72 Facts About The Dursleys

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The Dursleys is very much the head of his family, laying down most of the rules for Harry and doing most of the threatening, as well as spoiling Dudley.

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The Dursleys is the director of a drill-making firm, Grunnings, and seems to be quite successful in his career.

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The Dursleys's plan is soon thwarted by the Weasleys, who rescue Harry in their father's flying car.

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The Dursleys is described as a bony woman with blonde hair that she passed down to her son, a "rather horsey" face and a very long neck, and spends most of her time spying on her neighbours.

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The Dursleys appears in a memory in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when one of Marge's bulldogs chases Harry up a tree.

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The Dursleys lives in the village where Harry was born, Godric's Hollow, and is an old family friend of Dumbledore, as well as being the Potters' neighbour and friend.

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The Dursleys appears once more in the same book, during Harry and Voldemort's graveyard duel.

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The Dursleys's name is first mentioned in Philosopher's Stone on a Chocolate Frog card which notes that Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald in 1945.

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The Dursleys left the symbol of the Deathly Hallows on one of the walls in Durmstrang before departing.

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The Dursleys remained there, growing emaciated and toothless through the ravages of the prison, until Deathly Hallows when Voldemort arrives, seeking the Elder Wand.

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11.

The Dursleys first appears in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, though he is disguised for most of the story as the American Auror Percival Graves, played by Colin Farrell, while seeking out an Obscurus whom he learned to be Credence Barebone.

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12.

The Dursleys has the incumbent Supreme Mugwump Anton Vogel pardon him of his crimes and get him on the ballot late.

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The Dursleys is successful at doing this until his ruse is exposed by Credence Barebone and Newt Scamander and the dead Qilin's living sister is produced.

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14.

The Dursleys is a prodigy - exceptionally well coordinated on a broom but slightly unbalanced on land.

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The Dursleys is often viewed with suspicion by his peers due to Durmstrang's reputation for teaching the Dark Arts, while looked upon with admiration for his feats, mainly by giggling Hogwarts girls.

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16.

The Dursleys has a heated discussion with Xenophilius Lovegood, after he recognises a symbol that Xenophilius wears around his neck as the mark of Grindelwald; the symbol is later discovered to be the mark of the Deathly Hallows.

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17.

The Dursleys's attitude suggests that he wants to get back together with Hermione, and he is disgruntled to see her dancing with Ron.

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18.

The Dursleys made a brief appearance in Deathly Hallows, but his scenes were cut from the film.

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19.

The Dursleys raised him from a young age after Neville's parents were tortured and permanently incapacitated by a group of Death Eaters led by Bellatrix Lestrange.

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20.

The Dursleys sends Neville an encouraging letter, which he keeps by his heart.

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21.

The Dursleys is introduced in Deathly Hallows as a guest at the wedding of Fleur Delacour and Bill Weasley, and is said to be a friend.

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The Dursleys is described as eccentric looking, being slightly cross-eyed, with shoulder-length white hair the texture of candyfloss and wearing garishly coloured robes.

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23.

The Dursleys is named after Tonks' late father, Ted Tonks, and his own father, Remus.

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24.

The Dursleys is mentioned in the final chapter of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by Harry, who says that Teddy "comes round to dinner about four times a week".

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25.

The Dursleys is a cousin of Sirius and Regulus Black and an aunt to Nymphadora Tonks, Andromeda's daughter.

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26.

The Dursleys later married Lucius Malfoy, with whom she has one son, Draco, of whom she is extremely protective.

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27.

The Dursleys begs Snape to help Draco and asks him to make an Unbreakable Vow, to which he agrees.

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The Dursleys is later seen at the end of the book, with her husband and son, unsure what to do and how to behave amidst the celebration of Voldemort's death.

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29.

The Dursleys fiercely denies this, although she is around the same height as fellow half-giant Rubeus Hagrid.

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30.

The Dursleys is introduced during the train journey to Hogwarts in Half-Blood Prince as a member of Horace Slughorn's Slug Club due to his uncle's close ties with the Ministry of Magic.

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31.

The Dursleys briefly becomes a pawn in the escalating tensions between Ron and Hermione, when Hermione invites him to Slughorn's Christmas party as her date, in retaliation for Ron's relationship with Lavender Brown.

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32.

The Dursleys is described as having bloodshot eyes and a large, feathery pink hat, making her look like a "badly tempered flamingo".

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33.

The Dursleys lends her beautiful goblin-made tiara to Fleur for the wedding.

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34.

The Dursleys tells Harry how to solve the puzzle of the golden egg that he retrieved in the first task, by opening it underwater.

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35.

