Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsPrimetime EmmysToronto Int'l Film FestivalFall TV GuideMost Anticipated This MonthSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayTrending peopleCelebrity news
    IMDb LabsHelp centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
    Some content may be auto-translated
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
    Some content may be auto-translated
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
Back
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro
Pam Ferris at an event for Call the Midwife (2012)

Biography

Pam Ferris

Overview

  • Born
    May 11, 1948 · Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Birth name
    Pamela E. Ferris
  • Height
    5′ 7″ (1.70 m)

Biography

  • Pam Ferris was born on May 11, 1948 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for Matilda (1996), Children of Men (2006) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). She has been married to Roger Frost since August 1986.

Family

  • Spouse
      Roger Frost(August 1986 - present)
  • Parents
      Ann Perkins
      Fred Ferris

Trivia

  • Her favourite character that she played was Miss Trunchbull in Matilda (1996).
  • She took a break from her career to nurse her mother, who died in 1983. She supports disabled people and their carers.
  • Pam's family emigrated to New Zealand when she was age 13.
  • Born in Germany and raised in Wales and New Zealand.
  • She was born in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, as her father was involved in the denazification process. Her father, Frederick (Fred) John Ferris, was from Swindon, Wiltshire, England, and her mother, Ann Ethel (Perkins), was from Bridgend, Glamorganshire, Wales. Her father served in the Royal Air Force. When the family moved to Wales, settling in the Aberkenfig area, near Bridgend, her father was a policeman and her mother worked in her family's bakery business.

Quotes

  • I was obsessed with work in my youth. It's why I didn't get married until I was 38 and the reason I didn't have kids. Not having children isn't a sadness in my life, though. I know I wouldn't have been a half-bad mother, but that's what happened. There's no regretting it.

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More from this person

  • View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro

More to explore

Recently viewed

You have no recently viewed pages
Get the IMDb app
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
Follow IMDb on social
Get the IMDb app
For Android and iOS
Get the IMDb app
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • License IMDb Data
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2026 by IMDb.com, Inc.