Miriam Margolyes attends first-ever Pride aged 81 and it's so wholesome
msn.comMiriam Margolyes came out as a lesbian in the 1960s, but is has only just experienced the joy of attending her first Pride. We know and love the 81-year-old Harry Potter star for her witty comments and scandalous stories, but now she’s opening up about her own past and what it was like to come out.
The actress shared her story in ABC’s Australia Unmasked, with the British-Australian star taking a dive into the history of LGBTQ+ rights Down Under.
In a precious moment, Miriam went to Pride for the first time in Hobart, Tasmania, where she was filmed sitting in a wheelchair and holding a bunch of rainbow flags in her lap.
Discussing her mother’s reaction to her coming, Miriam – who has been with her partner Heather Sutherland since 1968 – recalled her being ‘devastated’. ‘I told my mother, and she was utterly devastated,’ she said. ‘My Parents were Jewish.
