Truly Scrumptious
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Truly Scrumptious is a fictional character in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and stage production based on the children's novel of the same name by author Ian Fleming.
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Truly Scrumptious | |
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang character | |
![]() Truly Scrumptious, as portrayed by Sally Ann Howes in the 1968 film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. | |
First appearance | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
Portrayed by | Sally Ann Howes |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Female |
Family | Lord Scrumptious (father) |
Significant other | Caractacus Potts |
Nationality | British |
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In the film, Truly Scrumptious is played by Sally Ann Howes, after the role was declined by Julie Andrews. Truly Scrumptious develops a romantic relationship with the widower Caractacus Potts (played by Dick Van Dyke). The character of Truly Scrumptious does not appear in the original novel, but the filmmakers felt that a budding romantic relationship would serve the movie better than the marriage portrayed in the book.