The Woman in Black (The Witches)

The Woman in Black, called Snake Lady in the book, is a witch in the book and later film, ''The Witches. ''She is played by Anne Lambton. She is a minor witch in the book, but in the movie she has a larger role.

In the book she only appears once when she tries to offer the main character, Luce, a pet snake, saying it is tame while it is implied to be deadly. She tries to get him to come down, either so the snake could bite him or she could kidnap him. Luce hides up in the tree until she goes away.

In the movie she has a larger role, even being the film's secondary antagonist, after the Grand High Witch. She first appears in the same way in the book, offering to give Luce a snake. But unlike in the book, rather than going away after her attempts to give him the snake, she then offers him a (presumably) poisoned candy bar, although she soon leaves after while laughing.

Again, unlike in the book where it said that Luce never saw her again, in the movie he does as she is one of the witches at the annual meeting. She helps catch Luce and holds him down while the Grand High Witch pours the Delayed Action Mouse-Maker into his mouth.

She later appeared sitting beside the Grand High Witch about to be served soup, and steps on a witch that had been turned into a mouse. She is turned into a mouse with the other witches and is killed.