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Miriam Margolyes

Acting

Born May 18, 1941 · Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK

Also known as Miriam Margolyes, OBE

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).

Awards & recognition

  • Audie AwardBest Female Narrator
  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Filmography50+ titles

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

2022as Self

Supply and Demand

as CS Edna Colley

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011as Pomona Sprout

Not Afraid, Not Afraid

2001

The Black Adder

1983as Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain

Mulan

1998as The Matchmaker (voice)

Liberation

1994as Narrator

Merlin

2008as Grunhilda

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004as Mrs. Price-Ridley

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

2012as Aunt Prudence

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002as Pomona Sprout

Magnolia

1999as Faye Barringer (uncredited)

A Little Princess

1986as Miss Amelia Minchin

Rugrats

1991as Shirley Finster (voice)

Call the Midwife

2012as Mother Mildred

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Family Guy

1999as Right Eyeball (voice)

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

2017as Herself

Plebs

2013as Iona

Balto

1995as Grandma Rosy

Miriam's Dead Good Adventure

as Herself - Presenter

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Different for Girls

1996as Pamela

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

as Nurse Hopkins

A Friend of Dorothy

2025as Dorothy

Kingdom

2007as Henny Leach

The Sarah Jane Adventures

2007as Leaf Blathereen (voice)

The Long Way Home

1997as (voice)

Immortal Beloved

1994as Nanette Streicherová

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)

American Dad!

2005as Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)

Modigliani

2004as Gertrude Stein

In Search of Peace

2001as Ester Cailingold (voice)

The Age of Innocence

1993as Mrs. Catherine Mingott

Echoes That Remain

1991as Narrator (voice)

Little Shop of Horrors

1986as Dental Nurse

Jam and Jerusalem

as Mrs. Joyce Midge

Reds

1981as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017as Mrs. Fisk

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

2010as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)

Romeo + Juliet

1996as Nurse

Tales of the Unexpected

1979as Mary Burge

Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked

as Self - Host

Apple & Onion

2016as Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)

Yentl

1983as Sarah

My Happy Ending

2023as Judy

James and the Giant Peach

1996as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)

Trollied

2011

Ladies in Lavender

2004as Dorcas

H is for Happiness

2019as Miss Bamford