Casting Umbridge

[sylviablundell2001]

I don't see why Kathy Bates shouldn't be able to do a perfect English 
accent.  An actress of her calibre should't find it a problem. If she 
brings the quality of menace she brought to that terrible woman 
in "Misery" who cares if she isn't English.
I don't know if Angela Lansbury is good at playing hateful, but she 
has got the right sort of babyish face.
Sylvia