Hair - McGonagall's secret

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Subject: Re: Hair - McGonagall's secret
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Date: 8/24/00 9:14 am  (ET)

<In PS, McGonagall is described as " a rather severe-looking woman"
with her hair drawn into a tight bun, and as "a tall black-haired
witch". I guess that mention of black hair makes us think she must be
quite young, but my theory is that Minerva makes liberal use of the
wizarding equivalent of 'Lady Grecian 2000' to create the illusion of
youth. I wouldn't be surprised if to find that she was a contemporary
of Albus Dumbledore and, in fact, about 60.>

Neil, I couldn't agree more. In fact, I always pictured her about that
age. And I always assumed she was about Hagrid's age, also, and we know
he is either 62 or 63. So I was perfectly thrilled with Maggie Smith as
the final choice.