The Old Woman in the Shoe is a minor character in Shrek. She is based on the character from the nursery rhyme "There was an Old Woman who lived in a Shoe."
Shrek[]
She has a cameo appearance hanging up clothes to dry in the swamp. Her various children also appear, with their shoe house in the background.
Later at the end of the film, she can be seen amongst the crowd of the wedding.
Shrek 4-D[]
While the Old Woman and her children didn't appear in the ride show, her could be spotted in the queue on Shrek and Fiona's wedding scrapbook. On the guest book, she signs her name as "Little Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe," and writes in the kind wishes section, "Fiona, trust me, opt for a castle." Her gift to the newly weds was a book titled, Your Career in Child Care.
The Pig Who Cried Werewolf[]
Her only other appearance to date is a flashback in the short, The Pig Who Cried Werewolf. One of the Three Little Pigs, Heimlich, calls the police on her because he thought she was forcing her children to make shoes. In reality, the children were simply fixing their roof of the shoe house.
Trivia[]
- A cut line from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish had "Big" Jack Horner lament that he didn't live in a shoe, and instead lived in a mansion with his loving parents.