Snape's age

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 3621

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Neil Ward <neilward at d...> wrote:
> Rickman is 54 and David Bowie, incidentally, is a year younger. So, 
Rickman> is a tiny bit old, but I think he'll look reasonably mid-40s 
if they dye his> hair black.  BTW, he features on the latest Texas 
video, tangoing with> Sharleen (sp?) Spiteri on a petrol station 
forecourt and I have to say he> looks a bit jowly these days. He was 
quite sexy in "Truly. Madly, Deeply".  
> 
> Remind me: How old should Snape be anyway?  I'm useless at 
timelines.
> 
> I also checked Maggie Smith's age for the record - she's 66.
> 
> Neil
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I don't think there's any info in the books to give us a precise age, 
but it seems everyone's best guess would put the Marauder generation 
at about their mid- to late-thirties.  Rickman's age was my only 
worry about him, too, considering the other actors filling the 
Marauder roles will have to look of a similar age.  He's always 
looked (to me) around ten years or so younger than his actual age, 
but I haven't seen him lately.  Will have to keep an eye out for that 
video.  Where did you see it?  BTW, I've always pictured McG about 
that age (66), despite references to her 'black hair'.  I'm very 
pleased that Maggie Smith is in that role.

Kelley

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