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Pamela E. "Pam" Ferris (born 11 May 1948) is a German-born British character 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.
Ferris was born in Hanover, 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. Her family emigrated to New Zealand when she was 13. Ferris returned to the UK in her early 20s. In 1986, she married actor Roger Frost. She lives in Elham, Kent, South East England.
Ferris performed in her younger years at the Mercury Theatre in Auckland, and later with various regional companies in the UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lifeline Marking Carers Week 2011, actress Pam Ferris (Matilda and Rosemary & Thyme) makes an impassioned appeal to raise funds for The Princess Royal Trust for Carers. Speaking from personal experience, Pam Ferris describes the isolation and lack of support carers can face, having been one herself for the last years of her mother's life. The film features an exclusive interview with the Trust's President, HRH Princess Anne. To donate please go to the website http://www.carers.org/donate-now. Or, if you'd like to post a donation, please make your cheque payable to The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and send it to The Princess Royal Trust for Carers,14 Bourne Court, Southend Road, IG8 8HD.
Behind the scene from the movie Matilda 1996
Here's a new series I decided to make dedicating great acting performances in TV, Film and Theatre. And the next one features very famous German born Welsh Actress Pam Ferris playing Miss Agatha Trunchbull from 1996 film 'Matilda' and the newt scene featuring herself playing her character very seriously and powerful. Enjoy, Like, Comment and Subscribe! SCRIPT: Matilda: I'm telling you, I didn't do it. T-Bull: Besides, even if you didn't do it, I'm going to punish you, because I'm big and you're small, and I'm right, and you're wrong. And there's nothing you can do about it. You're a liar and a scoundrel, And your father's a liar and a cheat. You're the most corrupt low-lifes in the history of civilization. Am I wrong?!? I'm never wrong! In this classroom, in this school, I AM ...
Pam Ferris was born on May 11, 1948 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany as Pamela E. Ferris. She is an actress, known for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Matilda (1996) and Children of Men (2006). She has been married to Roger Frost since 1986.
Pamela E. "Pam" Ferris is a British character 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. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video
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Call the Midwife 4 Q&A; Pam Ferris, Jenny Agutter, Judy Parfitt
A classic tale of a little girl who sees good in everything' ~ starring Amanda Burton & Pam Ferris.