The Dursleys is more upbeat and mischievous, and enjoys having Harry briefly to herself to boss around.

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36.

The Dursleys later meets her in the lake where she directs him to the merpeople's village.

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37.

The Dursleys is among those rescued from the manor by Dobby, after which, at Shell Cottage, he provides Harry and his friends with some useful information about the Elder Wand.

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38.

The Dursleys later goes into hiding at the home of Auntie Muriel and sends Luna a new wand as a gift.

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The Dursleys is first mentioned in the Sorting in Philosopher's Stone, and makes her first appearance in Madam Hooch's flying class, during which she teases Parvati Patil for defending Neville Longbottom after Draco steals Longbottom's Remembrall.

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The Dursleys gives false information on Harry, Hermione, and Hagrid to Rita Skeeter, and openly voices criticisms of Hagrid to Umbridge in terms of her displeasure about his Care of Magical Creatures class and her difficulty in understanding his voice.

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41.

The Dursleys is made a Slytherin prefect along with Malfoy, and later joins Dolores Umbridge's Inquisitorial Squad.

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42.

The Dursleys was killed in his sleep after bragging about the wand's invincibility, having won a duel with it.

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43.

The Dursleys is described in the books as "a curvy sort of woman" with curly hair; several students—including Ron—have a crush on her.

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44.

The Dursleys is named after the Gaulish goddess Rosmerta, whose attributes include abundance and fertility.

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45.

The Dursleys speaks with a Cockney accent and talks to Harry as he travels to London in the first part of Prisoner of Azkaban.

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46.

The Dursleys appears briefly in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at the Quidditch World Cup, boasting to a group of Veela, the Bulgarian team's official mascot, of his ambitious plans to become the next Minister of Magic.

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The Dursleys is described as having curly blonde hair, jewelled spectacles, thick fingers with two-inch long nails painted crimson, a crocodile-skin handbag, and a heavy jawed face.

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The Dursleys wasn't called Rita then but she was a woman.

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49.

The Dursleys is described as having been an extremely wealthy, well-born old witch who enjoyed collecting antiques and collectibles.

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50.

The Dursleys wears a large, elaborate, ginger wig upon her head and dabs her red cheeks with rouge.

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51.

The Dursleys has a talent for household spells and cleanliness, lacked by her husband and daughter.

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52.

The Dursleys is not introduced until the beginning of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

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53.

The Dursleys strongly resembles her sister Bellatrix, so much so that Harry thinks she is Bellatrix upon first meeting her, but Andromeda is kind looking and has soft brown rather than black hair.

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54.

The Dursleys and Ted are later tortured for information on Harry's whereabouts.

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55.

The Dursleys's home holds the Portkey that helps Harry escape to The Burrow.

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The Dursleys is one of many Hogwarts students, past and present, who take part in the Battle of Hogwarts in Deathly Hallows, and is among the survivors of the first clash; Harry sees him assisting Neville Longbottom in carrying the body of Colin Creevey.

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57.

The Dursleys discovers that he is protected by an Auror who now works in his office, Kingsley Shacklebolt.

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58.

The Dursleys was named after his paternal grandfather James Potter and his father's godfather Sirius Black, and he is described as being similar in character to both of his namesakes as well as his uncles, Fred and George Weasley, with a penchant for practical jokes and general misbehaviour.

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59.

The Dursleys started in Hogwarts in September 2015, and was sorted into Gryffindor House.

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60.

The Dursleys is named after Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape, and would be eleven at the time of the epilogue.

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61.

The Dursleys has been played in the West End production by Sam Clemmett, Theo Ancient, Joe Idris-Roberts, and Dominic Short.

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The Dursleys is the best friend of Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy, and he was sorted into Slytherin House together with Scorpius.

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The Dursleys is two years younger than her brother Albus Severus, making her around nine, and is close in age to her cousin Hugo.

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64.

The Dursleys is depicted as the romantic love interest of Scorpius Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

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The Dursleys is close in age to Harry and Ginny's daughter and youngest child, Lily Luna Potter, and had not yet started at Hogwarts by the epilogue of Deathly Hallows.

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The Dursleys was three years younger than Draco, and was the younger sister of one of Draco's classmates from Slytherin.

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The Dursleys appeared in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, but she died when her son became fourteen in the early chapters of the story.

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The Dursleys is played by Jade Gordon in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.

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The Dursleys is the best friend of Harry Potter's second son Albus Severus Potter and has a crush on Rose Granger-Weasley, the daughter of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.

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The Dursleys is a kind-hearted boy who likes sweets and does not discriminate against non-pure-blood wizards.

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The Dursleys was born in 2006, the same year as Albus.

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72.

The Dursleys appears as one of the main characters of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

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