Miriam Margolyes
Acting
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).
Born: May 18, 1941 · Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
Filmography (112)
A Friend of Dorothy
2025
Actor: Dorothy
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023
Actor: The Meep (voice) (…
Mog's Christmas
2023
Actor: Aunt One (voice)
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
Actor: Self - Narrator (v…
My Happy Ending
2023
Actor: Judy
TV
Dog Squad
2022
Actor: Sylvie (voice)
TV
Remembers…
2022
Actor
TV
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
2021
Actor
H Is for Happiness
2021
Actor: Miss Bamford
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020
Actor: Prudence Stanley
TV
Apple & Onion
2018
Actor: Queen Victoria Spo…
Early Man
2018
Actor: Queen Oofeefa (voi…
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017
Actor: Herself
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
Actor: Mrs. Fisk
The Little Vampire 3D
2017
Actor: Wulftrud (voice)
TV
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
Actor
TV
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
2015
Actor
The Legend of Longwood
2014
Actor: Lady Thyrza
Maya the Bee Movie
2014
Actor: Queen (voice)
TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Actor
TV
Plebs
2013
Actor: Iona
TV
The Last Leg
2013
Actor
The Guilt Trip
2012
Actor: Anita
The Wedding Video
2012
Actor: Patricia
A Closed Book
2012
Actor: Mrs. Kilbride
Sir Billi
2012
Actor: Baroness Chantal M…
TV
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
Actor: Aunt Prudence
TV
Call the Midwife
2012
Actor: Mother Mildred
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
Actor
TV
Trollied
2011
Actor
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Actor: Pomona Sprout
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
Actor: Mrs. Plithiver (vo…
TV
The Project
2009
Actor
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
Actor: Mrs. Kowalski
TV
Merlin
2008
Actor: Grunhilda
TV
Q&A
2008
Actor: Self - Panellist
TV
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
Actor: Leaf Blathereen (v…
The Dukes
2007
Actor: Aunt Vee
TV
Kingdom
2007
Actor: Henny Leach
TV
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Actor
TV
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
Actor: Joyce MidgeActor: Mrs. Joyce Midge
Happy Feet
2006
Actor: Mrs. Astrakhan (vo…
Flushed Away
2006
Actor: Rita's Grandma (vo…
Wallis & Edward
2005
Actor: Aunt Bessie
TV
American Dad!
2005
Actor: Margaret Hilda Tha…
TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Actor: Mrs. Price-Ridley
Ladies in Lavender
2004
Actor: Dorcas
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
Actor: Peg Sellers
Being Julia
2004
Actor: Dolly de Vries
Modigliani
2004
Actor: Gertrude Stein
Chasing Liberty
2004
Actor: Maria
Undertaking Betty
2002
Actor: Thelma & Selma
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Actor: Pomona Sprout
Alone
2002
Actor: Caseworker
Cats & Dogs
2001
Actor: Sophie the Castle …
House!
2000
Actor: Auntie Beth
Magnolia
1999
Actor: Faye Barringer (un…
End of Days
1999
Actor: Mabel
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
Actor: Signora Caldoni
Sunshine
1999
Actor: Rose Sonnenschein
TV
Family Guy
1999
Actor: Right Eyeball (voi…
The First Snow of Winter
1998
Actor: Sean McDuck (voice…
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
Actor: Fly (voice)
TV
Vanity Fair
1998
Actor: Miss Crawley
Mulan
1998
Actor: The Matchmaker (vo…
TV
Dharma & Greg
1997
Actor: Chloe
The Long Way Home
1997
Actor: (voice)
Romeo + Juliet
1996
Actor: Nurse
Different for Girls
1996
Actor: Pamela
James and the Giant Peach
1996
Actor: Aunt Sponge / Glow…
Balto
1995
Actor: Grandma Rosy
Babe
1995
Actor: Fly (voice)
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
Actor: Mrs. Beetle
Immortal Beloved
1994
Actor: Nanette Streichero…
Liberation
1994
Actor: Narrator
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
Actor: Maiden from Mombas…
The Age of Innocence
1993
Actor: Mrs. Catherine Min…
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
Actor: Mabel Chilton
Stalin
1992
Actor: Krupskaya
The Butcher's Wife
1991
Actor: Gina
Dead Again
1991
Actor: Hypnotism Patient
TV
Rugrats
1991
Actor: Shirley Finster (v…
Pacific Heights
1990
Actor: Realtor
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990
Actor: Mother / Mrs. Wood…
I Love You to Death
1990
Actor: Joey's Mother
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
Actor: Mrs. Rajzman
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
Actor: Queen Victoria
Little Dorrit
1987
Actor: Flora Finching
TV
A Little Princess
1987
Actor: Miss Amelia Minchi…
Little Shop of Horrors
1986
Actor: Dental Nurse
The Good Father
1985
Actor: Jane Powell
TV
Oliver Twist
1985
Actor
Morons from Outer Space
1985
Actor: Doctor Wallace
Electric Dreams
1984
Actor: Ticket Girl
Yentl
1983
Actor: Sarah
TV
Blackadder
1983
Actor: Lady WhiteadderActor: Infanta Maria Esca…
Scrubbers
1982
Actor: Jones
TV
Wogan
1982
Actor
Reds
1981
Actor: Woman with Noteboo…
TV
The History Man
1981
Actor: Melissa Tordoroff
The Apple
1980
Actor: Landlady
The Awakening
1980
Actor: Dr. Kadira
TV
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Actor: Mary Burge
TV
Monkey
1978
Actor: NaratorActor: Demon (voice)
TV
An Audience with...
1978
Actor
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
1977
Actor: Blackbird (voice) …
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977
Actor: Elephant Ethel
TV
Angels
1975
Actor
TV
Fall of Eagles
1974
Actor: Anna Vyrubova
On the Game
1974
Actor: Narrator (voice) (…
TV
Play for Today
1970
Actor: Veronica
TV
Theatre 625
1964
Actor: Rita