Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes ‘doesn’t have long left to live’

A beloved Harry Potter star that calls Australia home has shared a devastating health update following a heart procedure.

Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes has shared a heartbreaking health update.

The beloved British actress, who lives in Australia and portrayed Professor Pomona Sprout in the hit fantasy franchise, revealed that she “doesn’t have long left to live” following a shocking heart procedure.

“When you know that you haven’t got long to live, and I’m probably going to die within the next five or six years, if not before, I’m loath to leave behind performing,” Margolyes, 84, told The Times this week.

British star Miriam Margolyes, who lives in Australia, has made numerous TV shows about Aussie life.

“It’s such a joy,” she added. “I yearn to play roles that don’t confine me to wheelchairs, but I’m just not strong enough.”

The tragic update comes months after Margolyes, who has also starred in TV shows like Doctor Who and Call the Midwife, received a transcatheter aortic valve replacement in 2023.

The actress underwent the procedure to avoid having to undergo future open heart surgeries.

Miriam Margolyes has spoken about her heart surgery. Picture: Supplied

“I’ve got a cow’s heart now,” she joked on the Table Manners podcast shortly after undergoing the operation. “Well, not the whole heart. I’ve had an aortic valve replaced by a cow’s aortic valve.”

“I don’t know how common it is. I’d never heard of that operation,” the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets star added. “But it saves you from having open heart surgery, which would be infinitely more invasive.”

The much-loved star travelled across Australia in her campervan for her new documentary series Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked

While Margolyes’ surgery was a success, she was also left suffering from mobility issues after being diagnosed with spinal stenosis.

The condition is described as a narrowing of the spinal canal, and the actress was forced to register as disabled and left relying on canes, walkers, wheelchairs and a mobility scooter to get around.

“I can’t walk very well, and I’m registered disabled,” she told Closer Magazine last year.

“I use all kinds of assistance. I’ve got two sticks and a walker, and they’re such a bore, but I’ve just got a mobility scooter, which is a lot of fun.”

The beloved star with King Charles earlier this year at the launch of the Queen’s reading room medal at Clarence House. Picture: AFP

But despite her many health woes, the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 star is not afraid of death.

Margolyes opened up about her mortality during a candid chat with British Vogue in June 2023.

“When you’re young, you never think about death. You just think about your next f**k basically,” she quipped at the time. “I think about death a lot.”

“You can’t help but be aware that the amount of time ahead is less than the time before you,” Margolyes added. “I’m still ducking and diving. I’m still open to new experiences. I’m just very conscious that there is no light at the end of the tunnel.”

Miriam Margolyes with fellow Harry Potter stars Maggie Smith and Richard Harris.

Margolyes’ comments this week come after several characters from the Harry Potter films have passed away, including Alan Rickman (Severus Snape), Michael Gambon and Richard Harris (Albus Dumbledore), Robbie Coltrane (Rubeus Hagrid), Maggie Smith (Minerva McGonagall) and more.

Her remarks also come as the Wizarding World movies are set to receive a reboot on HBO.

On Tuesday, the cable giant announced that Dominic McLaughlin will play Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton will portray Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout will star as Ron Weasley – roles previously held by Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, respectively.

Acting stalwart John Lithgow (Albus Dumbledore) and Paapa Essiedu (Severus Snape) will also star in the upcoming TV adaptation.

This article was originally published by the New York Post.