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Professor Pomona Sprout’s interpreter battles spinal disease

Battling spinal stenosis, Miriam Margolyes is the actress who gave life to Professor Pomona Sprout in the Harry Potter saga

Miriam Margolyesactress known to “Harry Potter” fans for playing Professor Pomona Sprout in the films of the saga that adapt the books by the British author J.K. Rowlingrevealed in a recent interview with Closer magazine (via CNN Brasil), that now, at 83 years old, he faces back problems that reduce his mobility.

She said she deals with spinal stenosis — a narrowing of the spinal canal — and needs assistance to carry out daily activities:

“I can’t walk very well and I’m registered as disabled,” the actress explained. “I have two canes and a walker, and they’re really annoying, but I have a mobility scooter, which is really fun.”

She explained positively how the scooter makes her days easier: “It’s like having a new toy. It’s really good for shopping because it has a basket — and I really enjoy riding it around.”

It is worth remembering that, in May 2023, the actress was hospitalized after having a chest infection identified, in October of the same year, she revealed that she underwent a procedure to replace the transcatheter aortic valve in her heart. “Now I have a cow’s heart,” she said jokingly during a chat with the Table Manner podcast.

Source: Recreio

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