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Daily Mirror
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Miriam Margoyles' unconventional decision to live apart from long-term partner
There's a reason Miriam Margoyles doesn't live with her partner of almost six decades—and it's not due to her busy work schedule. Miriam Margolyes is one of the most famous actresses in the world and is renowned for her character Professor Pomona Sprout in the Harry Potter film series. However the Hollywood star has opened up about sadly not having long left on our screens after undergoing recent heart surgery. The actress, 84, is well known for starring in dozens of other films over the years, including Mrs Mingott in The Age of Innocence, which even bagged her a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress, and also appeared in James and the Giant Peach, Mulan, Happy Feet, Flushed Away, and Early Man. But when she isn't starring on our screens, she spends her time between Australia and the UK, and is in a long-term relationship with Australian retired professor of Indonesian studies Heather Sutherland. While Miriam tends to keep her relationship out of the public eye, she's been open about not living with Heather. Despite the couple having been together since 1968, Miriam explained how they live their lives separately due to their high-flying careers. Appearing on podcast Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware, Miriam confessed: "I'm in love with my partner and have been for 54 years. We don't live together because we're both professional women. "She is a historian and an academic and I'm an actress and a documentarian now. Her work is in Indonesian and Dutch and so she lives in Amsterdam, but we try to be together as much as possible." Miriam and Australian-born Heather only live together properly when they are staying in Italy, where they own a house. And although she visits her in Holland, she revealed Heather isn't a fan of London where she resides most of the time. The pair met when Miriam was introduced to Heather by a mutual friend in London and knew the minute she saw her that she "wanted her" but it wasn't an instant connection for the couple, as Heather didn't believe Miriam was gay at first and thought she was too noisy, which Miriam agrees with. However, she managed to win Heather over in the 1960s, and since then, the pair has been married in a civil partnership ceremony. But unlike Miriam, Heather prefers to stay out of the spotlight, so the couple has rarely been pictured in public together. Although they are happily married, it took Miriam a lot to come out to her parents, especially as her mother didn't take it well. Her mother later suffered a string of severe strokes and sadly passed away in 1974. Writing in her 2021 autobiography, Miriam said: "I always believed that my coming out in some way caused it. It was a horrendous time and I was very unhappy. I knew I couldn't change what I was. I should not have told them." Miriam and Heather have managed to keep their love alive despite being in separate countries, and Miriam previously said they speak on the phone every day but usually only see each other around eight times a year when they are on holiday together. When she was Vogue's Pride cover star back in the summer, Miriam confessed: "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 anything." ,, ,
Glasgow Times
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Harry Potter's Miriam Margolyes ‘doesn't have long to live'
The star is known for her work as a character actor across film, television, and stage, receiving the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mrs Mingott in Martin Scorsese's 1993 film, The Age of Innocence. One of her most beloved parts was her turn as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series which saw her character tackle Mandrakes. Ms Margolyes has issued a sad update whilst speaking to The Times, claiming that she "doesn't have long to live". READ NEXT: I saw Gary Barlow perform in Glasgow's Armadillo - my verdict READ NEXT: I saw Sophie Ellis-Bextor perform in Glasgow's Armadillo - my verdict Miriam Margolyes had surgery in 2023. (Image: Miriam Margolyes / Facebook) The 84-year-old said: "When you know that you haven't got long to live – and I'm probably going to die within the next five or six years, if not before, I'm loath to leave behind performing. It's such a joy. "I yearn to play roles that don't confine me to wheelchairs, but I'm just not strong enough.' Following years of living with spinal stenosis, the actress underwent major heart surgery back in 2023. Ms Margolyes opened up about these health struggles during a recent guest appearance on Jessie and Lennie Ware's Table Manners podcast. Missed a copy of the Oxford Mail you wanted? Here's what to do — Oxford Mail (@TheOxfordMail) May 13, 2024 "I've got a cow's heart now,' she said. "Well, not the whole heart. I've had an aortic valve replaced by a cow's aortic valve. "I don't know how common it is. I'd never heard of that operation. But it saves you from having open heart surgery, which would be infinitely more invasive."
