Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

1941-05-18 • Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK • Female • 198 Known Credits

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).

Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1941-05-18

Place of Birth

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK

Known Credits

198

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Miriam Margolyes, OBE

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Tagged Images

Murder in the Dark

Murder in the Dark

Episode

Murder in the Dark

Murder in the Dark

Episode

Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked

Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked

Tv (2022)

Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian

Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian

Tv (2024)

Known For Movies

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011
Mulan

Mulan

1998
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

2022
Immortal Beloved

Immortal Beloved

1994
Babe

Babe

1995
Happy Feet

Happy Feet

2006
Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

1996
Flushed Away

Flushed Away

2006
End of Days

End of Days

1999
Magnolia

Magnolia

1999
Babe: Pig in the City

Babe: Pig in the City

1998
The Little Vampire 3D

The Little Vampire 3D

2017
Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

1986
The Fool

The Fool

1990
Pacific Heights

Pacific Heights

1990
Balto

Balto

1995
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

2010
Scrubbers

Scrubbers

1982
The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence

1993
Cats & Dogs

Cats & Dogs

2001
The Dukes

The Dukes

2007
Yentl

Yentl

1983
Not Afraid, Not Afraid

Not Afraid, Not Afraid

2001
James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

1996
Being Julia

Being Julia

2004
The Awakening

The Awakening

1980
Orpheus Descending

Orpheus Descending

1990
Chasing Liberty

Chasing Liberty

2004
Scotch & Wry

Scotch & Wry

1986
Sunshine

Sunshine

1999
Undertaking Betty

Undertaking Betty

2002
Modigliani

Modigliani

2004
Ladies in Lavender

Ladies in Lavender

2004
Echoes That Remain

Echoes That Remain

1991
Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm

1995
Alone

Alone

2002
Dreaming of Joseph Lees

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

1999
Stalin

Stalin

1992
Early Man

Early Man

2018
I Love You to Death

I Love You to Death

1990
The Guilt Trip

The Guilt Trip

2012
Wings

Wings

2020
Old Flames

Old Flames

1990
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

2008
The First Snow of Winter

The First Snow of Winter

1998
The Importance of Being Miriam

The Importance of Being Miriam

2015
Morons from Outer Space

Morons from Outer Space

1985
Reds

Reds

1981
Ed and His Dead Mother

Ed and His Dead Mother

1993
The Man Who Invented Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017
Sir Billi

Sir Billi

2012
H Is for Happiness

H Is for Happiness

2021
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2008
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

2017
Unexplained Laughter

Unexplained Laughter

1989
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors

The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors

1986
Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle

2014
Wallis & Edward

Wallis & Edward

2005
As You Like It

As You Like It

1992
Electric Dreams

Electric Dreams

1984
Blackadder: A Cunning Story

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

2023
Body Contact

Body Contact

1987
The Itch of the Golden Nit

The Itch of the Golden Nit

2011
Maya the Bee Movie

Maya the Bee Movie

2014
Demonella

Demonella

1993
Dead Again

Dead Again

1991
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

2022
The Butcher's Wife

The Butcher's Wife

1991
The Thief and the Cobbler

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993
Liberation

Liberation

1994
The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home

1997
House!

House!

2000
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

2004
When Harry Left Hogwarts

When Harry Left Hogwarts

2011
The Ha-Ha

The Ha-Ha

1969
The IMAX Nutcracker

The IMAX Nutcracker

1997
My Happy Ending

My Happy Ending

2023
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

2020
Different for Girls

Different for Girls

1996
The Lifeswappers

The Lifeswappers

1976
Outlier

Outlier

2014
Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

1987
Mog's Christmas

Mog's Christmas

2023
The Apple

The Apple

1980
The Last Artifact

The Last Artifact

2020
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

1989
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007
Confessions from a Holiday Camp

Confessions from a Holiday Camp

1977
Naughty Girls

Naughty Girls

1975
The Wedding Video

The Wedding Video

2012
A Nice Girl Like Me

A Nice Girl Like Me

1969
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

2022
Next to You

Next to You

2023
The Seventeenth Kind

The Seventeenth Kind

2014
We Are Most Amused

We Are Most Amused

2008
The Good Father

The Good Father

1985
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

2021
On a Paving Stone Mounted

On a Paving Stone Mounted

1978
Mother

Mother

2015
The Fringe, Fame and Me

The Fringe, Fame and Me

2022
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

2023
Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988
Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1975
On the Game

On the Game

1974
Angels in the Asylum

Angels in the Asylum
The Legend of Longwood

The Legend of Longwood

2014
What the Pythons Did Next...

What the Pythons Did Next...

