‘My soul mate’: Warwick Davis pays tribute to wife Samantha who has died aged 53 | Movies

Samantha Davis, the campaigner and spouse of the Harry Potter star Warwick Davis, whom he referred to as his “soul mate”, has died aged 53.

Davis, who based Little Individuals UK – the dwarfism charity generally known as “a necessary useful resource for little folks and their households” – was described by her husband as “the best love of his life”.

The couple met on the set of Willow, the 1988 fantasy film the place they each starred alongside Val Kilmer, though Davis had truly seen Samantha once they have been on the set of one other fantasy movie, David Bowie’s Labryinth. He had “admired her from afar”, in accordance with his autobiography.

They did get collectively, finally marrying and elevating two youngsters, Harrison and Annabelle.

Talking about his spouse, who died on 24 March, Davis stated: “She was a novel character, at all times seeing the sunny aspect of life. She had a depraved sense of humour and at all times laughed at my unhealthy jokes.

“With out Sammy, there would have been no Tenable quizshow, no Willow sequence. No Fool Overseas sequence 3.”

Warwick stated Samantha was his “most trusted confidante and an ardent supporter of every thing I did in my profession” and that having her by his aspect felt “like having a superpower”.

Harrison and Annabelle added: “Mum is our greatest good friend and we’re honoured to have obtained a love like hers. Her love and happiness carried us by means of our entire lives.”

The couple have been described as being chargeable for altering “the best way folks with dwarfism are represented on display” and likewise labored to lift consciousness of sepsis after Samantha had an in depth brush with dying in 2019 after surgical procedure.

Samantha Davis’s dwarfism was brought on by a situation referred to as achondroplasia, whereas Warwick Davis’s is brought on by spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita.

The Davis household misplaced two infants, Lloyd and George. When requested about their loss by the Guardian in 2015, Samantha stated: “You have got a alternative, don’t you? Let’s use it to make our household stronger, nearer. Life is for residing.”

“Being indignant,” added Warwick Davis, “can be a waste of time. A waste of the life that you just do have. Sure, between the 2 of us, I suppose there are moments the place generally, we simply go, aargh – every thing is that little bit tougher. However I solely get indignant about twice a yr.”

Two years later, throughout an interview with the Guardian, Davis was requested who the best love of his life was. He answered: “My spouse, Sam.”