Enid Bennett makes Priscilla a simpering and almost insufferable ingenue. Howard is the shy, beady-eyed, constantly conniving, simpering, henpecked husband of Pearl. I played this simpering wimp, Debbie. Attenborough is portrayed by Eric Idle as effusive and simpering. Cole is often seen winking and simpering to the camera. Garner earned his nickname by assuming the role of a shy, simpering jokester. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. He dismisses Lee as a simpering dandy. Yotsuba isn't a silent, simpering sweetie-pie, she acts like a real five-year-old.