2007
The Phoenix and the Carpet

The Phoenix and the Carpet

1997
Crystal Gazing

Crystal Gazing

1982
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

2025
Postcards from the 48%

Postcards from the 48%

2018
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

1990
The Battle of Billy's Pond

The Battle of Billy's Pond

1976
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

2016
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti

Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti

1983
In Search of Peace

In Search of Peace

2001
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

2022
The Thin End of the Wedge

The Thin End of the Wedge

1977
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

2024
Spirit-ED

Spirit-ED

2015
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

1977
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas

The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas

2012
A Closed Book

A Closed Book

2012
Alec Guinness: A Class Act

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

2024
How To Make It In Comedy

How To Make It In Comedy

2024
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas

Miriam's Dickensian Christmas

2022
Hilda: The Fairy Isle

Hilda: The Fairy Isle

2023
Peter and the Wolf

Peter and the Wolf

2017

Known For TV Shows

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005
Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014
The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

2007
Rugrats

Rugrats

1991
Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

2012
Merlin

Merlin

2008
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004
Blackadder

Blackadder

1983
Play for Today

Play for Today

1970
The Last Leg

The Last Leg

2013
Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

1979
Wogan

Wogan

1982
Q&A

Q&A

2008
Apple & Onion

Apple & Onion

2018
The Sarah Jane Adventures

The Sarah Jane Adventures

2007
Dharma & Greg

Dharma & Greg

1997
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

2012
Theatre 625

Theatre 625

1964
An Audience with...

An Audience with...

1978
John Bishop: In Conversation with...

John Bishop: In Conversation with...

2016
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

2015
Angels

Angels

1975
Monkey

Monkey

1978
Jam and Jerusalem

Jam and Jerusalem

2006
Plebs

Plebs

2013
Trollied

Trollied

2011
Kingdom

Kingdom

2007
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

1989
Magic Grandad

Magic Grandad

1993
Fall of Eagles

Fall of Eagles

1974
Badjelly

Badjelly

2025
Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

1998
Muzzy in Gondoland

Muzzy in Gondoland

1986
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

2017
Terry Wogan's Friday Night

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

1992
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1985
Freud

Freud

1984
Dog Squad

Dog Squad

2022
The Real Marigold Hotel

The Real Marigold Hotel

2016
A Little Princess

A Little Princess

1987
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland

Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland

2021
Miriam's Dead Good Adventure

Miriam's Dead Good Adventure

2019
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga

Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga

2010
Bucket

Bucket

2017
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership

Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership

2021
Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand

Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand

2025
Miriam's Big Fat Adventure

Miriam's Big Fat Adventure

2020
Dickens

Dickens

2002
Moonacre

Moonacre

1994
Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer

Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer

2023
The Phoenix and the Carpet

The Phoenix and the Carpet

1997
Kizzy

Kizzy

1976
Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter

Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter

2019
The Real Marigold on Tour

The Real Marigold on Tour

2016
Frannie's Turn

Frannie's Turn

1992
The Project

The Project

2009
The History Man

The History Man

1981
A Kick Up the Eighties

A Kick Up the Eighties

1981
The Girls of Slender Means

The Girls of Slender Means

1975
Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian

Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian

2020
Supply and Demand

Supply and Demand

1998
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

1986
Miriam’s Big American Adventure

Miriam’s Big American Adventure

2018
Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian

Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian

2024
Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked

Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked

2022
Dickens in America

Dickens in America

2005
Ken Dodd's World of Laughter

Ken Dodd's World of Laughter

1974
Take a Letter, Mr Jones

Take a Letter, Mr Jones

1981
At the Eleventh Hour

At the Eleventh Hour

1967

Movie Credits

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

Pomona Sprout

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

Pomona Sprout

Mulan

1998

The Matchmaker (voice)

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

2022

Self

Immortal Beloved

1994

Nanette Streicherová

Babe

1995

Fly (voice)

Happy Feet

2006

Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)

Romeo + Juliet

1996

Nurse

Flushed Away

2006

Rita's Grandma (voice)

End of Days

1999

Mabel

Magnolia

1999

Faye Barringer (uncredited)

Babe: Pig in the City

1998

Fly (voice)

The Little Vampire 3D

2017

Wulftrud (voice)

