Widow Corney

Widow Corney is a minor antagonist in Oliver Twist.

She was a key member of the workhouse staff, she would ring a ball to signal the orphans that it's dinnertime. In the 1968 film when Oliver asks for more food she along with Mr Bumble takes him to see the govorners.

In some adaptations she is romantically involved with Mr Bumble and she bosses him around.