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Scotsman
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
13 household names announced so far for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe
1 . Miriam Margolyes Having sold every ticket in 2024, the iconic award-winning actress, TV personality and author Miriam Margolyes returns to the Pleasance EICC at the Edinburgh Fringe for 14 dates from August 9-24, except the 18th and 21st, performing her 70 minute show at 6pm. She will have more characters, more Dickens, and more fascinating stories about the man behind the classics. At 84, Miriam's energy and passion are undimmed and her performance as electric as ever. She was Professor Sprout in Harry Potter, and also appeared in Yentl, Little Shop of Horrors, I Love You To Death, End of Days, Sunshine, Scorsese's The Age of Innocence, Cold Comfort Farm and Magnolia. Amongst her many awards, she won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for The Age of Innocence and was awarded the OBE for her services to drama in 2002. Her most memorable TV credits include Old Flames, Freud, Life and Loves of a She Devil, Blackadder, The Girls of Slender Means, Oliver Twist, The History Man, Vanity Fair and Supply & Demand. | Steve Ullathorne Photo: Impressive PR
Wall Street Journal
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
As ‘Gatsby' Turns 100, Looking Back at Great American Novels
F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby,' first published in 1925, is one of the nation's greatest novels. Here's a selection of the Journal's Masterpiece columns on it and other singularly American works that stand among the best. When a New York Times reviewer announced Edith Wharton's 'The Age of Innocence' in 1920, he hailed its critique of the outdated values of 1870s New York high society: 'Mrs. Wharton is all for the new,' he wrote, 'and against the old.'
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
YOU's Final Season Brings Back Familiar Faces From Joe's Sordid Past — Just Don't Expect to See [Spoiler]
With the fifth and final season of YOU now streaming on Netflix, Joe Goldberg has returned to his old name, his old stomping grounds and, of course, his old habits. As the husband of billionaire heiress Kate Lockwood, Joe's new standing in society thrusts him into the public eye in a way he neither expected nor wanted. For a guy who's always treasured anonymity, Joe is suddenly the talk of the town, and not everyone has good things to say. More from TVLine Sweet Magnolias Renewed for Season 5 The Age of Innocence Among Netflix's Next Book Adaptations Wednesday Season 2 to Release in Two Parts This Summer - Find Out When This sudden popularity also brings some familiar faces out the woodwork, and if you've been keeping up with Joe's killer shenanigans over the last five years, you know this guy's list of sworn enemies is longer than a CVS receipt. But I'm not here to spoil any major returns in the final season — and believe me, there are many. No, I'm here merely to burst your bubble by confirming who you won't see in these last 10 episodes. Disappointment, thy name is Jenna Ortega. That's right, as much as fans were hoping that Ortega would reprise her role from YOU's second season, I'm sorry to say that Ellie does not make appearance in Season 5. Why not, you ask? As co-showrunner Michael Foley explains to TVLine, it all came down to scheduling. While YOU was filming its swan song in New York City, Ortega was busy shooting the second season of Netflix's Wednesday… in Ireland. Another character mentioned but not seen in Season 5 is John Stamos' Dr. Nicky, still falsely imprisoned for the murder of Joe's Season 1 girlfriend Beck. With Joe back in the Big Apple, Dr. Nicky was another throwback character many fans were hoping to see — but I've got more bad news on that front. 'There was some talk about getting him back,' Foley says. 'It was just a question of how he sort of fit into the story. There was consideration of it, yes.' If you've started your final-season binge, go ahead and grade what you've seen in the poll below, then drop a comment with your thoughts. (And try not to spoil anything!) Best of TVLine Yellowjackets' Tawny Cypress Talks Episode 4's Tai/Van Reunion: 'We're All Worried About Taissa' Vampire Diaries Turns 10: How Real-Life Plot Twists Shaped Everything From the Love Triangle to the Final Death Vampire Diaries' Biggest Twists Revisited (and Explained)
