Miriam Margolyes shares secret to her 55-year romance with partner Heather Sutherland – but admits she’s ‘done with sex’
Miriam Margolyes has shared the secrets of her decades-long romance with Heather Sunderland.
The British-Australian actress and her partner, who likes to stay out of the spotlight, have been together for 55 years.
“I just think you have to tell the truth, never let the sun go down on a quarrel, listen to the other person and don’t seek – don’t play with your happiness,” the 82-year-old told l Australian show The Project. Friday night.
“Don’t look for another genital. Be happy with what you have.
“I think adultery is nonsense. I think this is wasting time. Cherish what you have,” the Babe star continued.
Miriam Margolyes (pictured) has shared the secrets of her decades-long romance with Heather Sunderland. The British-Australian actress and her partner, who likes to stay out of the spotlight, have been together for 55 years.
And if it really doesn’t work, talk about it and leave. But do it with kindness. That’s all I can say.’
Elsewhere in the interview, Miriam admitted that she was no longer sexually active.
“I’m done with sex, but I don’t want everyone to be done with it, otherwise the world would stop,” she said.
Miriam met Heather, 80, through a mutual friend while working on a BBC radio series after Miriam graduated from Cambridge University.
“I just think you have to tell the truth, never let the sun go down on a quarrel, listen to the other person and don’t seek – don’t play with your happiness,” the 82-year-old told l Australian show The Project. Friday night. “Don’t look for another genital. Be happy with what you have
Heather is an Australian historian and former professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Heather first met Miriam in 1967 and the two have been together ever since.
In Miriam’s 2021 autobiography, This Much Is True, she says of her partnership: “We’ve been together 53 years. This is a great achievement.
“Academic and scholarly, Heather is my opposite: reticent, incredibly private and reserved. »
Elsewhere in the interview, Miriam admitted that she was no longer sexually active. “I’m done with sex, but I don’t want everyone to be done with it, otherwise the world would stop,” she said.
