the witches
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Elizabeth’s character: She is a witch who works as a maid in the Exclesior Hotel, where the Grand High Witch holds her annual meeting1. She is one of the main followers of the Grand High Witch and has a minor role in the 1990 film The Witches2. She was played by Jenny Runacre3.
Elizabeth’s hobby: She enjoys murdering children, because they smell like “dog’s droppings” to her4. She is cruel and sadistic, and laughs when she sees Bruno turned into a mouse by the Grand High Witch’s formula 86.
Elizabeth’s actions: She welcomes Bruno to the meeting and introduces him to the other witches5. She also detects Luke’s presence and alerts the Grand High Witch. She chases Luke and helps the Grand High Witch use formula 86 on him6. She is not seen at the dinner, so it is unknown if she was turned into a mouse by the contaminated soup. but later stayed in the hotel with Mr Stringer Elizabeth is a witch who works as a maid in the Excelsior Hotel, where the Grand High Witch holds her annual meeting of the witches of England1.
She is one of the main followers of the Grand High Witch and has a minor role in the 1990 film adaptation of the novel, directed by Nicolas Roeg2. She was played by Jenny Runacre, an English actress3.
She enjoys murdering children, because they smell like “dog’s droppings” to her, according to the narrator’s grandmother. She is cruel and sadistic, and laughs when she sees Bruno, a greedy boy, turned into a mouse by the Grand High Witch’s formula 86, a potion that can transform any child into any animal.
She also detects Luke, the protagonist of the story, who is spying on the witches’ meeting. She alerts the Grand High Witch, who orders the other witches to catch him. She chases Luke and helps the Grand High Witch use formula 86 on him, turning him into a mouse as well.
She is not seen at the dinner, so it is unknown if she was turned into a mouse by the contaminated soup that Luke and Bruno, with the help of the narrator’s grandmother, had prepared for the witches. However, she later stayed in the hotel with Mr Stringer, the manager of the hotel, who was unaware of her true nature.