Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1941-05-18 (83 years)
- Place of BirthOxford, England, UK
- Also Known AsMiriam Margolyes, OBE
Miriam Margolyes
Biography
Miriam Margoyles OBE (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).
Acting Career
- 2025
Badjelly
As: Badjelly (voice)
- 2024
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2024
Doctor Who
As: The Meep (voice)
- 2023
Mog's Christmas
As: Aunt One (voice)
- 2023
Next to You
As: Granny Vera
- 2023
My Happy Ending
As: Judy
- 2022
Dog Squad
As: Sylvie (voice)
- 2021
H Is for Happiness
As: Miss Bamford
2021Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership
As: Narrator
2020Wings
As: Audrey
2020Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
As: Prudence Stanley
2020The Last Artifact
As: Narrator (UK version)
2018Apple & Onion
As: Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)
2018Early Man
As: Queen Oofeefa (voice)
2017The Man Who Invented Christmas
As: Mrs. Fisk
2017The Little Vampire 3D
As: Wulftrud (voice)
2017Bucket
As: Mim
2014Maya the Bee Movie
As: The Queen (voice)
2014The Seventeenth Kind
As: Mrs. Mark
2013Plebs
As: Iona
2012The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
As: Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
2012The Guilt Trip
As: Anita
2012The Wedding Video
As: Patricia
2012A Closed Book
As: Mrs. Kilbride
2012Sir Billi
As: Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
2012Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
As: Aunt Prudence
2012Call the Midwife
As: Mother Mildred
- 2012
Call the Midwife
As: Sister Mildred
- 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
As: Pomona Sprout
2011The Itch of the Golden Nit
As: Mummy Socks (voice)
2010Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
As: Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
As: Mrs. Kowalski
2008Merlin
As: Grunhilda
2007The Dukes
As: Aunt Vee
2007Kingdom
As: Henny Leach
2007The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
As: Narrator (voice)
2007What the Pythons Did Next...
As: Narrator
2006Jam and Jerusalem
As: Joyce Midge
- 2006
Happy Feet
As: Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
2006Flushed Away
As: Rita's Grandma (voice)
2005Wallis & Edward
As: Aunt Bessie
2005Dickens in America
As: Host
2005American Dad!
As: Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)
2004Agatha Christie's Marple
As: Mrs. Price-Ridley
2004Ladies in Lavender
As: Dorcas
2004The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
As: Peg Sellers
2004Being Julia
As: Dolly de Vries
2004Modigliani
As: Gertrude Stein
2004Chasing Liberty
As: Maria
2002Undertaking Betty
As: Thelma & Selma
- 2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
As: Pomona Sprout
2002Alone
As: Caseworker
2001In Search of Peace
As: Ester Cailingold (voice)
2001Cats & Dogs
As: Sophie the Castle Maid
2000House!
As: Auntie Beth
1999Magnolia
As: Faye Barringer (uncredited)
1999End of Days
As: Mabel
1999Dreaming of Joseph Lees
As: Signora Caldoni
1999Sunshine
As: Rose Sonnenschein
1998The First Snow of Winter
As: Sean McDuck (voice)
1998Babe: Pig in the City
As: Fly (voice)
1998Vanity Fair
As: Miss Crawley
1998Supply and Demand
As: Edna
- 1998
Mulan
As: The Matchmaker (voice)
1997The IMAX Nutcracker
As: Sugar Plum
1997The Phoenix and the Carpet
As: Cook
1997Dharma & Greg
As: Chloe
1997The Long Way Home
As: (voice)
- 1996
Romeo + Juliet
As: Nurse
1996Different for Girls
As: Pamela
1996James and the Giant Peach
As: Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
1995Balto
As: Grandma Rosy
1995Babe
As: Fly (voice)
1995Cold Comfort Farm
As: Mrs. Beetle
1994Immortal Beloved
As: Nanette Streicherová
1994Liberation
As: Narrator
1993The Thief and the Cobbler
As: Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
1993The Age of Innocence
As: Mrs. Catherine Mingott
1993Ed and His Dead Mother
As: Mabel Chilton
1993Demonella
As: Mother
1992Stalin
As: Krupskaya
1992As You Like It
As: Audrey
1991The Butcher's Wife
As: Gina
1991Dead Again
As: Hypnotism Patient
1991Rugrats
As: Shirley Finster (voice)
1991Echoes That Remain
As: Narrator (voice)
1990Pacific Heights
As: Realtor
1990The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
As: Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
1990Orpheus Descending
As: Vee Talbot
1990I Love You to Death
As: Joey's Mother
1990Old Flames
As: Nellie
1989Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
As: Elsa Maxwell
1989Unexplained Laughter
As: Laughter (voice)
1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
As: Mrs. Rajzman
1988Blackadder's Christmas Carol
As: Queen Victoria
1987Little Dorrit
As: Flora Finching
1987Body Contact
As: Tony's Mother
1987A Little Princess
As: Miss Amelia
1986Little Shop of Horrors
As: Dental Nurse
1986Muzzy in Gondoland
As: The Queen (voice)
1985The Good Father
As: Jane Powell
1985Morons from Outer Space
As: Doctor Wallace
1984Freud
As: Baroness von Lieben
1984Electric Dreams
As: Ticket Girl
1983Yentl
As: Sarah
1983Blackadder
As: Lady Whiteadder
- 1983
Blackadder
As: Queen Victoria
1983Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
As: (voice)
1982The Comic Strip Presents...
As: Mother
1982Scrubbers
As: Jones
1981Reds
As: Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
1981The History Man
As: Melissa Tordoroff
1980The Apple
As: Landlady
1980The Awakening
As: Dr. Kadira
1979Tales of the Unexpected
As: Mary Burge
1978Monkey
As: Narator
1977The Thin End of the Wedge
As: Veronica
1977Confessions from a Holiday Camp
As: Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
1977Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
As: Elephant Ethel
1976The Battle of Billy's Pond
As: Tour Guide
1975The Girls of Slender Means
As: Jane Wright
1974Fall of Eagles
As: Anna Vyrubova
1974On the Game
As: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1970Play for Today
As: Veronica
1969A Nice Girl Like Me
As: Pensione