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