Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Known for
Acting
Born
May 18, 1941 (age 85)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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Angels in the Asylum

Angels in the Asylum

Movie

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Heart of Darkness poster

Heart of Darkness

Movie · as The Aunt

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Gods of Tennis poster

Gods of Tennis

Movie · as Herself

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Nightling poster

Nightling

Movie · as Mad Marti (voice)

2026
Holy Days poster

Holy Days

Movie · as Sister Luke

2026
Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me poster

Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me

Movie · as Self

2026
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew poster

They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew

Movie · as Self

2026
1 in 2 poster

1 in 2

Movie

2026
Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me

Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness poster

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

Movie

2025
A Friend of Dorothy poster

A Friend of Dorothy

Movie · as Dorothy

2025
Badjelly poster

Badjelly

TV · as Badjelly (voice) · 13 eps

2025
Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand poster

Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2024
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved poster

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2024
Alec Guinness: A Class Act poster

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

Movie · as self

2024
Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian poster

Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2023
Mog's Christmas poster

Mog's Christmas

Movie · as Aunt One (voice)

2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story poster

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2023
My Happy Ending poster

My Happy Ending

Movie · as Judy

2023
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials poster

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

Movie · as The Meep (voice) (archive footage)

2023
Next to You poster

Next to You

Movie · as Granny Vera

2023
Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer poster

Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2023
Irish Road Trip with Miriam Margolyes poster

Irish Road Trip with Miriam Margolyes

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2022
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs poster

imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

Movie · as Self

2022
The Fringe, Fame and Me poster

The Fringe, Fame and Me

Movie · as Self

2022
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count poster

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

Movie · as Self

2022
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas poster

Miriam's Dickensian Christmas

Movie · as Self

2022
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure poster

Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

Movie · as Self

2022
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration poster

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

Movie · as Self

2022
Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked poster

Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked

TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps

2022
Dog Squad poster

Dog Squad

TV · as Sylvie (voice) · 36 eps

2022
Remembers… poster

Remembers…

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
H Is for Happiness poster

H Is for Happiness

Movie · as Miss Bamford

2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall poster

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

Movie

2021
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland poster

Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland

TV · as Self · 7 eps

2021
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership poster

Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership

TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

2020
The Last Artifact poster

The Last Artifact

Movie · as Narrator (UK version)

2020
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears poster

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Movie · as Prudence Stanley

2020
Wings poster

Wings

Movie · as Audrey

2020
Miriam's Big Fat Adventure poster

Miriam's Big Fat Adventure

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2020
Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian poster

Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian

TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps

2019
Miriam's Dead Good Adventure poster

Miriam's Dead Good Adventure

TV · as Herself - Presenter · 2 eps

2019
Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter

Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter

TV · as Herself · 1 ep

2019
Let's Talk About Sex poster

Let's Talk About Sex

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2018
Early Man poster

Early Man

Movie · as Queen Oofeefa (voice)

2018
Postcards from the 48% poster

Postcards from the 48%

Movie

2018
Miriam’s Big American Adventure poster

Miriam’s Big American Adventure

TV · as Herself · 3 eps

2018
Apple & Onion poster

Apple & Onion

TV · as Queen Victoria Sponge (voice) · 1 ep

2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas poster

The Man Who Invented Christmas

Movie · as Mrs. Fisk

2017
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic poster

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

Movie · as Herself

2017
The Little Vampire 3D poster

The Little Vampire 3D

Movie · as Wulftrud (voice)

2017
Peter and the Wolf poster

Peter and the Wolf

Movie · as Narrator

2017
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks poster

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Bucket poster

Bucket

TV · as Mim · 4 eps

2016
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book poster

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

Movie · as Self

2016
The Real Marigold Hotel poster

The Real Marigold Hotel

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2016
The Real Marigold on Tour poster

The Real Marigold on Tour

TV · as Self - Host · 10 eps

2016
John Bishop: In Conversation with... poster

John Bishop: In Conversation with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Spirit-ED