Little Shop of Horrors

1986

Dental Nurse

The Fool

1990

Mrs. Bowring

Pacific Heights

1990

Realtor

Balto

1995

Grandma Rosy

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

2010

Mrs. Plithiver (voice)

Scrubbers

1982

Jones

The Age of Innocence

1993

Mrs. Catherine Mingott

Cats & Dogs

2001

Sophie the Castle Maid

The Dukes

2007

Aunt Vee

Yentl

1983

Sarah

Not Afraid, Not Afraid

2001

James and the Giant Peach

1996

Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)

Being Julia

2004

Dolly de Vries

The Awakening

1980

Dr. Kadira

Orpheus Descending

1990

Vee Talbot

Chasing Liberty

2004

Maria

Scotch & Wry

1986

Sunshine

1999

Rose Sonnenschein

Undertaking Betty

2002

Thelma & Selma

Modigliani

2004

Gertrude Stein

Ladies in Lavender

2004

Dorcas

Echoes That Remain

1991

Narrator (voice)

Cold Comfort Farm

1995

Mrs. Beetle

Alone

2002

Caseworker

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

1999

Signora Caldoni

Stalin

1992

Krupskaya

Early Man

2018

Queen Oofeefa (voice)

I Love You to Death

1990

Joey's Mother

The Guilt Trip

2012

Anita

Wings

2020

Audrey

Old Flames

1990

Nellie

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

2008

Self

The First Snow of Winter

1998

Sean McDuck (voice)

The Importance of Being Miriam

2015

Morons from Outer Space

1985

Doctor Wallace

Reds

1981

Woman with Notebook (uncredited)

Ed and His Dead Mother

1993

Mabel Chilton

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017

Mrs. Fisk

Sir Billi

2012

Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)

H Is for Happiness

2021

Miss Bamford

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2008

Mrs. Kowalski

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

2017

Herself

Unexplained Laughter

1989

Laughter (voice)

The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors

1986

Miss N. Shortt

Honeysuckle

2014

Patricia

Wallis & Edward

2005

Aunt Bessie

As You Like It

1992

Audrey

Electric Dreams

1984

Ticket Girl

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

2023

Self - Narrator (voice)

Body Contact

1987

Tony's Mother

The Itch of the Golden Nit

2011

Mummy Socks (voice)

Maya the Bee Movie

2014

Queen (voice)

Demonella

1993

Mother

Dead Again

1991

Hypnotism Patient

imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

2022

Self

The Butcher's Wife

1991

Gina

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

Maiden from Mombassa (voice)

Liberation

1994

Narrator

The Long Way Home

1997

(voice)

House!

2000

Auntie Beth

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

2004

Peg Sellers

When Harry Left Hogwarts

2011

Self

The Ha-Ha

1969

Kathie

The IMAX Nutcracker

1997

Sugar Plum

My Happy Ending

2023

Judy

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

2020

Prudence Stanley

Different for Girls

1996

Pamela

The Lifeswappers

1976

Miriam/Miss Babberton

Outlier

2014

Little Dorrit

1987

Flora Finching

Mog's Christmas

2023

Aunt One (voice)

The Apple

1980

Landlady

The Last Artifact

2020

Narrator (UK version)

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

1989

Mrs. Rajzman

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

Narrator (voice)

Confessions from a Holiday Camp

1977

Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)

Naughty Girls

1975

Voice

The Wedding Video

2012

Patricia

A Nice Girl Like Me

1969

Pensione

Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

2022

Self

Next to You

2023

Granny Vera

The Seventeenth Kind

2014

Mrs. Mark

We Are Most Amused

2008

Self

The Good Father

1985

Jane Powell

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

2021

On a Paving Stone Mounted

1978

Mother

2015

Maria Aponte

The Fringe, Fame and Me

2022

Self

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

2023

The Meep (voice) (archive footage)

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988

Queen Victoria

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1975

On the Game

1974

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Angels in the Asylum

The Legend of Longwood

2014

Lady Thyrza

What the Pythons Did Next...

