Miriam Margolyes
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
May 18, 1941 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
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
| 2026 | Holy DaysSister Luke | |
| 2025 | Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness | |
| 2025 | A Friend of DorothyDorothy | |
| 2025 | BadjellyBadjelly (voice) | |
| 2025 | Miriam Margolyes Discovers New ZealandSelf - Presenter | |
| 2024 | The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I LovedNarrator (voice) | |
| 2024 | How To Make It In Comedy | |
| 2024 | Alec Guinness: A Class Actself | |
| 2024 | Miriam Margolyes Impossibly AustralianSelf | |
| 2023 | Mog's ChristmasAunt One (voice) | |
| 2023 | Blackadder: A Cunning StorySelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2023 | My Happy EndingJudy | |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary SpecialsThe Meep (voice) (archive footage) | |
| 2023 | Next to YouGranny Vera | |
| 2023 | Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social InfluencerSelf | |
| 2023 | Irish Road Trip with Miriam MargolyesSelf | |
| 2022 | imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for GrabsSelf | |
| 2022 | The Fringe, Fame and MeSelf | |
| 2022 | David Baddiel: Jews Don't CountSelf | |
| 2022 | Miriam's Dickensian ChristmasSelf | |
| 2022 | Judi Dench: Our National TreasureSelf | |
| 2022 | The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A CelebrationSelf | |
| 2022 | Miriam Margolyes: Australia UnmaskedSelf - Host | |
| 2022 | Dog SquadSylvie (voice) | |
| 2022 | Remembers…Self | |
| 2021 | H Is for HappinessMiss Bamford | |
| 2021 | Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall | |
| 2021 | Miriam and Alan: Lost in ScotlandSelf | |
| 2021 | Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And LeadershipNarrator | |
| 2020 | The Last ArtifactNarrator (UK version) | |
| 2020 | Miss Fisher and the Crypt of TearsPrudence Stanley | |
| 2020 | WingsAudrey | |
| 2020 | Miriam's Big Fat AdventureSelf - Presenter | |
| 2020 | Miriam Margolyes: Almost AustralianSelf - Host | |
| 2019 | Miriam's Dead Good AdventureHerself - Presenter | |
| 2019 | Comedy National Treasures: Stanley BaxterHerself | |
| 2018 | Early ManQueen Oofeefa (voice) | |
| 2018 | Postcards from the 48% | |
| 2018 | Miriam’s Big American AdventureHerself | |
| 2018 | Apple & OnionQueen Victoria Sponge (voice) | |
| 2017 | The Man Who Invented ChristmasMrs. Fisk | |
| 2017 | Harry Potter: A History Of MagicHerself | |
| 2017 | The Little Vampire 3DWulftrud (voice) | |
| 2017 | Peter and the WolfNarrator | |
| 2017 | Tate Britain's Great Art WalksSelf | |
| 2017 | BucketMim | |
| 2016 | Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous BookSelf | |
| 2016 | The Real Marigold HotelSelf | |
| 2016 | The Real Marigold on TourSelf - Host | |
| 2016 | John Bishop: In Conversation with...Self | |
| 2015 | Spirit-EDHeadmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup | |
| 2015 | The Importance of Being Miriam | |
| 2015 | MotherMaria Aponte | |
| 2015 | The Weekly with Charlie PickeringSelf | |
| 2014 | The Seventeenth KindMrs. Mark | |
| 2014 | Maya the Bee MovieQueen (voice) | |
| 2014 | The Legend of LongwoodLady Thyrza | |
| 2014 | OutlierOdamee Marshall | |
| 2014 | HoneysucklePatricia | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf | |
| 2013 | PlebsIona | |
| 2013 | The Last LegSelf | |
