Pamela E. Ferris Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Pamela E. "Pam" Ferris (born 11 May 1948) is a British actress. She starred on television as Ma Larkin in The Darling Buds of May, and as Laura Thyme in Rosemary & Thyme, and has played parts in family films based on works by British authors as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda and as Aunt Marge in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
National Television Award for Most Popular Actress, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Movies
Matilda, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Children of Men, Nativity!, The Raven, Death to Smoochy, Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger, Saving Santa, Telstar: The Joe Meek Story, The Other Man, Malice in Wonderland, Jackboots on Whitehall, Within the Whirlwind, Gladiatress, Christmas at the Ri...
TV Shows
Call The Midwife, Rosemary & Thyme, The Darling Buds of May, Where the Heart Is, Little Dorrit, Clocking Off, Jane Eyre, Hardwicke House, Connie, Our Mutual Friend, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Cluedo, Lizzie's Pictures, All Change
Star Sign
Taurus
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I was obsessed with work in my youth. It's why I didn't get married until I was 38 and the reason I didn't have kids. Not having children isn't a sadness in my life, though. I know I wouldn't have been a half-bad mother, but that's what happened. There's no regretting it.
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Fact
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Her favourite character that she played was Miss Trunchbull in Matilda (1996).
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She met her husband in 1983 when they were both working at the Royal Court Theatre in London.
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She and her husband lived for many years in Golders Green, North London, before relocating to Canterbury, Kent in around 2012.
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David Jason had never heard of Ferris before they starred together in The Darling Buds of May (1991). She was nice and easygoing, which was enough to convince Jason she was right for the role. Jason didn't meet Ferris at the readthrough or rehearsals but at lunch. He described Ferris as "down-to-Earth, which I immediately liked about her, and we relaxed in each other's company very quickly".
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On The Darling Buds of May (1991), David Jason once smuggled a cucumber into a bed scene with Ferris. She had to deliver most of the dialogue and even though she knew it was there, she did the scene perfectly. It was only after the cameras stopped rolling that she wanted to know what the corpsing Jason was up to. Ferris is known for being very professional.
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In The Darling Buds of May (1991), there was a famous scene where Ferris shared a bath with David Jason while eating supper. Jason thought about turning up to the set in a frog mask and flippers but couldn't go through with it. Jason and Ferris both wore swimming costumes and the water was colored up to protect their modesty's. Jason considered that scene their icebreaker.
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Her father, Fred, was a policeman and her mother, Ann, worked in the family bakery business.
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She took a break from her career to nurse her mother, who died in 1983. She supports disabled people and their careers.
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She worked in rep in New Zealand before returning to England at 22. She decided to pursue an acting career in the UK after seeing Judi Dench in 'London Assurance'.
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She was born in Germany as her father was involved in the denazification process after the war.
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She and her husband gave up smoking in 1985.
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Is a vegetarian.
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Born in Germany and raised in Wales and New Zealand.
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Pam moved back to the UK aged 22 after a spell in theatre in Christchurch.
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Pam's family emigrated to New Zealand when she was age 13.
$16 Million
