Miriam Margolyes doesn't live with partner despite being together for 54 years
Miriam Margolyes has explained the real reason she doesn’t live with her partner of 54 years.
The veteran British actress, who is best known for her roles in Harry Potter and Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence, has been in a long-term relationship with Heather Sutherland for over half a century. But the 82-year-old has shared the secret to their long lasting romance is actually living separate lives.
Appearing on podcast Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware, Miriam confessed: “I’m in love with my partner and have been for 54 years. We don’t live together because we’re both professional women. She is a historian and an academic and I’m an actress and a documentarian now. Her work is in Indonesian and Dutch and so she lives in Amsterdam, but we try to be together as much as possible.”
The Hollywood star revealed she and Australian-born Heather only live together properly when they are staying in Italy, where they own a house. And although she visits her in Holland, she revealed Heather isn’t a fan of London where she resides most of the time.
Miriam has been with partner Heather since the late 1960s (S Meddle/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)Sharing the story of how they met, Miriam told Say You Love Me singer Jessie and her mum Lennie she was introduced to Heather by a mutual friend in London and “knew the minute she saw her that she wanted her”. But it wasn’t an instant connection for the couple, as Heather didn’t believe Miriam was gay at first and thought she was too noisy, which Miriam agrees with.
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Revealing how she won her other half over, Miriam said she asked her to lunch at her place. Though she admits she doesn’t cook these days and “pays other people to cook for her”, Miriam said she served her love “some mashed potato” on their date and “a chop perhaps”. They want on to talk and “it worked”.
That was back in the late 1960s. Since then the pair have gone on to tie the knot in a civil partnership ceremony. But unlike Miriam, Heather prefers to keep out of the spotlight so the couple have rarely been pictured in public together.
After meeting Heather, Miriam – who already knew of her sexuality – came out to her parents. But her mother didn’t take it well and later suffered a stroke. More severe strokes followed and her mother sadly passed away in 1974. Writing in her 2021 autobiography, Miriam said: “I always believed that my coming out in some way caused it. It was a horrendous time and I was very unhappy. I knew I couldn’t change what I was. I should not have told them.”
Sharing how they keep their relationship going from separate countries, Miriam previously said they speak on the phone every day but usually only see each other around eight times a year when they are holiday together. When she was Vogue’s Pride cover star back in the summer, Miriam confessed: “We were able to lead our lives without diminishing them. I didn’t want her to have to give up anything and I didn’t want to give up anything.”
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