Miriam Margolyes continues to work in her eighties because she fears that her future care bills are going to leave her destitute.
The 83-year-old actress, who suffers with spinal stenosis, told the Radio Times: ‘I’m worried that I won’t have enough money for carers when I finally get paralysed or whatever it is that’s going to happen to me.’
Spinal stenosis occurs when space around the spinal cord becomes too narrow, compressing the nerves.
Margolyes main source of income is her television work. She stars as Mother Mildred in Call the Midwife, has fronted numerous documentaries, and is also regular raconteur on the chat show circuit, sharing Graham Norton’s sofa with the likes of musician will.i.am and the late Friends star Matthew Perry.
She also has a lucrative side hustle making videos for fans on the Cameo website, where she charges £100 for a special greeting clip from her, and estimates it has netted her a whopping £365,000 since 2020. Last year she earnt £250,000…