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Not to be confused with Pam Faris.

 Born
11 May 1948 (age 72)

 Occupation
 Years active
 Spouse(s)
(m. 1986)

**Pamela Ferris** (born 11 May 1948) is a Welsh actress. She has starred in numerous television series, including *Connie* (1985), *The Darling Buds of May* (1991–1993), *Where the Heart Is* (1997–2000), *Rosemary & Thyme* (2003–2006), and *Call the Midwife* (2012–2016). Ferris also played Miss Trunchbull in *Matilda*, Aunt Marge in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* (2004), Mrs. Bevan in *Nativity!* (2009) and Mrs. Faulkner in the film *Tolkien* (2019)

## Contents

* 1Early life
* 2Career
* 3Personal life
* 4Filmography
	+ 4.1Film
	+ 4.2Television
* 5References
* 6External links

## Early life[edit]

Ferris was born in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany,[2] to Welsh parents, while her father was serving in the Royal Air Force. After her parents returned to Wales, Ferris spent her childhood in the Aberkenfig area, near Bridgend. Her father, Fred Ferris, was a policeman, and her mother, Ann Perkins, worked in her family's bakery business.[3]

## Career[edit]

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Ferris performed in her younger years at the Mercury Theatre in Auckland,[4] and later with various regional companies in the UK. She played motherly Ma Larkin in the ITV series *The Darling Buds of May*, which ran from 1991 to 1993. She has also acted in a succession of television dramas, including *Meantime*, in which she played the Cockney mother of Phil Daniels and Tim Roth, *Connie*, *Hardwicke House*, *Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit*, *Where the Heart Is* and *Paradise Heights*. From 2003 to 2006, she played the 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 1996, Ferris portrayed the brutish, authoritarian school headmistress Agatha Trunchbull in *Matilda*. In 2004, she played the callous Aunt Marge in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*. In 2006, Ferris took on the role of Miriam, a motherly activist in *Children of Men*. She has also acted in productions for BBC Radio 4.

Her career in the theatre has included parts in Royal Court Theatre and National Theatre productions. In 2007 she played Phoebe Rice in an acclaimed revival of John Osborne's *The Entertainer* at London's Old Vic Theatre. In 2007, Ferris took part in the BBC Wales programme *Coming Home* about her Welsh family history. In 2008 she played Mrs General in an all-star cast BBC adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel *Little Dorrit*. From 2009 to 2010, she appeared in the final series of the BBC comedy *Gavin & Stacey* as Cath Smith. In 2010, she made a guest appearance in the sitcom *Grandma's House*. From 2012-2016, Ferris played the part of Sister Evangelina in the series *Call the Midwife*. She chose to leave as filming was moved to a different location and the extra journey time was too stressful. In June and July 2015 Ferris was the guest of Sarah Walker on BBC Radio 3's *Essential Classics*.[5]

## Personal life[edit]

In 1986 she married actor Roger Frost. She lives in Elham, Kent, England.[6]

## External links[edit]

* Pam Ferris on IMDb

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Categories:

* Living people
* British people of Welsh descent
* English film actresses
* English television actresses
* English stage actresses
* English voice actresses
* English radio actresses
* People from Bridgend County Borough
* 20th-century English actresses
* 21st-century English actresses
* 1948 births