| 2012 | The Wedding VideoPatricia | |
| 2012 | The Cow That Almost Missed ChristmasMme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice) | |
| 2012 | Sir BilliBaroness Chantal McToff (voice) | |
| 2012 | The Guilt TripAnita | |
| 2012 | A Closed BookMrs. Kilbride | |
| 2012 | Call the MidwifeMother Mildred | |
| 2012 | Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesAunt Prudence | |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Pomona Sprout | |
| 2011 | The Itch of the Golden NitMummy Socks (voice) | |
| 2011 | When Harry Left HogwartsSelf | |
| 2011 | Trollied | |
| 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleMrs. Plithiver (voice) | |
| 2010 | Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga | |
| 2009 | The Project | |
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleMrs. Kowalski | |
| 2008 | We Are Most AmusedSelf | |
| 2008 | Blackadder's Most Cunning MomentsSelf | |
| 2008 | Q&ASelf - Panellist | |
| 2008 | MerlinGrunhilda | |
| 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television DramasNarrator (voice) | |
| 2007 | The DukesAunt Vee | |
| 2007 | What the Pythons Did Next...Narrator | |
| 2007 | Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British CinemaNarrator | |
| 2007 | KingdomHenny Leach | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSelf | |
| 2007 | The Sarah Jane AdventuresLeaf Blathereen (voice) | |
| 2006 | Flushed AwayRita's Grandma (voice) | |
| 2006 | Happy FeetMrs. Astrakhan (voice) | |
| 2006 | Jam and JerusalemJoyce Midge | |
| 2006 | Jam and JerusalemMrs. Joyce Midge | |
| 2005 | Wallis & EdwardAunt Bessie | |
| 2005 | Dickens in AmericaHost | |
| 2005 | American Dad!Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice) | |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter SellersPeg Sellers | |
| 2004 | Ladies in LavenderDorcas | |
| 2004 | Being JuliaDolly de Vries | |
| 2004 | ModiglianiGertrude Stein | |
| 2004 | Chasing LibertyMaria | |
| 2004 | The Phoenix and the CarpetCook | |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's MarpleMrs. Price-Ridley | |
| 2002 | Undertaking BettyThelma & Selma | |
| 2002 | AloneCaseworker | |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsPomona Sprout | |
| 2002 | DickensCatherine Dickens | |
| 2001 | Cats & DogsSophie the Castle Maid | |
| 2001 | In Search of PeaceEster Cailingold (voice) | |
| 2001 | Not Afraid, Not Afraid | |
| 2000 | House!Auntie Beth | |
| 1999 | End of DaysMabel | |
| 1999 | SunshineRose Sonnenschein | |
| 1999 | MagnoliaFaye Barringer (uncredited) | |
| 1999 | Dreaming of Joseph LeesSignora Caldoni | |
| 1999 | Family GuyRight Eyeball (voice) | |
| 1998 | MulanThe Matchmaker (voice) | |
| 1998 | Babe: Pig in the CityFly (voice) | |
| 1998 | The First Snow of WinterSean McDuck (voice) | |
| 1998 | Supply and DemandEdna | |
| 1998 | Vanity FairMiss Crawley | |
| 1997 | The Long Way Home(voice) | |
| 1997 | The IMAX NutcrackerSugar Plum | |
| 1997 | Dharma & GregChloe | |
| 1997 | The Phoenix and the CarpetCook | |
| 1996 | Romeo + JulietNurse | |
| 1996 | James and the Giant PeachAunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice) | |
| 1996 | Different for GirlsPamela | |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort FarmMrs. Beetle | |
| 1995 | BabeFly (voice) | |
| 1995 | BaltoGrandma Rosy | |
| 1994 | Immortal BelovedNanette Streicherová | |
| 1994 | LiberationNarrator | |
