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