2007

Narrator

The Phoenix and the Carpet

1997

Cook

Crystal Gazing

1982

Newsreader

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

2025

Postcards from the 48%

2018

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

1990

Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter

The Battle of Billy's Pond

1976

Tour Guide

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

2016

Self

Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti

1983

Narrator (voice)

In Search of Peace

2001

Ester Cailingold (voice)

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

2022

Self

The Thin End of the Wedge

1977

Veronica

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

2024

Narrator (voice)

Spirit-ED

2015

Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

1977

Elephant Ethel

The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas

2012

Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)

A Closed Book

2012

Mrs. Kilbride

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

2024

self

How To Make It In Comedy

2024

Miriam's Dickensian Christmas

2022

Self

Hilda: The Fairy Isle

2023

Aunt Astrid (Voice)

Peter and the Wolf

2017

Narrator

TV Credits

American Dad!

2005

Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice) (1 episodes)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Self (1 episodes)

The Graham Norton Show

2007

Self (12 episodes)

Rugrats

1991

Shirley Finster (voice) (1 episodes)

Call the Midwife

2012

Mother Mildred (4 episodes)

Merlin

2008

Grunhilda (1 episodes)

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

Mrs. Price-Ridley (1 episodes)

Blackadder

1983

Lady Whiteadder (1 episodes)

Play for Today

1970

Veronica (1 episodes)

The Last Leg

2013

Self (6 episodes)

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

Mary Burge (1 episodes)

Wogan

1982

Self (1 episodes)

Q&A

2008

Self - Panellist (1 episodes)

Apple & Onion

2018

Queen Victoria Sponge (voice) (1 episodes)

The Sarah Jane Adventures

2007

Leaf Blathereen (voice) (2 episodes)

Dharma & Greg

1997

Chloe (1 episodes)

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

2012

Aunt Prudence (12 episodes)

Theatre 625

1964

Rita (1 episodes)

An Audience with...

1978

Self (1 episodes)

John Bishop: In Conversation with...

2016

Self (1 episodes)

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

2015

Self (1 episodes)

Angels

1975

(2 episodes)

Monkey

1978

Narator (26 episodes)

Jam and Jerusalem

2006

Joyce Midge (0 episodes)

Plebs

2013

Iona (1 episodes)

Trollied

2011

(8 episodes)

Kingdom

2007

Henny Leach (1 episodes)

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

1989

Elsa Maxwell (6 episodes)

Magic Grandad

1993

Grandma (3 episodes)

Fall of Eagles

1974

Anna Vyrubova (1 episodes)

Badjelly

2025

Badjelly (voice) (13 episodes)

Vanity Fair

1998

Miss Crawley (6 episodes)

Muzzy in Gondoland

1986

The Queen (voice) (6 episodes)

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

2017

Self (1 episodes)

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

1992

Self (1 episodes)

Oliver Twist

1985

(4 episodes)

Freud

1984

Baroness von Lieben (3 episodes)

Dog Squad

2022

Sylvie (voice) (36 episodes)

The Real Marigold Hotel

2016

Self (3 episodes)

A Little Princess

1987

Miss Amelia (6 episodes)

Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland

2021

Self (7 episodes)

Miriam's Dead Good Adventure

2019

Herself - Presenter (2 episodes)

Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga

2010

(52 episodes)

Bucket

2017

Mim (4 episodes)

Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership

2021

Narrator (3 episodes)

Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand

2025

Self - Presenter (2 episodes)

Miriam's Big Fat Adventure

2020

Self - Presenter (2 episodes)

Dickens

2002

Catherine Dickens (3 episodes)

Moonacre

1994

Old Elspeth (6 episodes)

Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer

2023

Self (2 episodes)

The Phoenix and the Carpet

1997

Cook (6 episodes)

Kizzy

1976

Mrs Doe (2 episodes)

Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter

2019

Herself (1 episodes)

The Real Marigold on Tour

2016

Host (Herself) (10 episodes)

Frannie's Turn

1992

Frannie Escobar (6 episodes)

The Project

2009

(1 episodes)

The History Man

1981

Melissa Tordoroff (3 episodes)

A Kick Up the Eighties

1981

(10 episodes)

The Girls of Slender Means

1975

Jane Wright (3 episodes)

Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian

2020

Self - Host (3 episodes)

Supply and Demand

1998

Edna (6 episodes)

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

1986

(3 episodes)

Miriam’s Big American Adventure

2018

Herself (3 episodes)

Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian

2024

Self (3 episodes)

Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked

2022

Self - Host (3 episodes)

Dickens in America

2005

Host (10 episodes)

Ken Dodd's World of Laughter

1974

(19 episodes)

Take a Letter, Mr Jones

1981

Maria (6 episodes)

At the Eleventh Hour

1967

(10 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

No movie production credits available.

TV Production Credits

Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership

Creator

2021