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Agatha Trunchbull

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Miss Agatha Trunchbull is the fictional dictator like headmistress of Crunchem Hall Primary School and the main antagonist in Roald Dahl's 1988 novel Matilda and its adaptations: the 1996 film Matilda, the 2011 musical, and the 2022 musical film adaptation. She is said to look "more like a rather eccentric and bloodthirsty follower of the stag hounds than the headmistress of a nice school for children".

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Citizenship

United Kingdom

Occupations & fields
head teacher
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