor, played Miss Trunchbull. And in the 2022 movie musical, Emma ...
Pam Ferris (Miss Trunchbull) incurred several injuries during the production of the film. The climactic scene where she is whacked by blackboard erasers requires her to keep her eyes open, causing chalk dust to get caught in her eyes and necessitating several trips to the hospital to get her eyes washed out. [ 8 ]
The villains in Matilda are comfortingly campy, from the titular heroine’s neglectful parents (Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman) to the brutish headmistress Miss Trunchbull (Pam Ferris).
Starring: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz and Pam Ferris. Rating: PG. ... Miss Trunchbull. Fair warning: You won't look at chocolate fudge cake the same way. ...
The film changed the setting and nationality of every character (except Trunchbull who is played by Welsh actress Pam Ferris) from British to American. Although not a commercial success, it received critical acclaim at the time of its release, and on Rotten Tomatoes has a score of 90% based on reviews from 21 critics. [21]
Everything changes when she enrolls in a new school and uses her telekinesis powers against the evil principal, Miss Trunchbull. Starring: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz ...