Mrs. Teavee (1971)

This article is about the 1971 Mrs. Teavee. You might be looking for the 2005 minor character.

Mrs. Teavee is the mother of Mike Teavee and the wife of Mr. Teavee. She supervises Mike on the journey to the factory and explores every room of the factory. Mrs. Teavee seems perfectly happy and fine about Mike's addiction to the TV. Her job is a High School Geography Teacher just like in the 2005 version.

She appears to be squeamish and somehow rattled. In the end when her son is shrunked, she passes out and the Oompa Loompas have to take her away. Mrs. Teavee is potrayed by Nora Denney.

West End Musical
In the West End version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Doris Teavee is portrayed as a neurotic, alcoholic, suburban housewife (she's even dressed in a stereotypical 50's housewife fashion). Her son, Mike Teavee, is the reason for her neurotic and alcoholic nature. Although she claims that "Mike is just high spirited," Mike's shenanigans such as "stealing a German tank," or "setting [their] cat ablaze," had made her even more stressed out. To deal with her bratty son, she resorts to "mommy water" (or alcohol) and is basically not even parenting him anymore. During the factory, not only is she the most observant parent, she also cares about the other kids to some degree. Although most adaptions have Mike Teavee stretched out by the taffy puller to retain his normal height, he actually stays small. Mrs. Teavee actually likes him better this way, knowing that he can no longer cause trouble for those around him.