Spirit-ED

Movie · as Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup

2015
The Importance of Being Miriam poster

The Importance of Being Miriam

Movie

2015
Mother

Mother

Movie · as Maria Aponte

2015
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering poster

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Seventeenth Kind poster

The Seventeenth Kind

Movie · as Mrs. Mark

2014
Maya the Bee Movie poster

Maya the Bee Movie

Movie · as Queen (voice)

2014
The Legend of Longwood poster

The Legend of Longwood

Movie · as Lady Thyrza

2014
Outlier

Outlier

Movie · as Odamee Marshall

2014
Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle

Movie · as Patricia

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
Plebs poster

Plebs

TV · as Iona · 1 ep

2013
The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2012
The Wedding Video poster

The Wedding Video

Movie · as Patricia

2012
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas poster

The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas

Movie · as Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)

2012
Sir Billi poster

Sir Billi

Movie · as Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)

2012
The Guilt Trip poster

The Guilt Trip

Movie · as Anita

2012
A Closed Book poster

A Closed Book

Movie · as Mrs. Kilbride

2012
Call the Midwife poster

Call the Midwife

TV · as Mother Mildred · 4 eps

2012
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries poster

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

TV · as Aunt Prudence · 12 eps

2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Movie · as Pomona Sprout

2011
The Itch of the Golden Nit poster

The Itch of the Golden Nit

Movie · as Mummy Socks (voice)

2011
When Harry Left Hogwarts poster

When Harry Left Hogwarts

Movie · as Self

2011
Trollied poster

Trollied

TV · 8 eps

2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole poster

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Movie · as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)

2010
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga poster

Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga

TV · 52 eps

2009
The Project poster

The Project

TV · 1 ep

2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People poster

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Movie · as Mrs. Kowalski

2008
We Are Most Amused poster

We Are Most Amused

Movie · as Self

2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments poster

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

Movie · as Self

2008
Q&A poster

Q&A

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2008
Merlin poster

Merlin

TV · as Grunhilda · 1 ep

2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas poster

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2007
The Dukes poster

The Dukes

Movie · as Aunt Vee

2007
What the Pythons Did Next... poster

What the Pythons Did Next...

Movie · as Narrator

2007
Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British Cinema poster

Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British Cinema

Movie · as Narrator

2007
Kingdom poster

Kingdom

TV · as Henny Leach · 1 ep

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 12 eps

2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures poster

The Sarah Jane Adventures

TV · as Leaf Blathereen (voice) · 2 eps

2006
Flushed Away poster

Flushed Away

Movie · as Rita's Grandma (voice)

2006
Happy Feet poster

Happy Feet

Movie · as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)

2006
Jam and Jerusalem poster

Jam and Jerusalem

TV · as Joyce Midge, Mrs. Joyce Midge

2005
Wallis & Edward poster

Wallis & Edward

Movie · as Aunt Bessie

2005
Dickens in America poster

Dickens in America

TV · as Host · 10 eps

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice) · 1 ep

2005
Inconceivable poster

Inconceivable

TV · as Malva · 1 ep

2004
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers poster

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Movie · as Peg Sellers

2004
Ladies in Lavender poster

Ladies in Lavender

Movie · as Dorcas

2004
Being Julia poster

Being Julia

Movie · as Dolly de Vries

2004
Modigliani poster

Modigliani

Movie · as Gertrude Stein

2004
Chasing Liberty poster

Chasing Liberty

Movie · as Maria

2004
The Phoenix and the Carpet poster

The Phoenix and the Carpet

Movie · as Cook

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Mrs. Price-Ridley · 1 ep

2002
Undertaking Betty poster

Undertaking Betty

Movie · as Thelma & Selma

2002
Alone poster

Alone

Movie · as Caseworker

2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets poster

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Movie · as Pomona Sprout

2002
Dickens poster

Dickens

TV · as Catherine Dickens · 3 eps

2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy poster

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2001
Cats & Dogs poster

Cats & Dogs

Movie · as Sophie the Castle Maid

2001
In Search of Peace poster

In Search of Peace

Movie · as Ester Cailingold (voice)

2001
Not Afraid, Not Afraid poster

Not Afraid, Not Afraid

Movie

2000
House! poster

House!

