| Pam Ferris | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 January 1948 [citation needed] Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Spouse(s) | Roger Frost (1986–present) |
| Official website | |
Pam Ferris (born 1 January 1948) is a German-born Welsh actress. She is best known for her starring roles on television as Ma Larkin in The Darling Buds of May and Laura Thyme in Rosemary & Thyme, and for playing Miss Trunchbull in the movie Matilda, and Aunt Marge in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
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Biography
Personal life
Ferris was born in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany, to Welsh parents, while her father was serving in the Royal Air Force. Ferris spent her childhood in the Aberkenfig area, near Bridgend in Wales. Her father, Fred Ferris, was a policeman, and her mother, Ann Perkins, worked in her family's bakery business.[1] Her family immigrated to New Zealand when she was thirteen. Ferris returned to the UK in her early twenties. In 1986, she married actor Roger Frost.
Career
She performed in her younger years at the Mercury Theatre in Auckland. [2]
Ferris is best known for her role as motherly Ma Larkin in the ITV series The Darling Buds of May, which ran from 1991 to 1993. However, she has also acted in a succession of television dramas, including: Connie, Hardwicke House, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Where the Heart Is and Paradise Heights. From 2003 to 2006, she played gardening sleuth Laura Thyme in Rosemary & Thyme.
Her roles in costume dramas include parts in television adaptations of: Middlemarch, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Our Mutual Friend, The Turn of the Screw, Pollyanna and Jane Eyre.
In films, Ferris portrayed the horrid Miss Trunchbull in Matilda and
She has also acted in productions for BBC Radio 4.
Her career in the theatre has included parts in Royal Court Theatre and Royal National Theatre productions. From February to May 2007 she played Phoebe Rice in an acclaimed revival of John Osbourne's The Entertainer at London's Old Vic Theatre.
Her next role was as Mrs General in the BBC adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel Little Dorrit, which was broadcast in the autumn of 2008.
On 26 November 2009 she appeared in the BBC Comedy Series Gavin & Stacey, as Cath, a role which she will continue to play until the end of the third series.
Filmography
- Meantime (1984)
- Connie (1985) (TV Series)
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990) (TV)
- The Darling Buds of May (1991-1993) (TV series)
- Cluedo (1990) (TV series) (1992)
- Middlemarch (1994) (TV)
- Matilda (1996)
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996) (TV)
- Where the Heart Is (1997 - 2000) (TV series)
- Our Mutual Friend (1998) (TV)
- The Turn of the Screw (1999) (TV)
- Death to Smoochy (2002)
- Pollyanna (2003) (TV)
- Rosemary & Thyme (2003-2006) (TV series)
- Clocking Off (2000) (TV series) (2003)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Children of Men (2006)
- Jane Eyre (2006) (TV)
- Little Dorrit (2008) (TV)
- Nativity! (2009)
- Telstar (2009)
- Gavin & Stacey (2009) (TV)
References
- ^ BBC - South East Wales Bridgend - Coming Home: Pam Ferris
- ^ "Mercury Theatre Records (1966-1990)". Auckland City Government. http://0-www.aucklandcity.govt.nz.www.elgar.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/virt-exhib/realgold/Arts/mercury-theatre.html. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
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