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Hairspray (1988)

Jo Ann Havrilla: Prudence Pingleton

Hairspray

Jo Ann Havrilla credited as playing...

Prudence Pingleton

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  • Prudence: Penny Pingleton, you know you are punished. From now on you're wearing a giant P on your blouse every day to school so that the whole world knows that Penny Pingleton is permanently, positively, punished.
  • Motormouth Maybelle: Oh Papa Tooney. We've got a Looney.
  • Prudence Pingleton: Don't you try to cast one of your voodoo spells on me, native woman.
  • Prudence Pingleton: [Seaweed is hiding in Penny's bedroom] Oh my God! There's colored people in my house! I'm going to make a citizen's arrest!
  • Motormouth Maybelle: Ooh, Papa tuney, we got a loony.
  • Prudence Pingleton: Don't you try any of your voodoo spells on me, you native woman!
  • Penny Pingleton: We're just dancing!
  • Tracy Turnblad: Mrs. Pingleton, stop acting crazy! These are our friends.
  • Prudence: Penny, this is Dr. Frederickson. He's a psychiatrist, and he's going to make you all better.
  • Dr. Fredrickson: Feeling depressed, Penny? Want to talk about it? Think of all the white boys in school and how much you'd like to date one.

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