Defense Against the Dark Arts is a difficult position to fill & keep in Harry Potter, and the world has some great and awful ...

Sadly, some of the strongest characters that stand out in the books didn't make it into any of the Harry Potter movies.

In a DVD extra entitled "Women of Harry Potter," Rowling discussed Molly's identity as a mother within the context of her duel with Bellatrix Lestrange ... a powerful dark witch in her own right.