Ms Agatha Trunchbull, also known as Ms Trunchbull, or simply The Trunchbull, is the fictional headmistress of Crunchem Hall Primary School (or Elementary School), and the main antagonist in Roald Dahl's 1988 novel See more

Ms Trunchbull is the despotic headmistress of Crunchem Hall, and her bizarre and extreme discipline is handed out over the most minor misdeeds. Small transgressions are often penalized severely, even if unintentional. Ms Trunchbull's … See more

Ms Trunchbull is portrayed by Pam Ferris in the 1996 film, and by Bertie Carvel in the musical, later replaced by former Two of a Kind and Shrek The Musical star Christopher Sieber See more

As children, Roald Dahl and his friends played a trick on the local sweet-shop owner, a "mean and loathsome" old woman named Ms. Pratchett, by putting a dead mouse in a gobstopper jar. This would later inspire Dahl to include a scene in Matilda where … See more