Miss Tanner
Background
Miss Tanner is a matron and head teacher at the Academy of Freiburg in Freiburg, Germany.
During the events of Suspiria (1977) played by Alida Valli
Suzy Bannion walks inside as Miss Tanner says hello to Daniel. She sees Suzy and tells her she expected her last evening and Suzy explains what happened the night before. Miss Tanner tells Suzy she will be staying with Olga until her room is ready and introduces Suzy to Madame Blanc who is surrounded by police inspectors. Madame Blanc walks over and introduces herself and then tells Suzy about Pat Hingle, who she says was expelled the day before, and was murdered by someone, and that is why the inspectors are there. Suzy is taken on a tour of the academy by Miss Tanner. Miss Tanner introduces Suzy to Pavlos and then takes Suzy into the locker room. Caroline tells Miss Tanner she has something to tell her. Miss Tanner introduces Suzy to the other dancers and says other students are also Americans, including Miriam. In class, Miss Tanner gives a history on ballet. During practice, Suzy faints and bleeds from her nose and mouth. She is brought to a room next to Sara's where Miss Tanner and Teacher are forcing her to drink water on the order of Professor Verdegast. Madame Blanc walks in and Professor Verdegast injects something into Suzy's arm. Madame Blanc tells her, Olga brought her bags from her apartment for Suzy. The students run out of their rooms and Miss Tanner tells them to go downstairs as she goes into the attic with Mark. She breaks open a crate of food and finds it full of maggots. Later, Miss Tanner storms into the dance hall and tells Daniel, his dog bit Albert and he is fired. Before leaving he tells Miss Tanner that he knows what they are doing at the school. Days later, Suzy wakes up and finds Sara's room empty and Miss Tanner tells her Sara disappeared in the morning with all her luggage. Before their ritual, Miss Tanner tells Madame Blanc, Suzy didn't eat her food or drink her wine that evening and Madame Blanc insists Suzy must die. Madame Blanc asks Markos to giver her power and starts instilling Suzy with sickness. She later dies from suffocation after Suzy kills Helena Markos.