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 Little Vampire 3D

The Little Vampire 3D

2017
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

2022
Immortal Beloved

Immortal Beloved

1994
Happy Feet

Happy Feet

2006
The First Snow of Winter

The First Snow of Winter

1998
Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

1996
Morons from Outer Space

Morons from Outer Space

1985
Babe

Babe

1995
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

2008
Flushed Away

Flushed Away

2006
Ed and His Dead Mother

Ed and His Dead Mother

1993
The Itch of the Golden Nit

The Itch of the Golden Nit

2011
Dreaming of Joseph Lees

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

1999
Magnolia

Magnolia

1999
Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm

1995
H Is for Happiness

H Is for Happiness

2021
End of Days

End of Days

1999
Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

1986
Babe: Pig in the City

Babe: Pig in the City

1998
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

2022
Not Afraid, Not Afraid

Not Afraid, Not Afraid

2001
James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

1996
Scrubbers

Scrubbers

1982
The Ha-Ha

The Ha-Ha

1969
The Guilt Trip

The Guilt Trip

2012
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

2010
Cats & Dogs

Cats & Dogs

2001
Echoes That Remain

Echoes That Remain

1991
Balto

Balto

1995
The Fool

The Fool

1990
As You Like It

As You Like It

1992
The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence

1993
The Awakening

The Awakening

1980
The IMAX Nutcracker

The IMAX Nutcracker

1997
Blackadder: A Cunning Story

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

2023
Chasing Liberty

Chasing Liberty

2004
Pacific Heights

Pacific Heights

1990
Being Julia

Being Julia

2004
The Man Who Invented Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017
My Happy Ending

My Happy Ending

2023
Reds

Reds

1981
Modigliani

Modigliani

2004
Early Man

Early Man

2018
Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1975
Yentl

Yentl

1983
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors

The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors

1986
Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

1987
Undertaking Betty

Undertaking Betty

2002
The Importance of Being Miriam

The Importance of Being Miriam

2015
Sunshine

Sunshine

1999
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2008
Stalin

Stalin

1992
I Love You to Death

I Love You to Death

1990
Orpheus Descending

Orpheus Descending

1990
Electric Dreams

Electric Dreams

1984
When Harry Left Hogwarts

When Harry Left Hogwarts

2011
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

2017
The Butcher's Wife

The Butcher's Wife

1991
Mog's Christmas

Mog's Christmas

2023
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

2022
The Dukes

The Dukes

2007
Maya the Bee Movie

Maya the Bee Movie

2014
Different for Girls

Different for Girls

1996
Dead Again

Dead Again

1991
On a Paving Stone Mounted

On a Paving Stone Mounted

1978
The Seventeenth Kind

The Seventeenth Kind

2014
Liberation

Liberation

1994
The Thief and the Cobbler

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993
Sir Billi

Sir Billi

2012
Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle

2014
The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home

1997
Wallis & Edward

Wallis & Edward

2005
Ladies in Lavender

Ladies in Lavender

2004
The Last Artifact

The Last Artifact

2020
Scotch & Wry

Scotch & Wry

1986
Wings

Wings

2020
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

2021
Unexplained Laughter

Unexplained Laughter

1989
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

2020
Confessions from a Holiday Camp

Confessions from a Holiday Camp

1977
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

2022
Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

2004
Alone

Alone

2002
The Lifeswappers

The Lifeswappers

1976
House!

House!

2000
The Battle of Billy's Pond

The Battle of Billy's Pond

1976
Old Flames

Old Flames

1990
Body Contact

Body Contact

1987
Demonella

Demonella

1993
The Apple

The Apple

1980
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

2023
Peter and the Wolf

Peter and the Wolf

2017
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti

Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti

1983
The Wedding Video

The Wedding Video

2012
Outlier

Outlier

2014
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas

Miriam's Dickensian Christmas

2022
A Nice Girl Like Me

A Nice Girl Like Me

1969
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

1989
The Fringe, Fame and Me

The Fringe, Fame and Me

2022
Postcards from the 48%

Postcards from the 48%

2018
The Good Father

The Good Father

1985
We Are Most Amused

We Are Most Amused

2008
Hilda: The Fairy Isle

Hilda: The Fairy Isle

2023
On the Game

On the Game

1974
Angels in the Asylum

Angels in the Asylum
Next to You

Next to You

2023
The Legend of Longwood

The Legend of Longwood

2014
Naughty Girls

Naughty Girls

1975
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

2016
In Search of Peace

In Search of Peace

2001
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

2025
Mother

Mother

2015
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas

The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas

2012
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

1977
What the Pythons Did Next...

What the Pythons Did Next...

