Harry Potter’s Miriam Margolyes ‘scared’ as death ‘close’

The 84-year-old actress admits in an upcoming film her feelings around her own mortality and her hopes of reaching 90.

Born and raised in Oxford, Ms Margolyes is perhaps most famous for playing Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series and for her role as Mrs Mingott in Martin Scorsese’s 1993 film, The Age of Innocence, for which she won a BAFTA.

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The new documentary ‘Miriam Made Me Me’ is directed and produced by Simon Draper and edited by Gwyn Jones.

It will air at 9pm on Monday 13 April on BBC Two and iPlayer.

Initially intended to be a podcast series, Mr Draper ended up securing so much footage that he was able to create this film.

Queen Camilla speaking to Miriam Margolyes. (Image: Chris Jackson / PA)

Speaking to Televisual, he said: “The result is an unfiltered portrait of an often controversial actress and her transformative effects on others; especially me.”

In the film, according to the Daily Mirror, Ms Margolyes shows her life including performing on stage and meeting the King and Queen.

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In addition, she reveals her thoughts on death, which she admits “feels extremely close”.

She said: “Death feels round the corner, behind the bush just up the road. I am scared of it, and I think I probably always will be, and I’m cross about death.”

In addition, she admits that she hopes to reach 90 and go without loss of pain or dignity.

Ms Margolyes has in the past spoken about the health problems that come with aging including that she cannot walk well.

She told Original Cin that as she was marketing recent film Holy Days.