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)
Family Guy
1999
as Right Eyeball (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
American Dad!
2005
as Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Rugrats
1991
as Shirley Finster (voice)
Call the Midwife
2012
as Mother Mildred
Play for Today
1970
as Veronica
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mrs. Price-Ridley
Merlin
2008
as Grunhilda
Wogan
1982
as Self
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
Omnibus
1967
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mary Burge
Screen Two
1985
as Nellie
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Q&A
2008
as Self - Panellist
Blackadder
1983
as Lady Whiteadder / Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain
Theatre 625
1964
as Rita
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Kathie
Dharma & Greg
1997
as Chloe
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Apple & Onion
2018
as Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)
Angels
1975
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
as Leaf Blathereen (voice)
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
as Aunt Prudence
Trollied
2011
Monkey
1978
as Narator / Demon (voice)
Plebs
2013
as Iona
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
2015
as Self
Kingdom
2007
as Henny Leach
The Play on One
1988
as Laughter (voice)
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Anna Vyrubova
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
as Self
Dog Squad
2022
as Sylvie (voice)
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
as Joyce Midge / Mrs. Joyce Midge
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
as Self
Vanity Fair
1998
as Miss Crawley
Big Muzzy
1987
as The Queen (voice)
Magic Grandad
1993
as Grandma
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
as Elsa Maxwell
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017
as Self
Freud
1984
as Baroness von Lieben
Oliver Twist
1985
Dickens
2002
as Catherine Dickens
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
2021
as Self
A Little Princess
1987
as Miss Amelia Minchin
A Kick Up the Eighties
1981
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010
Badjelly
2025
as Badjelly (voice)
The Real Marigold on Tour
2016
as Self - Host
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership
2021
as Narrator
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986
as Nurse Hopkins
The Real Marigold Hotel
2016
as Self
Dickens in America
2005
as Host
The History Man
1981
as Melissa Tordoroff
The Project
2009
Plays for Britain
1976
as Miriam / Miss Babberton
Moonacre
1994
as Old Elspeth
Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter
2019
as Herself
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)
Happy Feet
2006
as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Babe
1995
as Fly (voice)
Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Nurse
End of Days
1999
as Mabel
Early Man
2018
as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
Cats & Dogs
2001
as Sophie the Castle Maid
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
Balto
1995
as Grandma Rosy
Little Shop of Horrors
1986
as Dental Nurse
The Age of Innocence
1993
as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
James and the Giant Peach
1996
as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
Sunshine
1999
as Rose Sonnenschein
Dead Again
1991
as Hypnotism Patient
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
as Fly (voice)
Electric Dreams
1984
as Ticket Girl
The Guilt Trip
2012
as Anita
I Love You to Death
1990
as Joey's Mother
Pacific Heights
1990
as Realtor
Chasing Liberty
2004
as Maria
Holy Days
2026
as Sister Luke
Reds
1981
as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
The Little Vampire 3D
2017
as Wulftrud (voice)
Maya the Bee Movie
2014
as Queen (voice)
Immortal Beloved
1994
as Nanette Streicherová
Yentl
1983
as Sarah
The Apple
1980
as Landlady
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Mrs. Kowalski
Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Dorcas
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
as Mrs. Fisk
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Peg Sellers
The Butcher's Wife
1991
as Gina
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Mrs. Rajzman
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
as Mrs. Beetle
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020
as Prudence Stanley
Modigliani
2004
as Gertrude Stein
Being Julia
2004
as Dolly de Vries
Undertaking Betty
2002
as Thelma & Selma
Stalin
1992
as Krupskaya
Little Dorrit
1987
as Flora Finching
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Narrator (voice)
The Awakening
1980
as Dr. Kadira
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
as Mabel Chilton
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
as Self
The Long Way Home
1997
as (voice)
Sir Billi
2012
as Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017
as Herself
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
My Happy Ending
2023
as Judy
The Good Father
1985
as Jane Powell
Mog's Christmas
2023
as Aunt One (voice)
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016
as Self
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Queen Victoria
Orpheus Descending
1990
as Vee Talbot
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
1977
as Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
Morons from Outer Space
1985
as Doctor Wallace
House!
2000
as Auntie Beth
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
as Signora Caldoni
The Fool
1990
as Mrs. Bowring
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
as Self
Old Flames
1990
as Nellie
Liberation
1994
as Narrator
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
as Mummy Socks (voice)
The Wedding Video
2012
as Patricia
The Seventeenth Kind
2014
as Mrs. Mark
Wallis & Edward
2005
as Aunt Bessie
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Narrator
We Are Most Amused
2008
as Self
The Dukes
2007
as Aunt Vee
The Legend of Longwood
2014
as Lady Thyrza
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
as Self
Left Luggage
1998
as Mrs. Goldman
A Friend of Dorothy
2025
as Dorothy
Different for Girls
1996
as Pamela
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
as Self
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990
as Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
The First Snow of Winter
1998
as Sean McDuck (voice)
In Search of Peace
2001
as Ester Cailingold (voice)
H Is for Happiness
2021
as Miss Bamford
As You Like It
1992
as Audrey
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023
as The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
Outlier
2014
as Odamee Marshall
Unexplained Laughter
1989
as Laughter (voice)
The Lifeswappers
1976
as Miriam/Miss Babberton
Scrubbers
1982
as Jones
Alone
2002
as Caseworker
Angels in the Asylum
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022
as Self
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
2012
as Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
Body Contact
1987
as Tony's Mother
On the Game
1974
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
The Battle of Billy's Pond
1976
as Tour Guide
A Nice Girl Like Me
1969
as Pensione
A Closed Book
2012
as Mrs. Kilbride
Echoes That Remain
1991
as Narrator (voice)
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022
as Self
How To Make It In Comedy
2024
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024
as Narrator (voice)
The Ha-Ha
1969
as Kathie
Demonella
1993
as Mother
The Phoenix and the Carpet
2004
as Cook
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977
as Elephant Ethel
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977
as Veronica
Postcards from the 48%
2018
Next to You
2023
as Granny Vera
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
Honeysuckle
2014
as Patricia
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
1983
as Narrator (voice)
Crystal Gazing
1982
as Newsreader
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
Wings
2020
as Audrey
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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- 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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