2007
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

2024
The Thin End of the Wedge

The Thin End of the Wedge

1977
Alec Guinness: A Class Act

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

2024
A Closed Book

A Closed Book

2012
The Phoenix and the Carpet

The Phoenix and the Carpet

1997
How To Make It In Comedy

How To Make It In Comedy

2024
Spirit-ED

Spirit-ED

2015
Crystal Gazing

Crystal Gazing

1982
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

1990

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
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004
Merlin

Merlin

2008
Play for Today

Play for Today

1970
Blackadder

Blackadder

1983
Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

1979
Wogan

Wogan

1982
The Last Leg

The Last Leg

2013
Dog Squad

Dog Squad

2022
Apple & Onion

Apple & Onion

2018
Q&A

Q&A

2008
Theatre 625

Theatre 625

1964
The Sarah Jane Adventures

The Sarah Jane Adventures

2007
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

2012
An Audience with...

An Audience with...

1978
Dharma & Greg

Dharma & Greg

1997
Angels

Angels

1975
Monkey

Monkey

1978
Plebs

Plebs

2013
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

2015
Jam and Jerusalem

Jam and Jerusalem

2006
Kingdom

Kingdom

2007
Trollied

Trollied

2011
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

1989
John Bishop: In Conversation with...

John Bishop: In Conversation with...

2016
Fall of Eagles

Fall of Eagles

1974
Magic Grandad

Magic Grandad

1993
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1985
Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

1998
Terry Wogan's Friday Night

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

1992
Badjelly

Badjelly

2025
Muzzy in Gondoland

Muzzy in Gondoland

1986
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

2017
Freud

Freud

1984
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland

Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland

2021
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga

Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga

2010
A Little Princess

A Little Princess

1987
The History Man

The History Man

1981
The Real Marigold Hotel

The Real Marigold Hotel

2016
Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand

Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand

2025
Kizzy

Kizzy

1976
Dickens

Dickens

2002
Ken Dodd's World of Laughter

Ken Dodd's World of Laughter

1974
The Real Marigold on Tour

The Real Marigold on Tour

2016
Frannie's Turn

Frannie's Turn

1992
Miriam's Dead Good Adventure

Miriam's Dead Good Adventure

2019
The Phoenix and the Carpet

The Phoenix and the Carpet

1997
Bucket

Bucket

2017
Moonacre

Moonacre

1994
The Project

The Project

2009
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership

Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership

2021
Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked

Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked

2022
A Kick Up the Eighties

A Kick Up the Eighties

1981
Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter

Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter

2019
Supply and Demand

Supply and Demand

1998
The Girls of Slender Means

The Girls of Slender Means

1975
Miriam's Big Fat Adventure

Miriam's Big Fat Adventure

2020
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

1986
Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer

Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer

2023
Dickens in America

Dickens in America

2005
Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian

Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian

2020
Take a Letter, Mr Jones

Take a Letter, Mr Jones

1981
At the Eleventh Hour

At the Eleventh Hour

1967
Miriam’s Big American Adventure

Miriam’s Big American Adventure

2018
Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian

Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian

2024

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 Little Vampire 3D

2017

Wulftrud (voice)

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

2022

Self

Immortal Beloved

1994

Nanette Streicherová

Happy Feet

2006

Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)

The First Snow of Winter

1998

Sean McDuck (voice)

Romeo + Juliet

1996

Nurse

Morons from Outer Space

1985

Doctor Wallace

Babe

1995

Fly (voice)

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

2008

Self

Flushed Away

2006

Rita's Grandma (voice)

Ed and His Dead Mother

1993

Mabel Chilton

The Itch of the Golden Nit

2011

Mummy Socks (voice)

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

1999

Signora Caldoni

Magnolia

1999

Faye Barringer (uncredited)

