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Junk
The Junk Lady
Character information
Years alive

Unknown

Home

The Junk Fields

Gender

Female

Species

Unknown

Relatives

None

Affiliation

Jareth the Goblin King

Appearances

Labyrinth (film)
Return to Labyrinth

The Junk Lady is one of a race of Junk People in Labyrinth, and she attempts to make Sarah forget her quest by plying her with her own possessions. The Junk Lady is operated by Karen Prell, and voiced by Denise Bryer.

=Role In The Film[]

Appearances In Other Media[]

The Junk Lady appears in the music video for the David Bowie song Underground, wandering the dark streets of the gritty, urban environment the video is set in.

A junk person named Agnes is profiled in The Goblins of Labyrinth, however it is unclear if the creatures in the book is meant to be The Junk Lady, as many other creatures similar to her can be seen in the background of the film.

Other junk people can be seen in the second volume of the Return to Labyrinth series, as they take Moppet captive after finding her wandering in the Junk Fields and eventually offer her to Mayor Spittledrum as payment for outstanding taxes.

Behind the scenes[]

An early draft of the Labyrinth script features The Junk Lady, however in it she is a puppet operated by Jareth, who attempts to use The Junk Lady to distract Sarah from her quest. Due to her being directly under Jareth's control, The Junk Lady of the early script is more malovelant than she comes across in the film and attempts to literally drown Sarah in a sea of rubbish.

Karen Prell - who operated the puppet of the Junk Lady - stood upright in the costume, with her upper body concealed by the mound of rubbish heaped on the creatures back. Denise Bryer dubbed The Junk Lady's voice in post-production.

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