Miriam Margolyes attends the UK Premiere of The Carer in August 2016. Photo / Getty Images
Miriam Margolyes attends the UK Premiere of The Carer in August 2016. Photo / Getty Images
The Harry Potter actress revealed she ‘can’t walk very well’ and has been registered as disabled as she talks publicly about her health, wellbeing and ageing.
The Harry Potter actress, 83, admitted she is struggling to walk as shegave an update on her health, in which she also confessed she regrets not making serious life changes after undergoing an operation in 2023 that saw her have a transcatheter aortic valve replacement to avoid more invasive open-heart surgery.
She told Closer about how she is suffering spinal stenosis – a condition that puts pressure on the spinal cord and nerves: “I can’t walk very well, and I’m registered disabled, so I use all kinds of assistance.
“I’ve got two sticks and a walker and they’re such a bore, but I’ve just got a mobility scooter, which is a lot of fun.”
Miriam Margoyles speaks with Queen Camilla as they attend a reception at the Queen's reading room literary festival in London on June 8. Photo / Getty Images
She told Radio Times: “I’m worried that I won’t have enough money for carers when I finally get paralysed, or whatever it is that’s going to happen to me.”
Margolyes is now focusing on saving cash to provide for her and her partner Heather, whom she has been with since 1968.
She has a payday coming from fronting a new series of BBC Two’s Miriam Margolyes: A New Australian Adventure and makes videos for fans on the Cameo website, where she charges £100 for a special greeting clip.
She estimates it has netted her £365,000 ($793,922) since 2020, and in 2023 she earned £250,000 ($543,783) for her memoir Oh Miriam!