Cold Comfort Farm

1995

Mrs. Beetle

H Is for Happiness

2021

Miss Bamford

End of Days

1999

Mabel

Little Shop of Horrors

1986

Dental Nurse

Babe: Pig in the City

1998

Fly (voice)

imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

2022

Self

Not Afraid, Not Afraid

2001

James and the Giant Peach

1996

Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)

Scrubbers

1982

Jones

The Ha-Ha

1969

Kathie

The Guilt Trip

2012

Anita

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

2010

Mrs. Plithiver (voice)

Cats & Dogs

2001

Sophie the Castle Maid

Echoes That Remain

1991

Narrator (voice)

Balto

1995

Grandma Rosy

The Fool

1990

Mrs. Bowring

As You Like It

1992

Audrey

The Age of Innocence

1993

Mrs. Catherine Mingott

The Awakening

1980

Dr. Kadira

The IMAX Nutcracker

1997

Sugar Plum

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

2023

Self - Narrator (voice)

Chasing Liberty

2004

Maria

Pacific Heights

1990

Realtor

Being Julia

2004

Dolly de Vries

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017

Mrs. Fisk

My Happy Ending

2023

Judy

Reds

1981

Woman with Notebook (uncredited)

Modigliani

2004

Gertrude Stein

Early Man

2018

Queen Oofeefa (voice)

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1975

Yentl

1983

Sarah

The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors

1986

Miss N. Shortt

Little Dorrit

1987

Flora Finching

Undertaking Betty

2002

Thelma & Selma

The Importance of Being Miriam

2015

Sunshine

1999

Rose Sonnenschein

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2008

Mrs. Kowalski

Stalin

1992

Krupskaya

I Love You to Death

1990

Joey's Mother

Orpheus Descending

1990

Vee Talbot

Electric Dreams

1984

Ticket Girl

When Harry Left Hogwarts

2011

Self

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

2017

Herself

The Butcher's Wife

1991

Gina

Mog's Christmas

2023

Aunt One (voice)

Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

2022

Self

The Dukes

2007

Aunt Vee

Maya the Bee Movie

2014

Queen (voice)

Different for Girls

1996

Pamela

Dead Again

1991

Hypnotism Patient

On a Paving Stone Mounted

1978

The Seventeenth Kind

2014

Mrs. Mark

Liberation

1994

Narrator

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

Maiden from Mombassa (voice)

Sir Billi

2012

Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)

Honeysuckle

2014

Patricia

The Long Way Home

1997

(voice)

Wallis & Edward

2005

Aunt Bessie

Ladies in Lavender

2004

Dorcas

The Last Artifact

2020

Narrator (UK version)

Scotch & Wry

1986

Wings

2020

Audrey

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

2021

Unexplained Laughter

1989

Laughter (voice)

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

2020

Prudence Stanley

Confessions from a Holiday Camp

1977

Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

2022

Self

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988

Queen Victoria

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

2004

Peg Sellers

Alone

2002

Caseworker

The Lifeswappers

1976

Miriam/Miss Babberton

House!

2000

Auntie Beth

The Battle of Billy's Pond

1976

Tour Guide

Old Flames

1990

Nellie

Body Contact

1987

Tony's Mother

Demonella

1993

Mother

The Apple

1980

Landlady

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

Narrator (voice)

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

2023

The Meep (voice) (archive footage)

Peter and the Wolf

2017

Narrator

Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti

1983

Narrator (voice)

The Wedding Video

2012

Patricia

Outlier

2014

Miriam's Dickensian Christmas

2022

Self

A Nice Girl Like Me

1969

Pensione

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

1989

Mrs. Rajzman

The Fringe, Fame and Me

2022

Self

Postcards from the 48%

2018

The Good Father

1985

Jane Powell

We Are Most Amused

2008

Self

Hilda: The Fairy Isle

2023

Aunt Astrid (Voice)

On the Game

1974

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Angels in the Asylum

Next to You

2023

Granny Vera

The Legend of Longwood

2014

Lady Thyrza

Naughty Girls

1975

Voice

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

2016

Self

In Search of Peace

2001

Ester Cailingold (voice)

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

2025

Mother

2015

Maria Aponte

The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas

2012

Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

1977

Elephant Ethel

What the Pythons Did Next...

