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Harry Potter Star Admits To Hitting Paralysed Mother

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Published 14:21 26 Apr 2022 GMT+1

Harry Potter Star Admits To Hitting Paralysed Mother

"I’m deeply ashamed of it.”

Daisy Phillipson

Daisy Phillipson

Miriam Margolyes has admitted to hitting her paralysed mother while she was her carer, saying that she’s ‘deeply ashamed’. You can watch the emotional clip below:

The Harry Potter star is the subject of a new episode of BBC’s imagine…, a series in which host Alan Yentob speaks with big names from the world of art, film, music, literature and dance.

As they talk about her life and career, the topic of conversation soon turns to Margolyes’ memoir This Much is True, which she released last year. 

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While the 80-year-old actor is described as being ‘frank’ and ‘forthright’, Yentob asks her if there’s anything she didn’t discuss in the book. 

Margolyes responds with a very honest answer, stating: “I didn’t mention something that I should have mentioned, and that was that I hit my mother when she was paralysed.

“Anyone who’s been a carer will know how frustrating and difficult it is and I let that happen, and I’m deeply ashamed of it.”

Miriam Margolyes became emotional when she described how her mother forgave her.
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Tearing up, she continued: “The thing that really gets to me is that my mother forgave me.

“I hit her when she was paralysed and she forgave me.”

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While speaking about their relationship earlier on in the episode, Margolyes said: “My mother was the centre of my life as I was of hers. Mummy’s girl.

“I’d been berated, actually, for calling my parents ‘mummy’ and ‘daddy’ – well bollocks to that.”

While reading an excerpt from her book, Margolyes said: “Without a doubt, the most important person in my life was my mother.

“She bound me to her quite deliberately with emotional hoops of steel.”

Margolyes had said her mum described their family-of-three as a ‘Fortress’, stating: “I think that’s how she saw her place in the world – besieged.”

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The actor portrayed Professor Pomona Sprout in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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Yentob went on to describe how her parents escaped war-torn London in 1941 and moved to Oxford, where her dad set up a doctor’s surgery. 

In her memoir, the legendary British actor opened up about how she blamed herself for her mother falling ill, saying that her mum suffered a stroke shortly after she came out to her in her late 20s. 

“She and my father insisted I come into the drawing room and swear on the Torah never to have relations with a woman again,” she wrote.  

“I did as they asked, but I broke my promise… I always believed that my coming out in some way caused it.

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Margolyes said her mum described their family as a 'fortress'.
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“I had caused the person I loved most in the world a pain she could not bear. 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.”

Margolyes said her mum ‘really couldn’t handle’ her coming out, describing how homosexuality was still considered ‘shameful’ in the UK in the 60s. 

Featured Image Credit: BBC/Warner Bros.

Topics: Harry Potter, TV and Film, Parenting

Daisy Phillipson
Daisy Phillipson

Daisy graduated from Kingston University with a degree in Magazine Journalism, writing a thesis on the move from print to digital publishing. Continuing this theme, she has written for a range of online publications including Digital Spy and Little White Lies, with a particular passion for TV and film. Contact her on [email protected]

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