Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

🎂 18th May 1941 (84 yrs) 📍 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).

Miriam Margolyes

🎬 Movies Featuring Miriam Margolyes

Holy Days

Holy Days (2026)

A Friend of Dorothy

A Friend of Dorothy (2025)

as Dorothy
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness (2025)

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

Alec Guinness: A Class Act (2024)

as self
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved (2024)

as Narrator (voice)
No Image

How To Make It In Comedy (2024)

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials (2023)

as The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
Mog's Christmas

Mog's Christmas (2023)

as Aunt One (voice)
Hilda: The Fairy Isle

Hilda: The Fairy Isle (2023)

as Aunt Astrid (Voice)
Next to You

Next to You (2023)

as Granny Vera
Blackadder: A Cunning Story

Blackadder: A Cunning Story (2023)

as Self - Narrator (voice)
My Happy Ending

My Happy Ending (2023)

as Judy
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas

Miriam's Dickensian Christmas (2022)

as Self
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count (2022)

as Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me

The Fringe, Fame and Me (2022)

as Self
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration (2022)

as Self
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

Judi Dench: Our National Treasure (2022)

as Self
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs (2022)

as Self
H Is for Happiness

H Is for Happiness (2021)

as Miss Bamford
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall (2021)

Wings

Wings (2020)

as Audrey
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020)

as Prudence Stanley
The Last Artifact

The Last Artifact (2020)

as Narrator (UK version)
Postcards from the 48%

Postcards from the 48% (2018)

Early Man

Early Man (2018)

as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic (2017)

as Herself
The Man Who Invented Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

as Mrs. Fisk
The Little Vampire 3D

The Little Vampire 3D (2017)

as Wulftrud (voice)
No Image

Peter and the Wolf (2017)

as Narrator
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book (2016)

as Self
The Importance of Being Miriam

The Importance of Being Miriam (2015)

No Image

Spirit-ED (2015)

as Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
No Image

Mother (2015)

as Maria Aponte
The Legend of Longwood

The Legend of Longwood (2014)

as Lady Thyrza
No Image

Outlier (2014)

Maya the Bee Movie

Maya the Bee Movie (2014)

as Queen (voice)
The Seventeenth Kind

The Seventeenth Kind (2014)

as Mrs. Mark
No Image

Honeysuckle (2014)

as Patricia
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas

The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas (2012)

as Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
The Guilt Trip

The Guilt Trip (2012)

as Anita
The Wedding Video

The Wedding Video (2012)

as Patricia
A Closed Book

A Closed Book (2012)

as Mrs. Kilbride
Sir Billi

Sir Billi (2012)

as Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
When Harry Left Hogwarts

When Harry Left Hogwarts (2011)

as Self
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

as Pomona Sprout
The Itch of the Golden Nit

The Itch of the Golden Nit (2011)

as Mummy Socks (voice)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)

as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
We Are Most Amused

We Are Most Amused (2008)

as Self
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments (2008)

as Self
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)

as Mrs. Kowalski
The Dukes

The Dukes (2007)

as Aunt Vee
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)

as Narrator (voice)
What the Pythons Did Next...

What the Pythons Did Next... (2007)

as Narrator
Happy Feet

Happy Feet (2006)

as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Flushed Away

Flushed Away (2006)

as Rita's Grandma (voice)
Wallis & Edward

Wallis & Edward (2005)

as Aunt Bessie
Ladies in Lavender

Ladies in Lavender (2004)

as Dorcas
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

as Peg Sellers
Being Julia

Being Julia (2004)

as Dolly de Vries
Modigliani

Modigliani (2004)

as Gertrude Stein
Chasing Liberty

Chasing Liberty (2004)

as Maria
Undertaking Betty

Undertaking Betty (2002)

as Thelma & Selma
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

as Pomona Sprout
Alone

Alone (2002)

as Caseworker
In Search of Peace

In Search of Peace (2001)

as Ester Cailingold (voice)
Cats & Dogs

Cats & Dogs (2001)

as Sophie the Castle Maid
Not Afraid, Not Afraid

Not Afraid, Not Afraid (2001)

House!

