# Biggest age difference between an actor and the character that they portray

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**Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-age-difference-between-an-actor-and-the-character-that-they-portray/938399/9 "2021-03-22T11:38:52Z")

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Shirley Henderson played Moaning Myrtle - the ghost of a girl who died at 14 (and thus appeared to be 14) when she was 40.

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