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|yearsactive= [[1965]]-present
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|harrypotterrole= [[Pomona Sprout]]
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|notableroles= *''Happy Feet'' ([[2006]])
 
|notableroles= *''Happy Feet'' ([[2006]])
 
* ''Magnolia'' ([[1999]])
 
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'''Miriam Margolyes''' (born [[May 18]], [[1941]]) portrays [[Professor]] [[Pomona Sprout]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''. She will reprise the role in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (film)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''.
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'''Miriam Margolyes''' (born [[18 May]], [[1940s|1941]]) portrays [[Professor]] [[Pomona Sprout]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''. She reprised the role in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]''.
   
==Early Life==
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==Early life==
Margolyes was born in Oxford, [[England]] to Joseph Margolyes, a physician, and Ruth Walters, a real estate investor. She grew up in a Jewish family and began acting in her twenties in Cambridge.
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Margolyes was born in Oxford, [[England]] to Joseph Margolyes, a physician, and Ruth Walters, a real estate investor. She grew up in a Jewish family and began acting in her twenties in Cambridge.
   
==Personal Life==
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==Personal life==
Margolyes keeps her private life just that - private. But she has not seen any reason to keep it a secret that she is a lesbian, or as she playfully says "deliberately never been married or had children". She took some time off of her career to take care of her ill mother and spent a quarter of a million pounds on full time care for her father.
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Margolyes keeps her private life just that - private. But she has not seen any reason to keep it a secret that she is a lesbian, or as she playfully says "deliberately never been married or had children". She took some time off of her career to take care of her ill mother and spent a quarter of a million pounds on full time care for her father. She intends to become an [[Australia]]n citizen.
   
 
==Career in the theatre==
She intends to become an [[Australia]]n citizen.
 
 
Miriam also portrayed Madame Morrible in the London production of ''Wicked'' and played the minor role of Grunhilda in season three of the television show ''Merlin, The Changling''.
   
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==Notes and references==
 
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== Career in the Theatre ==
 
Miriam also portrayed Madame Morrible in the London production of ''Wicked. ''
 
   
 
==External links==
 
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*{{IMDb name|0546816|Miriam Margolyes}}
 
*{{IMDb name|0546816|Miriam Margolyes}}
 
*[[wikipedia:Miriam Margolyes|Miriam Margolyes on Wikipedia]]
 
*[[wikipedia:Miriam Margolyes|Miriam Margolyes on Wikipedia]]
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[[Category:Actors (real-world)|Margolyes, Miriam]]

Revision as of 15:32, 26 September 2012

Miriam Margolyes (born 18 May, 1941) portrays Professor Pomona Sprout in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. She reprised the role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.

Early life

Margolyes was born in Oxford, England to Joseph Margolyes, a physician, and Ruth Walters, a real estate investor. She grew up in a Jewish family and began acting in her twenties in Cambridge.

Personal life

Margolyes keeps her private life just that - private. But she has not seen any reason to keep it a secret that she is a lesbian, or as she playfully says "deliberately never been married or had children". She took some time off of her career to take care of her ill mother and spent a quarter of a million pounds on full time care for her father. She intends to become an Australian citizen.

Career in the theatre

Miriam also portrayed Madame Morrible in the London production of Wicked and played the minor role of Grunhilda in season three of the television show Merlin, The Changling.

Notes and references

External links

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