Miriam Margolyes
Known for Acting · 213 credits
- Born
- 1941-05-18 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
- Also known as
- Miriam Margolyes, OBE
Biography
Miriam Margolyes (born May 18, 1941) is a British-Australian actress, writer, political activist and television personality, most prominent as a character actor on stage and screen. Her earliest roles were in theatre and, following a transition to film and television, she won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Age of Innocence (1993).
Known For
TV Shows (80)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Family Guy
1999
as Right Eyeball (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
American Dad!
2005
as Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Call the Midwife
2012
as Mother Mildred
Rugrats
1991
as Shirley Finster (voice)
Play for Today
1970
as Veronica
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mrs. Price-Ridley
Wogan
1982
as Self
Merlin
2008
as Grunhilda
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
Omnibus
1967
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mary Burge
Screen Two
1985
as Nellie
Q&A
2008
as Self - Panellist
Theatre 625
1964
as Rita
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Kathie
Blackadder
1983
as Lady Whiteadder / Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain
Dharma & Greg
1997
as Chloe
Apple & Onion
2018
as Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
as Aunt Prudence
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
as Leaf Blathereen (voice)
Angels
1975
Monkey
1978
as Narator / Demon (voice)
Kingdom
2007
as Henny Leach
Trollied
2011
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
2015
as Self
Plebs
2013
as Iona
The Play on One
1988
as Laughter (voice)
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Anna Vyrubova
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
as Self
Vanity Fair
1998
as Miss Crawley
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
as Joyce Midge / Mrs. Joyce Midge
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
as Self
Dog Squad
2022
as Sylvie (voice)
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
as Elsa Maxwell
Big Muzzy
1987
as The Queen (voice)
Magic Grandad
1993
as Grandma
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017
as Self
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
2021
as Self
Oliver Twist
1985
A Kick Up the Eighties
1981
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership
2021
as Narrator
Freud
1984
as Baroness von Lieben
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986
as Nurse Hopkins
Badjelly
2025
as Badjelly (voice)
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010
The History Man
1981
as Melissa Tordoroff
A Little Princess
1987
as Miss Amelia Minchin
The Project
2009
Dickens in America
2005
as Host
Supply and Demand
1998
as CS Edna Colley
The Real Marigold on Tour
2016
as Self - Host
Dickens
2002
as Catherine Dickens
The Real Marigold Hotel
2016
as Self
Plays for Britain
1976
as Miriam / Miss Babberton
Bucket
2017
as Mim
Movies (133)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Pomona Sprout
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Pomona Sprout
Mulan
1998
as The Matchmaker (voice)
Flushed Away
2006
as Rita's Grandma (voice)
Magnolia
1999
as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
Babe
1995
as Fly (voice)
Early Man
2018
as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
Happy Feet
2006
as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
End of Days
1999
as Mabel
Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Nurse
Cats & Dogs
2001
as Sophie the Castle Maid
Little Shop of Horrors
1986
as Dental Nurse
James and the Giant Peach
1996
as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
Balto
1995
as Grandma Rosy
Sunshine
1999
as Rose Sonnenschein
Dead Again
1991
as Hypnotism Patient
The Age of Innocence
1993
as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
The Guilt Trip
2012
as Anita
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
as Fly (voice)
Pacific Heights
1990
as Realtor
Electric Dreams
1984
as Ticket Girl
Holy Days
2026
as Sister Luke
Reds
1981
as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
Yentl
1983
as Sarah
Chasing Liberty
2004
as Maria
The Apple
1980
as Landlady
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Mrs. Kowalski
I Love You to Death
1990
as Joey's Mother
Undertaking Betty
2002
as Thelma & Selma
Maya the Bee Movie
2014
as Queen (voice)
Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Dorcas
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
as Mrs. Fisk
The Butcher's Wife
1991
as Gina
Immortal Beloved
1994
as Nanette Streicherová
The Little Vampire 3D
2017
as Wulftrud (voice)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Peg Sellers
Being Julia
2004
as Dolly de Vries
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020
as Prudence Stanley
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
as Mrs. Beetle
Modigliani
2004
as Gertrude Stein
Little Dorrit
1987
as Flora Finching
Stalin
1992
as Krupskaya
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Sir Billi
2012
as Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Mrs. Rajzman
My Happy Ending
2023
as Judy
The Awakening
1980
as Dr. Kadira
Mog's Christmas
2023
as Aunt One (voice)
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
as Mabel Chilton
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
as Self
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
The Long Way Home
1997
as (voice)
The Fool
1990
as Mrs. Bowring
Liberation
1994
as Narrator
The Seventeenth Kind
2014
as Mrs. Mark
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017
as Herself
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Queen Victoria
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
1977
as Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
House!
2000
as Auntie Beth
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016
as Self
The Legend of Longwood
2014
as Lady Thyrza
The Good Father
1985
as Jane Powell
Wallis & Edward
2005
as Aunt Bessie
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
as Mummy Socks (voice)
Orpheus Descending
1990
as Vee Talbot
Morons from Outer Space
1985
as Doctor Wallace
Old Flames
1990
as Nellie
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
as Self
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
as Signora Caldoni
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Narrator
In Search of Peace
2001
as Ester Cailingold (voice)
Alone
2002
as Caseworker
The Wedding Video
2012
as Patricia
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023
as The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
On the Game
1974
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Left Luggage
1998
as Mrs. Goldman
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022
as Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
as Self
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
as Self
Different for Girls
1996
as Pamela
The Lifeswappers
1976
as Miriam/Miss Babberton
Outlier
2014
as Odamee Marshall
We Are Most Amused
2008
as Self
Body Contact
1987
as Tony's Mother
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001
Scrubbers
1982
as Jones
Unexplained Laughter
1989
as Laughter (voice)
As You Like It
1992
as Audrey
The Battle of Billy's Pond
1976
as Tour Guide
The Dukes
2007
as Aunt Vee
Echoes That Remain
1991
as Narrator (voice)
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024
as Narrator (voice)
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
2012
as Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
How To Make It In Comedy
2024
A Friend of Dorothy
2025
as Dorothy
H Is for Happiness
2021
as Miss Bamford
Angels in the Asylum
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
A Closed Book
2012
as Mrs. Kilbride
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990
as Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
Demonella
1993
as Mother
The First Snow of Winter
1998
as Sean McDuck (voice)
Next to You
2023
as Granny Vera
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
1983
as Narrator (voice)
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
A Nice Girl Like Me
1969
as Pensione
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022
as Self
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977
as Veronica
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977
as Elephant Ethel
Postcards from the 48%
2018
Crystal Gazing
1982
as Newsreader
The Phoenix and the Carpet
2004
as Cook
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
Honeysuckle
2014
as Patricia
The Ha-Ha
1969
as Kathie
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986
as Miss N. Shortt
About Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes (born May 18, 1941) is a British-Australian actress, writer, political activist and television personality, most prominent as a character actor on stage and screen. Her earliest roles were in theatre and, following a transition to film and television, she won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Age of Innocence (1993). With 213 credits spanning from 1962 to 2026, Miriam Margolyes has appeared in 133 films and 80 TV shows.
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Most Popular Miriam Margolyes Movies
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) — as Pomona Sprout
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — as Pomona Sprout
- Mulan (1998) — as The Matchmaker (voice)
- Flushed Away (2006) — as Rita's Grandma (voice)
- Magnolia (1999) — as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
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