Madame Zena

Madame Zena is a fictional fortune teller and murder victim featured in the 1981 slasher/horror film The Funhouse, directed by Tobe Hooper. She was played by actress Sylvia Miles.

Biography
Madame Zena was a busty middle-aged fortune teller and palm reader who worked at at a traveling fun fair. After being heckled by four customers named Amy Harper, Buzz Dawson, Liz and Richie, Madame Zena prostituted herself to a ride assistant wearing a Frankenstein costume for one-hundred dollars. The man embarrassingly ejaculated prematurely, but when he begged for a refund, the fortune teller refused. He then strangled her to death while slamming her body against an electrical panel, which subsequently shorted out all of the power to the park. Kind of a crappy fortune teller if shed didn't see that one coming.

Notes & Trivia



 * Actress Sylvia Miles is also known for playing the role of Gerde Engstrom in the 1977 horror film, The Sentinel.