Miriam Margolyes shares the secret behind her 55-year romance with partner Heather Sutherland – but admits she’s ‘finished with sex’
Miriam Margolyes has shared the secrets to her decades long romance with Heather Sunderland.
The British-Australian actress and her partner, who likes to keep out of the spotlight, have been together for an incredible 55 years.
‘I just think you must tell the truth, never let the sun set on a quarrel, listen to the other person, and don’t look for – don’t gamble with your happiness’ the 82-year-old told Australia’s The Project on Friday night.
‘Don’t look for another genital. Be happy with what you’ve got’.
‘I think adultery is nonsense. I think it wastes time. Cherish what you have’ the Babe star went on.
Miriam Margolyes (pictured) has shared the secrets to her decades long romance with Heather Sunderland. The British-Australian actress and her partner, who likes to keep out of the spotlight, have been together for an incredible 55 years
And if it really isn’t working, talk about it and part. But do it with kindness. That’s all I can say.’
Elsewhere in the interview, Miriam admitted she was no longer sexually active.
‘I’ve finished with sex, but I don’t want everybody to be finished with it, because otherwise the world would stop’ she said.
Miriam met Heather, 80, through a mutual friend while working on a BBC radio drama after Miriam had graduated from studying at the University of Cambridge.
‘I just think you must tell the truth, never let the sun set on a quarrel, listen to the other person, and don’t look for – don’t gamble with your happiness’ the 82-year-old told Australia’s The Project on Friday night. ‘Don’t look for another genital. Be happy with what you’ve got’
Heather is an Australian historian and former professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Heather first met Miriam in 1967 and the pair have been together ever since.
In Miriam’s 2021 autobiography, This Much Is True, she says of her partnership: ‘We have been together for 53 years. It is a big achievement.
‘An academic and a Scholar, Heather is my polar opposite: reticent, incredibly private and reserved.’
Elsewhere in the interview, Miriam admitted she was no longer sexually active. ‘I’ve finished with sex, but I don’t want everybody to be finished with it, because otherwise the world would stop’ she said
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