Hosting celebrities

St. Clare's played host this week to renowned actress Miriam Margolyes, perhaps best known for her role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films.

Miriam grew up downstairs at 159 Banbury Road in the 1940s and returned to her childhood home to film a piece for the BBC's One Show. House 159 is now one of the college's student residences for our IB students.

As well as her recent fame through Harry Potter, you might also have seen Miriam acting alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo and Juliet and as Mrs Mingott in The Age Of Innocence for which she won a BAFTA in 1993. She also lent her voice to Happy Feet, Flushed Away and Fly the sheepdog in the Babe films.

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