Miriam Margolyes
Acting
Born: May 18, 1941 (age 85) · Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
Highest Rated
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
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Mulan
1998
Happy Feet
2006
Romeo + Juliet
1996
Family Guy
1999
Flushed Away
2006
Magnolia
1999
Babe
1995
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
American Dad!
2005
Balto
1995
Photos (3)
Movies (110)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Pomona Sprout
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Pomona Sprout
Happy Feet
Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Romeo + Juliet
Nurse
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
Flushed Away
Rita's Grandma (voice)
Babe
Fly (voice)
Cats & Dogs
Sophie the Castle Maid
Mulan
The Matchmaker (voice)
End of Days
Mabel
Little Shop of Horrors
Dental Nurse
The Butcher's Wife
Gina
My Happy Ending
Judy
Early Man
Queen Oofeefa (voice)
Magnolia
Faye Barringer (uncredited)
James and the Giant Peach
Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
The Age of Innocence
Mrs. Catherine Mingott
The Guilt Trip
Anita
Undertaking Betty
Thelma & Selma
Babe: Pig in the City
Fly (voice)
Ladies in Lavender
Dorcas
Maya the Bee Movie
Queen (voice)
Electric Dreams
Ticket Girl
Pacific Heights
Realtor
Reds
Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
Balto
Grandma Rosy
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Mrs. Kowalski
Chasing Liberty
Maria
The Little Vampire 3D
Wulftrud (voice)
The Awakening
Dr. Kadira
Immortal Beloved
Nanette Streicherová
I Love You to Death
Joey's Mother
Sunshine
Rose Sonnenschein
Morons from Outer Space
Doctor Wallace
Dead Again
Mrs. Tupper (uncredited)
H Is for Happiness
Miss Bamford
Being Julia
Dolly de Vries
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Prudence Stanley
Sir Billi
Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
The Thief and the Cobbler
Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Mrs. Fisk
A Friend of Dorothy
Dorothy
The Long Way Home
(voice)
Liberation
Narrator (voice)
Yentl
Sarah
The Legend of Longwood
Lady Thyrza
Ed and His Dead Mother
Mabel Chilton
Modigliani
Gertrude Stein
Different for Girls
Pamela
Holy Days
Sister Luke
A Closed Book
Mrs. Kilbride
House!
Auntie Beth
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Peg Sellers
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
Cold Comfort Farm
Mrs. Beetle
As You Like It
Audrey
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Narrator (voice)
Scotch & Wry
1986
Left Luggage
Mrs. Goldman
Mog's Christmas
Aunt One (voice)
Stalin
Krupskaya
Little Dorrit
Flora Finching
The Apple
Landlady
Wallis & Edward
Aunt Bessie
Body Contact
Tony's Mother
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Signora Caldoni
Orpheus Descending
Vee Talbot
The Wedding Video
Patricia
The Good Father
Jane Powell
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Queen Victoria
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
The Lifeswappers
Miriam/Miss Babberton
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
The Battle of Billy's Pond
Tour Guide
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
The Itch of the Golden Nit
Mummy Socks (voice)
Postcards from the 48%
2018
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
Narrator (voice)
On the Game
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Mrs. Rajzman
The Thin End of the Wedge
Veronica
The Dukes
Aunt Vee
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
Miss N. Shortt
A Nice Girl Like Me
Pensione
Alone
Caseworker
The First Snow of Winter
Sean McDuck (voice)
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001
Old Flames
Nellie
Echoes That Remain
Narrator (voice)
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
Narrator (voice)
Unexplained Laughter
Laughter (voice)
Crystal Gazing
Newsreader
Wings
Audrey
Next to You
Granny Vera
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Elephant Ethel
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Cook
The Seventeenth Kind
Mrs. Mark
Scrubbers
Jones
The IMAX Nutcracker
Sugar Plum
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
Peter and the Wolf
Narrator
What the Pythons Did Next...
