Miriam Margolyes

[JuniperEccles]

Miriam Margolyes was touring America seeking out racism and discrimination and yet I feel she negated her efforts by labeling herself as a Jewish lesbian. I don't go around telling everyone I'm a heterosexual atheist.

[andy-hughes]

I think Ms Margolyes is busy carving out a career for herself as a Marmite personality.

She is either 'an honest breath of fresh air who says it like it is ...'

or

she is 'a reactionary miserable ill-mannered boorish old boot ...'

and I am sure she is delighted to be placed in either category because, at the end of the day, the cheque still has her name on it.

[NoMercy]

I'll refrain from insulting her but will sat she's not my cup of tea.

[woofgang]

I think she is a thinker....yes she is not like everybody else but she is an intelligent thoughtful woman and an excellent communicator.

[jennyjoan]

I like Miriam too but what I find that she was a little old to do these journeys to England

And oh please don't jump on me but did think she could have looked a bit cleaner as in hygiene etc.

[jennyjoan]

sorry ^^^^^^^ to America.

[anneasquith]

She does appear a bit scruffy jj, but. I'm not sure she cares too much :-)

[mikey4444]

Wonderful woman IMHO !

[pastafreak]

This describes Miriam Margolyes perfectly...

WARNING
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple 
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. 
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves 
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter. 
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired 
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells 
And run my stick along the public railings 
And make up for the sobriety of my youth. 
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain 
And pick flowers in other people's gardens 
And learn to spit. 

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat 
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go 
Or only bread and pickle for a week 
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes. 

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry 
And pay our rent and not swear in the street 
And set a good example for the children. 
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers. 

But maybe I ought to practice a little now? 
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised 
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

by Jenny Joseph

I like her.

[Mamyalynne]

Spot on Pasta.

[jno]

yes, she's just the sort of person you'd expect to turn up in purple. Rather fun.

[Gill1941]

I've got that poem, Pasta. Passed on by my mother who lived to be over 100. I like Miriam - she can be a bit crude but seems an intelligent, caring person. Certainly would not say she is too old to go wherever she wants to go. She is only my age and my mother went to Australia alone in her 80's to visit relatives.
Do what you can while you can. You never know when illness might strike.

[woofgang]

jj I think its a bit rude to say that someone is too old to do.....well anything really. I hope no one ever says it to you. I think she always looks rumpled because she wears a lot of linen clothing...cool comfortable and expensive but it creases if you so much as look at it.

[maggiebee]

Don't like her on TV but saw her live doing "Dickens' Women" and she had the characters off to a tee. Wonderful show.

[Patsy33]

I do cringe sometimes but can't help but like her!...

[jennyjoan]

woofgang - I didn't mean it unkindly - just thought it was too much for her but then again I only watched the first episode where she was apprehended by the cops for driving down a one-way street so I couldn't watch the other episodes probably because of this.

[Samuraisan]

Not my cup of tea either. Embarrassing and crude.

[woofgang]

I did that in the US at the age of 36! age has nothing to do with it!

[mccfluff]

I watched the john bishop interview with her and that changed my view of her. I still like her though, just not as much