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Fat Lady

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The Fat Lady
Biographical information
Died

1960s or earlier

Physical description
Species

Portrait

Gender

Female

Hair colour

Black

Affiliation
Occupation

Gryffindor Tower door guard

House

Gryffindor

Loyalty
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The Fat Lady is a portrait who guards the entrance to Gryffindor tower at Hogwarts Castle. She asks for passwords before she lets anyone in, then swings her picture fowards so that students can enter through a portrait hole.

The Fat Lady hiding from Sirius Black.

She is a very fat woman in a pink silk dress. Her portrait is located on the seventh floor of Hogwarts Castle, guarding the entrance to Gryffindor Tower. In 1993 the Fat Lady's portrait was ruined by Sirius Black and pulled off the wall, although Argus Filch, the caretaker, restored her. She was temporarily replaced by Sir Cadogan, but after he was fired she returned to her original location with Security trolls stationed in the hallway to prevent further vandalism.

She has been known to move about occasionally and has a friend, Violet, who visits her especially during the holidays such as Christmas break. The two drink together frequently, including once consuming several vats of wine that were in a picture of some drunk monks.

The Fat Lady is a dutiful guardian to the Gryffindor Tower, only granting entrance to those who produced the correct password. She has, however, been known for reprimanding students when they returned late, annoyed that they woke her up from her sleep. Once when Harry Potter returned late and woke her up, she refused to let him in, claiming that he had the wrong password. When Harry ran off to see Dumbledore regarding Slughorn's memory, she called after him and admit that she was just kidding. Also, when Molly Weasley was still a student, she returned to Gryffindor Tower at 4 a.m. in the morning after taking a late night stroll with her then boyfriend (now husband), Arthur Weasley, and got a telling-off from the Fat Lady too.

[edit] Behind the scenes

The Fat Lady, as depicted in the first film
  • In the first movie, the Fat Lady (played by Elizabeth Spriggs) is shown with black hair and a pink silk dress and she doesn't seem to have much personality. Her portrait is also located in a different part of the castle.
  • In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, she is played by Dawn French, who portrays the character with a more humorous side, such as giving her a bad singing voice.

[edit] Appearances

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Preceded by:
Unknown 		Guardian of Gryffindor Tower
?—October 31 1993 		Succeeded by:
Sir Cadogan
Preceded by:
Sir Cadogan 		Guardian of Gryffindor Tower
February 6 1994—? 		Succeeded by:
Unknown
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