Miriam Margolyes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 18, 1941
- Birthplace
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
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).
Filmography
Nightling TBA
as Mad Marti (voice)
Gods of Tennis TBA
as Herself
Heart of Darkness TBA
as The Aunt
- Angels in the Asylum
Angels in the Asylum TBA
Actor
1 in 2 2026
Actor
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew 2026
as Self
Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me 2026
as Self
Holy Days 2026
as Sister Luke
A Friend of Dorothy 2025
as Dorothy
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness 2025
Actor
Alec Guinness: A Class Act 2024
as self
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved 2024
as Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials 2023
as The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
Mog's Christmas 2023
as Aunt One (voice)
Next to You 2023
as Granny Vera
Blackadder: A Cunning Story 2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
My Happy Ending 2023
as Judy
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas 2022
as Self
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count 2022
as Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me 2022
as Self
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration 2022
as Self
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure 2022
as Self
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs 2022
as Self
H Is for Happiness 2021
as Miss Bamford
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall 2021
Actor
Wings 2020
as Audrey
The Last Artifact 2020
as Narrator (UK version)
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears 2020
as Prudence Stanley
Postcards from the 48% 2018
Actor
Early Man 2018
as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic 2017
as Herself
The Man Who Invented Christmas 2017
as Mrs. Fisk
The Little Vampire 3D 2017
as Wulftrud (voice)
Peter and the Wolf 2017
as Narrator
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book 2016
as Self
The Importance of Being Miriam 2015
Actor
- Spirit-ED
Spirit-ED 2015
as Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
- Mother
Mother 2015
as Maria Aponte
The Legend of Longwood 2014
as Lady Thyrza
- Outlier
Outlier 2014
as Odamee Marshall
Maya the Bee Movie 2014
as Queen (voice)
The Seventeenth Kind 2014
as Mrs. Mark
- Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle 2014
as Patricia
The Guilt Trip 2012
as Anita
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas 2012
as Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
The Wedding Video 2012
as Patricia
A Closed Book 2012
as Mrs. Kilbride
Sir Billi 2012
as Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
When Harry Left Hogwarts 2011
as Self
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011
as Pomona Sprout
The Itch of the Golden Nit 2011
as Mummy Socks (voice)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 2010
as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
We Are Most Amused 2008
as Self
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments 2008
as Self
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People 2008
as Mrs. Kowalski
Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British Cinema 2007
as Narrator
The Dukes 2007
as Aunt Vee
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas 2007
as Narrator (voice)
What the Pythons Did Next... 2007
as Narrator
Happy Feet 2006
as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Flushed Away 2006
as Rita's Grandma (voice)
Wallis & Edward 2005
as Aunt Bessie
Ladies in Lavender 2004
as Dorcas
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 2004
as Peg Sellers
Being Julia 2004
as Dolly de Vries
The Phoenix and the Carpet 2004
as Cook
Modigliani 2004
as Gertrude Stein
Chasing Liberty 2004
as Maria
Undertaking Betty 2002
as Thelma & Selma
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002
as Pomona Sprout
Alone 2002
as Caseworker
In Search of Peace 2001
as Ester Cailingold (voice)
Cats & Dogs 2001
as Sophie the Castle Maid
Not Afraid, Not Afraid 2001
Actor
House! 2000
as Auntie Beth
Magnolia 1999
as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
End of Days 1999
as Mabel
Dreaming of Joseph Lees 1999
as Signora Caldoni
Sunshine 1999
as Rose Sonnenschein
The First Snow of Winter 1998
as Sean McDuck (voice)
Babe: Pig in the City 1998
as Fly (voice)
Mulan 1998
as The Matchmaker (voice)
Left Luggage 1998
as Mrs. Goldman
The IMAX Nutcracker 1997
as Sugar Plum
The Long Way Home 1997
as (voice)
Different for Girls 1997
as Pamela
Romeo + Juliet 1996
as Nurse
James and the Giant Peach 1996
as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
Balto 1995
as Grandma Rosy
Babe 1995
as Fly (voice)
Cold Comfort Farm 1995
as Mrs. Beetle
Immortal Beloved 1994
as Nanette Streicherová
Liberation 1994
as Narrator (voice)
The Thief and the Cobbler 1993
as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
The Age of Innocence 1993
as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Ed and His Dead Mother 1993
as Mabel Chilton
Demonella 1993
as Mother
Stalin 1992
as Krupskaya
As You Like It 1992
as Audrey
The Butcher's Wife 1991
as Gina
Dead Again 1991
as Mrs. Tupper (uncredited)
Echoes That Remain 1991
as Narrator (voice)
- The Fool
The Fool 1990
as Mrs. Bowring
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship 1990
as Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
Pacific Heights 1990
as Realtor
Orpheus Descending 1990
as Vee Talbot
I Love You to Death 1990
as Joey's Mother
Old Flames 1990
as Nellie
Unexplained Laughter 1989
as Laughter (voice)
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story 1989
as Mrs. Rajzman
Blackadder's Christmas Carol 1988
as Queen Victoria
Little Dorrit 1987
as Flora Finching
Body Contact 1987
as Tony's Mother
Little Shop of Horrors 1986
as Dental Nurse
Scotch & Wry 1986
Actor
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors 1986
as Miss N. Shortt
The Good Father 1985
as Jane Powell
Morons from Outer Space 1985
as Doctor Wallace
Electric Dreams 1984
as Ticket Girl
Yentl 1983
as Sarah
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti 1983
as Narrator (voice)
Scrubbers 1982
as Jones
Crystal Gazing 1982
as Newsreader
Reds 1981
as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
The Apple 1980
as Landlady
The Awakening 1980
as Dr. Kadira
On a Paving Stone Mounted 1978
Actor
The Thin End of the Wedge 1977
as Veronica
Confessions from a Holiday Camp 1977
as Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers 1977
as Elephant Ethel
The Lifeswappers 1976
as Miriam/Miss Babberton
The Battle of Billy's Pond 1976
as Tour Guide
- Naughty Girls
Naughty Girls 1975
as Voice
Rime of the Ancient Mariner 1975
Actor
On the Game 1974
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Nice Girl Like Me 1969
as Pensione
- The Ha-Ha
The Ha-Ha 1969
as Kathie
Credits from TMDB.