Pamela Ann 'Pam' Ferris (born 11 May 1948) is a German-born Welsh actress. She is best known for her starring roles on television as Ma Larkin in "The Darling Buds of May", as Laura Thyme in "Rosemary & Thyme", and for playing Miss Trunchbull in the movie "Matilda". She also played the part of Aunt Marge in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban".

Filmography

• Amandaland — Elspeth
• 2024Gavin & Stacey: The Finale — Cath Smith
• 2021Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas — Marie
• 2019Tolkien — Mrs. Faulkner
• 2018Holmes & Watson — Queen Victoria
• 2016Ethel & Ernest — Mrs Bennett / Aunty Betty (voice)
• 2016We're Going on a Bear Hunt — Grandma (voice)
• 2013Saving Santa — Mrs. Claus (voice)
• Call the Midwife — Sister Evangelina
• 2012Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! — Mrs. Bevan
• 2012The Raven — Mrs. Bradley
• Drama Trails
• Grandma's House — Deborah
• 2010Jackboots on Whitehall — Matron Rutty (voice)
• Luther — Baba
• 2010Malice in Wonderland — Doochey
• 2009Nativity! — Mrs. Bevan
• 2009Within the Whirlwind — Genia's mother
• Little Dorrit — Mrs. General
• 2008Telstar: The Joe Meek Story — Mrs. Violet Shenton
• 2008The Other Man — Vera
• 2007Christmas at the Riviera — Avril
• Gavin & Stacey — Cath Smith
• Lilies — Alice Bird
• 2006Children of Men — Miriam
• Jane Eyre — Grace Poole
• Missing
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Elspeth McGillicuddy
• 2004Gladiatress — Mrs Goatsplitter
• 2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban — Marge Dursley
• 2004Piccadilly Jim — Miss Trimble
• The Paul O'Grady Show
• 2003Anna Spud — Mum
• 2003Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie — Lolita
• 2003Pollyanna — Mrs. Snow
• Rosemary & Thyme — Laura Thyme
• 2002Death to Smoochy — Tommy Cotter
• 2002Family — Marion
• Paradise Heights — Marion Eustace
• 2001Bessie and the Bell — Bessie
• Sweet Revenge — Denise Williams
• 2001The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby — Mrs. Squeers
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby — Mrs. Squeers
• 1999The Turn of the Screw — Mrs. Grose
• 1998Bill's New Frock — Mrs. Collins
• Our Mutual Friend — Henrietta Boffin
• Midsomer Murders — Liz Tomlin
• Where the Heart Is — Peggy Snow
• 1996Death of a Salesman — Woman
• 1996Matilda — Trunchbull
• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall — Mrs Markham
• 1995Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre — Alice Hartley
• Middlemarch
• The Rector's Wife — Eleanor Ramsay
• 1994The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland — Aunt Pettitoes (voice)
• Wycliffe — Pat Trethowan
• 1992Mr. Wakefield's Crusade — Mad Marion
• 1992Roots — Mrs Bryant
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends — Aunt Pettitoes (voice)
• Performance — Mrs Bryant
• The Darling Buds of May — Ma Larkin
• A Sense of Guilt — Magdalen Parry
• Cluedo — Mrs. White
• Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit — Mrs Arkwright
• South of the Border — Brenda
• The Fear — Brenda
• Hardwicke House — Ms Crabbe
• Lizzie's Pictures
• Casualty — Linda
• Ladies in Charge — Charlie
• Connie — Nesta
• Screen Two — Alice Hartley
• 1985Star Quality — Marian Blake
• Aspel & Company
• 1984The House — Mrs. Smeth
• Dramarama — Dorothy, Anne Bailey
• 1983Meantime — Mavis
• BBC Play of the Month — Puck / Faerie
• Donostia — Anna's Mother
• The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole — May 'Grandma' Mole

Appearances as themselves (3)

• Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule — Self
• 2005Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda' — Self (archive footage)
• 2005West Coast Otters — Self - Narrator (voice)