| 1994 | MoonacreOld Elspeth | |
| 1993 | The Age of InnocenceMrs. Catherine Mingott | |
| 1993 | Ed and His Dead MotherMabel Chilton | |
| 1993 | DemonellaMother | |
| 1993 | The Thief and the CobblerMaiden from Mombassa (voice) | |
| 1993 | Magic GrandadGrandma | |
| 1992 | StalinKrupskaya | |
| 1992 | As You Like ItAudrey | |
| 1992 | Frannie's TurnFrannie Escobar | |
| 1992 | Terry Wogan's Friday NightSelf | |
| 1991 | Dead AgainHypnotism Patient | |
| 1991 | The Butcher's WifeGina | |
| 1991 | Echoes That RemainNarrator (voice) | |
| 1991 | RugratsShirley Finster (voice) | |
| 1990 | I Love You to DeathJoey's Mother | |
| 1990 | Pacific HeightsRealtor | |
| 1990 | Orpheus DescendingVee Talbot | |
| 1990 | The Fool of the World and the Flying ShipMother / Mrs. Woodcutter | |
| 1990 | The FoolMrs. Bowring | |
| 1990 | Old FlamesNellie | |
| 1989 | Unexplained LaughterLaughter (voice) | |
| 1989 | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryMrs. Rajzman | |
| 1989 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton StoryElsa Maxwell | |
| 1988 | Blackadder's Christmas CarolQueen Victoria | |
| 1987 | Little DorritFlora Finching | |
| 1987 | Body ContactTony's Mother | |
| 1987 | A Little PrincessMiss Amelia Minchin | |
| 1986 | Scotch & Wry | |
| 1986 | Little Shop of HorrorsDental Nurse | |
| 1986 | The Secret Diaries of the Film CensorsMiss N. Shortt | |
| 1986 | Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures | |
| 1986 | Muzzy in GondolandThe Queen (voice) | |
| 1986 | The Life and Loves of a She-DevilNurse Hopkins | |
| 1985 | The Good FatherJane Powell | |
| 1985 | Morons from Outer SpaceDoctor Wallace | |
| 1985 | Oliver Twist | |
| 1984 | Electric DreamsTicket Girl | |
| 1984 | FreudBaroness von Lieben | |
| 1983 | YentlSarah | |
| 1983 | Frida Kahlo & Tina ModottiNarrator (voice) | |
| 1983 | BlackadderLady Whiteadder | |
| 1983 | BlackadderInfanta Maria Escalosa of Spain | |
| 1982 | ScrubbersJones | |
| 1982 | Crystal GazingNewsreader | |
| 1982 | WoganSelf | |
| 1981 | RedsWoman with Notebook (uncredited) | |
| 1981 | Take a Letter, Mr JonesMaria | |
| 1981 | A Kick Up the Eighties | |
| 1981 | The History ManMelissa Tordoroff | |
| 1980 | The AwakeningDr. Kadira | |
| 1980 | The AppleLandlady | |
| 1979 | Tales of the UnexpectedMary Burge | |
| 1978 | On a Paving Stone Mounted | |
| 1978 | MonkeyNarator | |
| 1978 | An Audience with...Self | |
| 1978 | MonkeyDemon (voice) | |
| 1977 | Stand up, Virgin SoldiersElephant Ethel | |
| 1977 | Confessions from a Holiday CampBlackbird (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1977 | The Thin End of the WedgeVeronica | |
| 1976 | The LifeswappersMiriam/Miss Babberton | |
| 1976 | The Battle of Billy's PondTour Guide | |
| 1976 | KizzyMrs Doe | |
| 1976 | Plays for BritainMiriam / Miss Babberton | |
| 1975 | Naughty GirlsVoice | |
| 1975 | Rime of the Ancient Mariner | |
| 1975 | Angels | |
| 1975 | The Girls of Slender MeansJane Wright | |
| 1974 | On the GameNarrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1974 | Fall of EaglesAnna Vyrubova | |
| 1974 | Ken Dodd's World of Laughter | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayVeronica | |
| 1969 | The Ha-HaKathie | |
| 1969 | A Nice Girl Like MePensione | |
| 1967 | At the Eleventh Hour | |
| 1967 | ITV PlayhouseKathie | |
| 1964 | Theatre 625Rita | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| - | Angels in the Asylum |