House! (2000)

as Auntie Beth
Magnolia

Magnolia (1999)

as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
End of Days

End of Days (1999)

as Mabel
Dreaming of Joseph Lees

Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)

as Signora Caldoni
Sunshine

Sunshine (1999)

as Rose Sonnenschein
The First Snow of Winter

The First Snow of Winter (1998)

as Sean McDuck (voice)
Babe: Pig in the City

Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

as Fly (voice)
Mulan

Mulan (1998)

as The Matchmaker (voice)
The IMAX Nutcracker

The IMAX Nutcracker (1997)

as Sugar Plum
The Phoenix and the Carpet

The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997)

as Cook
The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home (1997)

as (voice)
Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

as Nurse
Different for Girls

Different for Girls (1996)

as Pamela
James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach (1996)

as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
Balto

Balto (1995)

as Grandma Rosy
Babe

Babe (1995)

as Fly (voice)
Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm (1995)

as Mrs. Beetle
Immortal Beloved

Immortal Beloved (1994)

as Nanette Streicherová
Liberation

Liberation (1994)

as Narrator
The Thief and the Cobbler

The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)

as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence (1993)

as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Ed and His Dead Mother

Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)

as Mabel Chilton
Demonella

Demonella (1993)

as Mother
Stalin

Stalin (1992)

as Krupskaya
As You Like It

As You Like It (1992)

as Audrey
The Butcher's Wife

The Butcher's Wife (1991)

as Gina
Dead Again

Dead Again (1991)

as Hypnotism Patient
Echoes That Remain

Echoes That Remain (1991)

as Narrator (voice)
No Image

The Fool (1990)

as Mrs. Bowring
Pacific Heights

Pacific Heights (1990)

as Realtor
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1990)

as Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
Orpheus Descending

Orpheus Descending (1990)

as Vee Talbot
I Love You to Death

I Love You to Death (1990)

as Joey's Mother
Old Flames

Old Flames (1990)

as Nellie
Unexplained Laughter

Unexplained Laughter (1989)

as Laughter (voice)
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989)

as Mrs. Rajzman
Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)

as Queen Victoria
Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit (1987)

as Flora Finching
Body Contact

Body Contact (1987)

as Tony's Mother
Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

as Dental Nurse
Scotch & Wry

Scotch & Wry (1986)

The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors

The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors (1986)

as Miss N. Shortt
The Good Father

The Good Father (1985)

as Jane Powell
Morons from Outer Space

Morons from Outer Space (1985)

as Doctor Wallace
Electric Dreams

Electric Dreams (1984)

as Ticket Girl
Yentl

Yentl (1983)

as Sarah
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti

Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti (1983)

as Narrator (voice)
Scrubbers

Scrubbers (1982)

as Jones
Crystal Gazing

Crystal Gazing (1982)

as Newsreader
Reds

Reds (1981)

as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
The Apple

The Apple (1980)

as Landlady
The Awakening

The Awakening (1980)

as Dr. Kadira
On a Paving Stone Mounted

On a Paving Stone Mounted (1978)

The Thin End of the Wedge

The Thin End of the Wedge (1977)

as Veronica
Confessions from a Holiday Camp

Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977)

as Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977)

as Elephant Ethel
The Lifeswappers

The Lifeswappers (1976)

as Miriam/Miss Babberton
The Battle of Billy's Pond

The Battle of Billy's Pond (1976)

as Tour Guide
No Image

Naughty Girls (1975)

as Voice
Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1975)

On the Game

On the Game (1974)

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Nice Girl Like Me

A Nice Girl Like Me (1969)

as Pensione
No Image

The Ha-Ha (1969)

as Kathie
No Image

Angels in the Asylum (N/A)