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Miriam Margolyes has told adult 'Harry Potter' fans to grow up. The 82-year-old actress played Professor Sprout in two of the movies based on J.K. Rowling's book series and Miriam has revealed she "worries" about grown-ups who are still obsessed with the stories because they are "for children". During an interview with New Zealand's 1News, she explained: "I worry about 'Harry Potter' fans because they should be over that by now. It was 25 years ago and it’s for children. I think it’s for children. But they get stuck in it." Miriam went on to reveal she often makes personalised videos for fans ...
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Miriam Margolyes has emotionally discussed watching her father become "more of a shell and a husk" as Alzheimer's took hold. The 'Harry Potter' actress initially tried to ignore the feeling that something was "wrong" when her elderly dad Joseph first started showing symptoms of dementia and found it "utterly devastating" when she eventually saw only a few "glimpses" of the parent she'd grown up with as the condition progressed. Speaking out about her late dad in support of Alzheimer's society, she said: “When my father developed his symptoms in his early 90s, I had a feeling that something was...
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Miriam Margolyes has her eyes set on Italy for retirement. The 82-year-old actress, who is best known for her role in the ‘Harry Potter’ series as Professor Sport, has houses in London, Kent, Australia and Italy, and lives away from her partner Heather Sutherland. During an episode of the ‘Loose Ends’ podcast for BBC Radio 4, Miriam told hosts Clive Anderson and George Egg: “I love travelling and meeting people and Italy is one of the countries of my heart, I want to retire there with Heather. “I’ve got a home in Clapham and I’ve had that since ’73. I feel at home wherever I am and I always bo...
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Miriam Margolyes thinks her partner won’t read her new book because "she has no interest in it." The 82-year-old actress dedicated her second autobiography, ‘Oh Miriam!’ to Heather Sutherland, 84, but she admitted her long-term love has “no interest” in looking at the memoir. In an interview with Women's Weekly, the ‘Harry Potter’ star said: "We've been together 54 years. She's an intensely private person and I'm an intensely public one. She won't read this new book even though it's dedicated to her. She has no interest in it." And Miriam admitted the historian gets “irritated” that she is def...
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Miriam Margolyes had part of a cow’s heart fitted when she underwent cardiac surgery. The ‘Harry Potter’ actress, who turned 82 in May, revealed that month she was going under the knife and then told British Vogue she was headed for a procedure on her ticker. She has now told the latest edition of the ‘Table Manners’ podcast with Jessie and Lennie Ware: “I’ve had the heart (operation.) I’ve got a cow's heart now. “Well, not the whole heart. I’ve had an aortic valve replaced by a cow’s aortic valve. “I think it’s rather refined, actually. I don’t know how common it is. I’d never heard of that o...
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Miriam Margolyes' mother was "disgusted" when she told her she was a lesbian. The 82-year-old actress had never "hidden" anything from her mum so when she began a relationship with a woman in 1966, a time when homosexuality was still illegal in the UK, she didn't think twice about confiding in her parent. Sharing her experience with podcaster and journalist Elizabeth Day, Miriam said: "I have profound regrets that I told my mother that I was having a sexual relationship with a woman. It was indulgent of me. "It was partly because I told her everything. We always confided in each other. I had n...
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Steve Martin is disputing accusations his 'Little Shop of Horrors' co-star Miriam Margolyes made about him in her memoir. After Miriam, 82, claimed he hit her while being careless with a fake punch on the set of the 1986 movie, Steve, 78, issued a lengthy statement insisting he used "extreme caution" during the scene. He told The Hollywood Reporter: "When I first read Miriam Margolyes pejorative account of our scene in 'Little Shop of Horrors', I was surprised. My memory is that we had a good communication as professional actors. But when it is implied that I harmed her or was in some way care...
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Miriam Margolyes has branded Steve Martin a “c***”. The outspoken ‘Harry Potter’ actress, 82, added the comic was “rather horrid” to work with when she starred alongside him in the 1986 film ‘Little Shop of Horrors’, which saw Steve, 78, played a demented dentist and Miriam his assistant. The scenes called for Steve to pretend to punch Miriam in the face and knock her out, and she blasted about them in her new memoir ‘Oh Miriam’ that she spent “all day” being “hit” and having “doors opening in my face”. She added she was “repeatedly punched, slapped and knocked down” by Steve. Miriam also told...
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Miriam Margolyes says living apart is the key to her successful 54-year relationship. The 82-year-old 'Harry Potter' star has been with her partner Heather Sutherland, 80, since they met while working on a BBC radio drama together in the late 1960s and the romance is still going strong all more than five decades later - and Miriam says the secret to their success is maintaining independent lives. In an interview with British Vogue magazine, she explained: "We were able to lead our lives without diminishing them. I didn’t want her to have to give up anything. And I didn’t want to give up anythi...
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Miriam Margolyes despises her “big t***” and “dropping belly”. The ‘Harry Potter’ actress, 82, made the admission as she posed for a naked shoot for British Vogue’s annual Pride issue – using a selection of iced buns to cover her privates. Miriam admitted: “I like my face. I think my face is kind and warm and open and smiley. “But I hate my body. I hate big t*** (and) a drooping belly, little twisted legs. I’m not thrilled with that. But you just make the best of it. You have to. You do the best you can.” Miriam also revealed she is going into surgery to have a stent fitted in her heart, but i...
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