38 Facts About Dolores Umbridge

Dolores Jane Umbridge is a fictional character from the Harry Potter series created by JK Rowling.

Dolores Umbridge could be described as a fat, toad-like woman with a wide slack mouth and a large bow that is often in her hair.

Dolores Umbridge was portrayed by Imelda Staunton in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.

Dolores Jane Umbridge was born to a Wizard father and a Muggle mother, and eventually had a younger brother who was a Squib.

Under the influence of her father, Dolores Umbridge grew up despising her mother and brother for their lack of magical abilities.

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Dolores Umbridge was sorted into Slytherin House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and hated her time at the school due to never being given any positions of power.

Dolores Umbridge used this position of power to satisfy her hatred of part-humans, for example through new Anti-Werewolf Legislation which made it nearly impossible for Remus Lupin to find a new job after resigning his post as Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts in 1994.

Dolores Umbridge made a negative impression on the students of Hogwarts at the Start-of-Term Feast, where she rudely interrupted Dumbledore and talked to the students in a condescending manner.

Dolores Umbridge began interfering with the students learning at Hogwarts by refusing to teach any practical applications despite her post as Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.

Dolores Umbridge forced him to write "I must not tell lies" with a cursed quill that scarred the phrase into his hand permanently.

Dolores Umbridge was appointed as Hogwarts "High Inquisitor" by the Ministry to evaluate, harass or fire any teacher deemed unsatisfactory by her.

Dolores Umbridge abolished all student groups, which included the House Quidditch teams.

Dolores Umbridge sacked Divination Professor Sybill Trelawney, but was unsuccessful in evicting her from the castle due to Dumbledore's intervention.

Dolores Umbridge was threatened by Umbridge that if she didn't turn them over, her mother would lose her job at the Ministry.

Dolores Umbridge attempted to have Harry expelled from Hogwarts, but Dumbledore took the blame for the group's formation and disappeared from Hogwarts to avoid arrest.

Dolores Umbridge was appointed as the new Headmistress of Hogwarts by Fudge.

Dolores Umbridge formed the Inquisitorial Squad, composed entirely of Slytherin students such as Draco Malfoy.

The castle itself seemed to recognise that Dolores Umbridge was not the true Headmistress, as she was denied access to the Headmaster's Tower.

Dolores Umbridge intercepted all manner of communications to prevent Harry from contacting his godfather Sirius Black and the Order of the Phoenix, even going so far as to injure Harry's pet owl Hedwig.

Dolores Umbridge eventually caught Harry attempting to use the Floo Network in her office to contact Sirius.

Dolores Umbridge then believed that the illegal Cruciatus Curse would cause Harry to loosen his tongue.

Hermione attempted to protest, but Dolores Umbridge brushed her off and revealed that she had ordered the dementor attack on Harry and Dudley during the summer.

Hermione tricked Dolores Umbridge into following Harry and herself into the Forbidden Forest to search for Dumbledore's alleged "secret weapon".

Dolores Umbridge was confronted by a herd of centaurs, whom she insulted with racial slurs.

Dolores Umbridge was saved by Dumbledore, who managed to calm the herd due to their respect for him and brought her out without a scratch but in a severe state of shock.

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Dolores Umbridge attempted to sneak out of the school but encountered Peeves, who chased her out of the school with McGonagall's cane to the delight of students and teachers alike.

Dolores Umbridge purposely chose to continue to torment Harry by informing the Minister of Harry's wish to become an auror.

Dolores Umbridge was later seen at Dumbledore's funeral, attempting to look appropriately somber.

Dolores Umbridge was startled by the appearance of Firenze, clearly having been traumatised by her encounter with the centaurs.

At some point, Dolores Umbridge received a locket as a bribe from thief Mundungus Fletcher.

Full of rage, Harry appeared from under his Cloak of Invisibility and attacked Dolores Umbridge, allowing Harry and Hermione to take Slytherin's locket from her in order to destroy the Horcrux.

Dolores Umbridge is depicted in the novels as being an evil, cruel, strict, despicable woman who represented the worst of political power, under a saccharine image filled with kittens, fluff, and girlishness.

Dolores Umbridge is implied to be sadistic and overwhelmingly corrupt, to the point of finding joy in torturing students.

Dolores Umbridge is depicted to be a prejudiced person, despising half-breeds and Muggle-born witches and wizards to the point of firing Hagrid due to his half-giant birth status.

Dolores Umbridge displayed her intolerance to the centaur Firenze, shouting racial insults towards the herd of centaurs that confronted her in the Forbidden Forest.

Dolores Umbridge was a "pure-blood supremacist" and attempted to mask her half-blood status, often lambasting her Muggle mother and Squib younger brother.

Dolores Umbridge was eventually imprisoned in Azkaban due to her crimes against Muggle-borns during her interrogations, as not everyone she interrogated and tortured survived.

Dolores Umbridge was that mean teacher you had in high school, that one mom on the PTA who thinks that rap music is destroying America.