[4] Miss Prissy's first appearance was in the short An Egg Scramble (1950), the only cartoon featuring her and Porky Pig together, in which the other hens are making fun of the fact that she cannot lay an egg, because she thinks it's embarrassing.

In Lovelorn Leghorn (1951), she is set on finding a husband, and in Of Rice and Hen (1953), she is looking to have children.

However in Little Boy Boo (1954), she is depicted as a widow with a child, Egghead Jr., and with a much more extensive vocabulary in long sounding words other than her trademark "yeeesss."

Foghorn is typically portrayed as resisting her romantic overtures, although both Little Boy Boo and Strangled Eggs (1961) depict him as the one pursuing Prissy for his own selfish needs.

She returned in the Looney Tunes Cartoons episode "Feather of the Bride" voiced by Candi Milo.