KC mentioned that Emily looks like Dame Edna Everage when she's disguised as the rich old lady in "The Three Faces of Emily". For Non-Australasian JWWM followers, here's Dame Edna on the left and Emily on the right. I've included Evita Bezuidenhout or Tannie Evita (a South African character inspired by Dame Edna) for a bit African flavour:
Dotty: You could have called
Amanda: I should have
Dotty: Yeah but you didn’t
Amanda: I was tied up