no, i think umbridge needed to be a bit more deceptive. as soon as you see pam ferris you think of trunchbull. imelda staunton was perfect for the role

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I do honestly think that Pam Ferris might of made a good Dolores Jane Umbridge but really I think that her performance would be almost identical to the really monstrous scary character of Miss Trunchbull which has always been in my opinion one of Pam's greatest ever roles and she portrayed her so perfectly that I for a while grew quite scared of Pam Ferris I used to find it hard watching her in other films or television dramas and of course who can forget her in the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby where she plays a nasty rude drunken lazy old women called Mrs Squeers I absolutely could not stand her and would of loved it if Nicholas had giving her a real thumping and she had the nerve to call him by Knuckleboy total disrespect how can she not remember his name is it really that difficult she was equally mean and spiteful as Harry's stupid fat ugly old Aunt Marge in Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban I do love seeing Pam in nicer roles as well I mean she was a loving caring decent nice person in Children Of Men and she's quite friendly and down to earth in the Darling Buds of May and her and Felicity Kendall were always a good double act together in Rosemary and Thyme one of my all time favorite TV series I do remember Pam being in a another wonderful TV series called Paradise Heights where she plays a strong minded yet very protective mother anyway we are getting off the subject here so I will say that my favorite choice for the role of Dolores Jane Umbridge would have to be Lindsay Duncan because I have always fondly remembered how really cold evil and selfish she was as Marc Warrens mother in the tremendous Mini TV Series of Oliver Twist she was just ugh a disgusting person and thank god her son killed her once and for all I feel she could of been sensational portraying Dolores Umbridge and to be quite frank Imelda Staunton was nothing really special in fact her overall performance was quite flat and she just didnt seem to suit the character which was probably one of several reasons why Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire was a load of crap but Lindsay Duncan would of been far more perfect and I reckon she could of made the character of Dolores Umbridge out to be really scary intimidating sickly sweet and perhaps overall just plain horrible.

She's a great actress so I'm sure she would have been great as Umbridge. But she was just so good as Aunt Marge. Plus Imelda Staunton really did a wonderful job as Umbridge. I think Pam Ferris would be great in anything though.

I think she's a great actress too, I really hope she plays Siobhan in Twilight's Breaking Dawn. I really couldn't think of anyone better.

Carter, whew. Carter scared the beep out of me.

i thought Umbridge was perfect as is. The best adult acting in the Harry Potter films bar Helena Bonham Carter.

when i was watching children of men i actually thought this actress was the one that played Umbridge

I haven't read the book in a long time, but I never remembered Umbridge as sweet at first sight. I just imagined her as a toad who wore pink.

Even though in real life she's very nice, so she could have pulled it off.
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Definitely agreedI think the role was perfectly cast. I loved that movie so much. But i do hope to see Pam Ferris in many more rolesshe is not only great at being a meanie, but in Children Of Men she was quite poignant.

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I think that Pam Ferris looks a bit too mean to play Umbridge. The whole point of Umbridge is that she is sickly sweet. At first she looks quite nice but then she bites your hand off.

I also thought Miriam Margoyles would have been good, but she was already used as well.
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Maggie Smith who plays Professor McGonagall is 5'3" and she's supposed to tower over Umbridge.
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Too tall? She's only 5'7"

She already played Aunt Marge in the third harry potter film

She was perfect as Miss Trunchbull!

She would have been good but she might have been too tall and the role would seem very similar to that of Miss Trunchbull in Matilda.