Movie · as Auntie Beth

1999
End of Days poster

End of Days

Movie · as Mabel

1999
Sunshine poster

Sunshine

Movie · as Rose Sonnenschein

1999
Magnolia poster

Magnolia

Movie · as Faye Barringer (uncredited)

1999
Dreaming of Joseph Lees poster

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

Movie · as Signora Caldoni

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Right Eyeball (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Mulan poster

Mulan

Movie · as The Matchmaker (voice)

1998
Babe: Pig in the City poster

Babe: Pig in the City

Movie · as Fly (voice)

1998
The First Snow of Winter poster

The First Snow of Winter

Movie · as Sean McDuck (voice)

1998
Left Luggage poster

Left Luggage

Movie · as Mrs. Goldman

1998
Vanity Fair poster

Vanity Fair

TV · as Miss Crawley · 3 eps

1998
Supply and Demand poster

Supply and Demand

TV · as CS Edna Colley · 6 eps

1997
Different for Girls poster

Different for Girls

Movie · as Pamela

1997
The Long Way Home poster

The Long Way Home

Movie · as (voice)

1997
The IMAX Nutcracker poster

The IMAX Nutcracker

Movie · as Sugar Plum

1997
Dharma & Greg poster

Dharma & Greg

TV · as Chloe · 1 ep

1997
The Phoenix and the Carpet poster

The Phoenix and the Carpet

TV · as Cook · 6 eps

1996
Romeo + Juliet poster

Romeo + Juliet

Movie · as Nurse

1996
James and the Giant Peach poster

James and the Giant Peach

Movie · as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)

1995
Cold Comfort Farm poster

Cold Comfort Farm

Movie · as Mrs. Beetle

1995
Babe poster

Babe

Movie · as Fly (voice)

1995
Balto poster

Balto

Movie · as Grandma Rosy

1994
Immortal Beloved poster

Immortal Beloved

Movie · as Nanette Streicherová

1994
Liberation poster

Liberation

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1994
Moonacre

Moonacre

TV · as Old Elspeth · 6 eps

1993
The Age of Innocence poster

The Age of Innocence

Movie · as Mrs. Catherine Mingott

1993
Ed and His Dead Mother poster

Ed and His Dead Mother

Movie · as Mabel Chilton

1993
Demonella poster

Demonella

Movie · as Mother

1993
The Thief and the Cobbler poster

The Thief and the Cobbler

Movie · as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)

1993
Magic Grandad

Magic Grandad

TV · as Grandma · 3 eps

1992
Stalin poster

Stalin

Movie · as Krupskaya

1992
As You Like It poster

As You Like It

Movie · as Audrey

1992
Frannie's Turn poster

Frannie's Turn

TV · as Frannie Escobar · 6 eps

1992
Terry Wogan's Friday Night

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
Dead Again poster

Dead Again

Movie · as Mrs. Tupper (uncredited)

1991
The Butcher's Wife poster

The Butcher's Wife

Movie · as Gina

1991
Echoes That Remain poster

Echoes That Remain

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1991
Rugrats poster

Rugrats

TV · as Shirley Finster (voice) · 2 eps

1991
Tonight at 8.30 poster

Tonight at 8.30

TV · as Mrs. Wadhurst, Nanny · 1 ep

1990
I Love You to Death poster

I Love You to Death

Movie · as Joey's Mother

1990
Pacific Heights poster

Pacific Heights

Movie · as Realtor

1990
Orpheus Descending poster

Orpheus Descending

Movie · as Vee Talbot

1990
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship poster

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

Movie · as Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter

1990
The Fool

The Fool

Movie · as Mrs. Bowring

1990
Old Flames poster

Old Flames

Movie · as Nellie

1989
Unexplained Laughter poster

Unexplained Laughter

Movie · as Laughter (voice)