Narrator
Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British Cinema
Narrator
The Last Artifact
Narrator (UK version)
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
In Search of Peace
Ester Cailingold (voice)
Demonella
Mother
The Importance of Being Miriam
2015
TV Shows (59)
Family Guy
Right Eyeball (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice) · 1 eps
Rugrats
Shirley Finster (voice) · 2 eps
Call the Midwife
Mother Mildred · 4 eps
Play for Today
Veronica · 1 eps
Apple & Onion
Queen Victoria Sponge (voice) · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Mary Burge · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mrs. Price-Ridley · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Kathie · 1 eps
Merlin
Grunhilda · 1 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
Screen Two
Nellie · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Voice · 1 eps
Theatre 625
Rita · 1 eps
Dharma & Greg
Chloe · 1 eps
Blackadder
Lady Whiteadder · 1 eps
Blackadder
Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain · 1 eps
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Leaf Blathereen (voice) · 2 eps
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Aunt Prudence · 12 eps
Angels
2 eps
The Play on One
Laughter (voice) · 1 eps
Plebs
Iona · 1 eps
Monkey
Narator · 26 eps
Monkey
Demon (voice) · 1 eps
Kingdom
Henny Leach · 1 eps
Trollied
8 eps
Dog Squad
Sylvie (voice) · 36 eps
Jam and Jerusalem
Joyce Midge
Jam and Jerusalem
Mrs. Joyce Midge · 1 eps
Fall of Eagles
Anna Vyrubova · 1 eps
Vanity Fair
Miss Crawley · 3 eps
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Elsa Maxwell · 6 eps
Big Muzzy
The Queen (voice) · 6 eps
Inconceivable
Malva · 1 eps
Badjelly
Badjelly (voice) · 13 eps
A Little Princess
Miss Amelia Minchin · 6 eps
Oliver Twist
Mrs Bumble · 3 eps
Oliver Twist
Mrs Corney · 2 eps
Boy Meets Girl
Maria · 1 eps
Frannie's Turn
Frannie Escobar · 6 eps
A Kick Up the Eighties
10 eps
Plays for Britain
Miriam / Miss Babberton · 1 eps
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
52 eps
The Project
1 eps
Freud
Baroness von Lieben · 3 eps
The History Man
Melissa Tordoroff · 3 eps
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Nurse Hopkins · 2 eps
Dickens
Catherine Dickens · 3 eps
Take a Letter, Mr Jones
Maria · 6 eps
Kizzy
Mrs Doe · 2 eps
Ken Dodd's World of Laughter
19 eps
Tonight at 8.30
Mrs. Wadhurst · 1 eps
Tonight at 8.30
Nanny · 1 eps
Bucket
Mim · 4 eps
The Girls of Slender Means
Jane Wright · 3 eps
Supply and Demand
CS Edna Colley · 6 eps
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Cook · 6 eps
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership
Narrator · 3 eps
Dickens in America
Host · 10 eps
Self / Appearances (39)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 12 eps
Wogan
Self · 1 eps
The Last Leg
Self · 6 eps
An Audience with...
Self · 1 eps
Q&A
Self - Panellist · 1 eps
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
Self · 1 eps
Remembers…
Self · 1 eps
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
Self · 1 eps
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Self · 1 eps
The Real Marigold Hotel
Self · 3 eps
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Herself
Let's Talk About Sex
Self · 3 eps
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Self
The Real Marigold on Tour
Self - Host · 10 eps
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
Self
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
Self · 7 eps
Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer
Self · 2 eps
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self - Narrator (voice)
Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked
Self - Host · 3 eps
Miriam’s Big American Adventure
Herself · 3 eps
We Are Most Amused
Self
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Self
Miriam's Dead Good Adventure
Herself - Presenter · 2 eps
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Self
Irish Road Trip with Miriam Margolyes
Self · 2 eps
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
Self
Miriam's Big Fat Adventure
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
Self
Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian
Self - Host · 3 eps
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Self
Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian
Self · 3 eps
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew
Self
Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me
Self
