Miriam Margolyes

Personal Info

Birthday

May 18, 1941

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

Oxford, England, UK

Also Known As

Miriam Margolyes, OBE

میریام مارگولیس

Miriam Margolyes

Biography

Miriam Margolyes 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).

Known For

American Dad!

Rugrats

Call the Midwife

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Merlin

Agatha Christie's Marple

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Play for Today

Filmography

2025
A Friend of Dorothy
as Dorothy
2024
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
as Narrator (voice)
2023
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
as The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
Mog's Christmas
as Aunt One (voice)
Doctor Who: The Star Beast
as Meep
Next to You
as Granny Vera
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self – Narrator (voice)
My Happy Ending
as Judy
2022
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
as Self
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
as Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me
as Self
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
as Self
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
as Self
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
as Self
2021
H Is for Happiness
as Miss Bamford
2020
Wings
as Audrey
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
as Prudence Stanley
The Last Artifact
as Narrator (UK version)
2018
Early Man
as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
2017
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
as Herself
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mrs. Fisk
The Little Vampire 3D
as Wulftrud (voice)
2016
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
as Self
2015
Spirit-ED
as Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
Mother
as Maria Aponte
2014
The Legend of Longwood
as Lady Thyrza
Maya the Bee Movie
as Queen (voice)
The Seventeenth Kind
as Mrs. Mark
Honeysuckle
as Patricia
2012
The Guilt Trip
as Anita
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
as Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
The Wedding Video
as Patricia
A Closed Book
as Mrs. Kilbride
Sir Billi
as Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
2011
When Harry Left Hogwarts
as Self
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Pomona Sprout
The Itch of the Golden Nit
as Mummy Socks (voice)
2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
2008
We Are Most Amused
as Self
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
as Self
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Mrs. Kowalski
2007
The Dukes
as Aunt Vee
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Narrator (voice)
What the Pythons Did Next...
as Narrator
2006
Happy Feet
as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Flushed Away
as Rita's Grandma (voice)
2005
Wallis & Edward
as Aunt Bessie
2004
Ladies in Lavender
as Dorcas
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Peg Sellers
Being Julia
as Dolly de Vries
Modigliani
as Gertrude Stein
Chasing Liberty
as Maria
2002
Undertaking Betty
as Thelma & Selma
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Pomona Sprout
Alone
as Caseworker
2001
In Search of Peace
as Ester Cailingold (voice)
Cats & Dogs
as Sophie the Castle Maid
2000
House!
as Auntie Beth
1999
Magnolia
as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
End of Days
as Mabel
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
as Signora Caldoni
Sunshine
as Rose Sonnenschein
1998
The First Snow of Winter
as Sean McDuck (voice)
Babe: Pig in the City
as Fly (voice)
Mulan
as The Matchmaker (voice)
1997
The IMAX Nutcracker
as Sugar Plum
The Long Way Home
as (voice)
1996
Romeo + Juliet
as Nurse
Different for Girls
as Pamela
James and the Giant Peach
as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
1995
Balto
as Grandma Rosy
Babe
as Fly (voice)
Cold Comfort Farm
as Mrs. Beetle
1994
Immortal Beloved
as Nanette Streicherová
Liberation
as Narrator
1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
The Age of Innocence
as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Ed and His Dead Mother
as Mabel Chilton
Demonella
as Mother
1992
Stalin
as Krupskaya
As You Like It
as Audrey
1991
The Butcher's Wife
as Gina
Dead Again
as Hypnotism Patient
Echoes That Remain
as Narrator (voice)
1990
The Fool
as Mrs. Bowring
Pacific Heights
as Realtor
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
as Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
Orpheus Descending
as Vee Talbot
I Love You to Death
as Joey's Mother
Old Flames
as Nellie
1989
Unexplained Laughter
as Laughter (voice)
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
as Mrs. Rajzman
1988
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Queen Victoria
1987
Little Dorrit
as Flora Finching
Body Contact
as Tony's Mother
1986
Little Shop of Horrors
as Dental Nurse
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
as Miss N. Shortt
1985
The Good Father
as Jane Powell
Morons from Outer Space
as Doctor Wallace
1984
Electric Dreams
as Ticket Girl
1983
Yentl
as Sarah
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
as (voice)
1982
Scrubbers
as Jones
1981
Reds
as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
1980
The Apple
as Landlady
The Awakening
as Dr. Kadira
1977
The Thin End of the Wedge
as Veronica
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
as Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Elephant Ethel
1976
The Lifeswappers
as Miriam/Miss Babberton
The Battle of Billy's Pond
as Tour Guide
1975
Naughty Girls
as Voice
1974
On the Game
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1969
A Nice Girl Like Me
as Pensione
The Ha-Ha
as Kathie