1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story poster

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Movie · as Mrs. Rajzman

1989
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story poster

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

TV · as Elsa Maxwell · 6 eps

1988
Blackadder's Christmas Carol poster

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Movie · as Queen Victoria

1988
The Play on One poster

The Play on One

TV · as Laughter (voice) · 1 ep

1987
Little Dorrit poster

Little Dorrit

Movie · as Flora Finching

1987
Body Contact poster

Body Contact

Movie · as Tony's Mother

1987
A Little Princess poster

A Little Princess

TV · as Miss Amelia Minchin · 6 eps

1987
Big Muzzy poster

Big Muzzy

TV · as The Queen (voice) · 6 eps

1986
Scotch & Wry poster

Scotch & Wry

Movie

1986
Little Shop of Horrors poster

Little Shop of Horrors

Movie · as Dental Nurse

1986
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors poster

The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors

Movie · as Miss N. Shortt

1986
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

TV · 3 eps

1986
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil poster

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

TV · as Nurse Hopkins · 2 eps

1985
The Good Father poster

The Good Father

Movie · as Jane Powell

1985
Morons from Outer Space poster

Morons from Outer Space

Movie · as Doctor Wallace

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Nellie · 1 ep

1985
Oliver Twist poster

Oliver Twist

TV · as Mrs Bumble, Mrs Corney · 3 eps

1984
Electric Dreams poster

Electric Dreams

Movie · as Ticket Girl

1984
Freud poster

Freud

TV · as Baroness von Lieben · 3 eps

1983
Yentl poster

Yentl

Movie · as Sarah

1983
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti poster

Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1983
Blackadder poster

Blackadder

TV · as Lady Whiteadder, Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain · 1 ep

1982
Scrubbers poster

Scrubbers

Movie · as Jones

1982
Crystal Gazing poster

Crystal Gazing

Movie · as Newsreader

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Reds poster

Reds

Movie · as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)

1981
Take a Letter, Mr Jones poster

Take a Letter, Mr Jones

TV · as Maria · 6 eps

1981
A Kick Up the Eighties poster

A Kick Up the Eighties

TV · 10 eps

1981
The History Man poster

The History Man

TV · as Melissa Tordoroff · 3 eps

1980
The Awakening poster

The Awakening

Movie · as Dr. Kadira

1980
The Apple poster

The Apple

Movie · as Landlady

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Mary Burge · 1 ep

1978
On a Paving Stone Mounted poster

On a Paving Stone Mounted

Movie

1978
Monkey poster

Monkey

TV · as Narator, Demon (voice) · 26 eps

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers poster

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

Movie · as Elephant Ethel

1977
Confessions from a Holiday Camp poster

Confessions from a Holiday Camp

Movie · as Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)

1977
The Thin End of the Wedge poster

The Thin End of the Wedge

Movie · as Veronica

1977
Childhood

Childhood

TV · as Mademoiselle · 1 ep

1976
The Lifeswappers poster

The Lifeswappers

Movie · as Miriam/Miss Babberton

1976
The Battle of Billy's Pond poster

The Battle of Billy's Pond

Movie · as Tour Guide

1976
Kizzy poster

Kizzy

TV · as Mrs Doe · 2 eps

1976
Plays for Britain poster

Plays for Britain

TV · as Miriam / Miss Babberton · 1 ep

1975
Naughty Girls

Naughty Girls

Movie · as Voice

1975
Rime of the Ancient Mariner poster

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Movie

1975
Angels poster

Angels

TV · 2 eps

1975
The Girls of Slender Means poster

The Girls of Slender Means

TV · as Jane Wright · 3 eps

1974
On the Game poster

On the Game

Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1974
Fall of Eagles poster

Fall of Eagles

TV · as Anna Vyrubova · 1 ep

1974
Ken Dodd's World of Laughter poster

Ken Dodd's World of Laughter

TV · 19 eps

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Veronica · 1 ep

1969
The Ha-Ha

The Ha-Ha

Movie · as Kathie

1969
A Nice Girl Like Me poster

A Nice Girl Like Me

Movie · as Pensione

1967
At the Eleventh Hour

At the Eleventh Hour

TV · 10 eps

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · as Kathie · 1 ep

1967
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · 1 ep

1967
Boy Meets Girl poster

Boy Meets Girl

TV · as Maria · 1 ep

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as Voice · 1 ep

1964
Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625

TV · as Rita · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep