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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Jean Speegle Howard

Jean Speegle Howard appears in Matilda, the film adaptation of the book by Roald Dahl Matilda, first published in 1988.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Matilda. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1988 book
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Matilda
Roald Dahl, 1988
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Matilda
Danny DeVito, 1996

Young genius Matilda Wormwood is regularly neglected and mistreated by her parents, Harry and Zinnia, and her older brother, Michael. At school, Matilda makes friends but discovers Trunchbull’s harsh punishments of the students, while Matilda’s teacher, Miss Jennifer Honey, takes a liking to Matilda due to her intelligence;