Pam Ferris

Pam Ferris

Infobox actor



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birthname = Pam Ferris
birthdate = birth date and age|1948|1|1|df=yes
birthplace = Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany
occupation = Actress
yearsactive = 1971–present
spouse = Roger Frost (1986–present)
website = http://www.hamiltonhodell.co.uk/page.asp?partid=72

Pam Ferris, (born 1 January 1948) is a British actress, who is well known in the United Kingdom for her television career. She is known for her starring role as Ma Larkin in "The Darling Buds of May", and for playing Miss Trunchbull in "Matilda" and Laura Thyme in "Rosemary and Thyme".

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. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/bridgend/pages/pamferris.shtml BBC - South East Wales Bridgend - Coming Home: Pam Ferris ] ] Her family emigrated 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. [ cite web|url=http://0-www.aucklandcity.govt.nz.www.elgar.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/virt-exhib/realgold/Arts/mercury-theatre.html|title=Mercury Theatre Records (1966-1990)|publisher=Auckland City Government|accessdate=August 27|accessyear=2008]

Ferris is known for her role as Ma Larkin in the comedy series "The Darling Buds of May" (1991-1993). She has however also acted in a succession of television dramas, including: "Hardwicke House", "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit", "Paradise Heights", "Where the Heart Is" and "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" and "Jane Eyre".

Ferris portrayed Agatha Trunchbull in "Matilda", Aunt Marge in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", and Miriam, a motherly activist from "Children of Men".

Her career in the theatre has included parts in Royal Court Theatre and Royal National Theatre productions. From February to May 2007 she performed in an acclaimed revival of John Osbourne's" The Entertainer" at London's Old Vic Theatre.

Her next role will be Mrs General in the BBC adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Little Dorrit", due to air in the autumn of 2008.

Filmography

*"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)
*"Telstar" (2008)
*"Jackboots on Whitehall" (2008)
*"Little Dorrit" (2008) (TV)

References

External links

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