2007

Narrator

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

2024

Narrator (voice)

The Thin End of the Wedge

1977

Veronica

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

2024

self

A Closed Book

2012

Mrs. Kilbride

The Phoenix and the Carpet

1997

Cook

How To Make It In Comedy

2024

Spirit-ED

2015

Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup

Crystal Gazing

1982

Newsreader

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

1990

Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter

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)

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

Mrs. Price-Ridley (1 episodes)

Merlin

2008

Grunhilda (1 episodes)

Play for Today

1970

Veronica (1 episodes)

Blackadder

1983

Lady Whiteadder (1 episodes)

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

Mary Burge (1 episodes)

Wogan

1982

Self (1 episodes)

The Last Leg

2013

Self (6 episodes)

Dog Squad

2022

Sylvie (voice) (36 episodes)

Apple & Onion

2018

Queen Victoria Sponge (voice) (1 episodes)

Q&A

2008

Self - Panellist (1 episodes)

Theatre 625

1964

Rita (1 episodes)

The Sarah Jane Adventures

2007

Leaf Blathereen (voice) (2 episodes)

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

2012

Aunt Prudence (12 episodes)

An Audience with...

1978

Self (1 episodes)

Dharma & Greg

1997

Chloe (1 episodes)

Angels

1975

(2 episodes)

Monkey

1978

Narator (26 episodes)

Plebs

2013

Iona (1 episodes)

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

2015

Self (1 episodes)

Jam and Jerusalem

2006

Joyce Midge (0 episodes)

Kingdom

2007

Henny Leach (1 episodes)

Trollied

2011

(8 episodes)

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

1989

Elsa Maxwell (6 episodes)

John Bishop: In Conversation with...

2016

Self (1 episodes)

Fall of Eagles

1974

Anna Vyrubova (1 episodes)

Magic Grandad

1993

Grandma (3 episodes)

Oliver Twist

1985

(4 episodes)

Vanity Fair

1998

Miss Crawley (6 episodes)

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

1992

Self (1 episodes)

Badjelly

2025

Badjelly (voice) (13 episodes)

Muzzy in Gondoland

1986

The Queen (voice) (6 episodes)

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

2017

Self (1 episodes)

Freud

1984

Baroness von Lieben (3 episodes)

Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland

2021

Self (7 episodes)

Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga

2010

(52 episodes)

A Little Princess

1987

Miss Amelia (6 episodes)

The History Man

1981

Melissa Tordoroff (3 episodes)

The Real Marigold Hotel

2016

Self (3 episodes)

Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand

2025

Self - Presenter (2 episodes)

Kizzy

1976

Mrs Doe (2 episodes)

Dickens

2002

Catherine Dickens (3 episodes)

Ken Dodd's World of Laughter

1974

(19 episodes)

The Real Marigold on Tour

2016

Host (Herself) (10 episodes)

Frannie's Turn

1992

Frannie Escobar (6 episodes)

Miriam's Dead Good Adventure

2019

Herself - Presenter (2 episodes)

The Phoenix and the Carpet

1997

Cook (6 episodes)

Bucket

2017

Mim (4 episodes)

Moonacre

1994

Old Elspeth (6 episodes)

The Project

2009

(1 episodes)

Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership

2021

Narrator (3 episodes)

Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked

2022

Self - Host (3 episodes)

A Kick Up the Eighties

1981

(10 episodes)

Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter

2019

Herself (1 episodes)

Supply and Demand

1998

Edna (6 episodes)

The Girls of Slender Means

1975

Jane Wright (3 episodes)

Miriam's Big Fat Adventure

2020

Self - Presenter (2 episodes)

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

1986

(3 episodes)

Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer

2023

Self (2 episodes)

Dickens in America

2005

Host (10 episodes)

Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian

2020

Self - Host (3 episodes)

Take a Letter, Mr Jones

1981

Maria (6 episodes)

At the Eleventh Hour

1967

(10 episodes)

Miriam’s Big American Adventure

2018

Herself (3 episodes)

Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian

2024

Self (3 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

No movie production credits available.

TV Production Credits

Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership

Creator

2021