The press dismissed her as a 'national trinket.' Now this much-loved, sometimes mocked Jewish actress is telling her own story

JL;DR SUMMARY Miriam Margolyes, the iconic Jewish actress known for her roles in Harry Potter and Call the Midwife, has released a new memoir called "Oh Miriam: Stories from an Extraordinary Life". A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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