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Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes claims coming out killed her mother
"When I told my mother that I had had an affair with a woman, she had a stroke about three days later."
Veteran actress Miriam Margolyes has blamed her decision to come out to her mother as a contributing factor in her death.
Speaking to BBC radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, the actress said:
"I really came to terms with things in 1967. I was in my late twenties.
"When I told my mother that I had had an affair with a woman, she had a stroke about three days later.
"I was very shocked by what happened, which started the long period of her terrible illness and the blackest time of my life.
"I realised that telling people things that they can't deal with is an indulgence.
"It caused the person I loved most in the world a pain she could not bear, and I have to take the responsibility for that.
"I should have been aware that that was something I could not say."
Margolyes began her illustrious career voicing pornographic audio tapes and she was most memorably the voice behind the Cadbury’s Caramel Bunny.
Her career in theatre, radio, television and film spans four decades and in 2002 Margolyes was awarded an OBE for her services to drama.
