Acting
Miriam Margolyes
Born 1941-05-18
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
Department: Acting
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
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
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Mulan
1998
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Family Guy
1999
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Happy Feet
2006
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Romeo + Juliet
1996
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American Dad!
2005
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Flushed Away
2006
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Magnolia
1999
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Babe
1995
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (227 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 in 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 |
 | They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew | Self | Movie | 2026 |
 | Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me | Self | Movie | 2026 |
| Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me | Self | TV Series | 2026 | |
 | Holy Days | Sister Luke | Movie | 2026 |
 | A Friend of Dorothy | Dorothy | Movie | 2025 |
 | Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2025 |
 | Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Badjelly | Badjelly (voice) | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Alec Guinness: A Class Act | self | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian | Self | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials | The Meep (voice) (archive footage) | Movie | 2023 |
 | Mog's Christmas | Aunt One (voice) | Movie | 2023 |
 | Next to You | Granny Vera | Movie | 2023 |
 | Irish Road Trip with Miriam Margolyes | Self | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Blackadder: A Cunning Story | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2023 |
 | My Happy Ending | Judy | Movie | 2023 |
 | Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer | Self | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Miriam's Dickensian Christmas | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | Dog Squad | Sylvie (voice) | TV Series | 2022 |
 | The Fringe, Fame and Me | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked | Self - Host | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Judi Dench: Our National Treasure | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | Remembers… | Self | TV Series | 2022 |
 | imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland | Self | TV Series | 2021 |
 | H Is for Happiness | Miss Bamford | Movie | 2021 |
 | Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2021 |
 | Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership | Narrator | TV Series | 2021 |
| Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership | Creator | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Wings | Audrey | Movie | 2020 |
 | Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian | Self - Host | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Miriam's Big Fat Adventure | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears | Prudence Stanley | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Last Artifact | Narrator (UK version) | Movie | 2020 |
| Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter | Herself | TV Series | 2019 | |
 | Miriam's Dead Good Adventure | Herself - Presenter | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Let's Talk About Sex | Self | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Postcards from the 48% | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2018 |
 | Apple & Onion | Queen Victoria Sponge (voice) | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Early Man | Queen Oofeefa (voice) | Movie | 2018 |
 | Miriam’s Big American Adventure | Herself | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Harry Potter: A History Of Magic | Herself | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Man Who Invented Christmas | Mrs. Fisk | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Little Vampire 3D | Wulftrud (voice) | Movie | 2017 |
 | Tate Britain's Great Art Walks | Self | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Bucket | Mim | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Peter and the Wolf | Narrator | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Real Marigold on Tour | Self - Host | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | John Bishop: In Conversation with... | Self | TV Series | 2016 |
 | The Real Marigold Hotel | Self | TV Series | 2016 |
 | The Importance of Being Miriam | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2015 |
| Spirit-ED | Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup | Movie | 2015 | |
 | The Weekly with Charlie Pickering | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
| Mother | Maria Aponte | Movie | 2015 | |
 | The Legend of Longwood | Lady Thyrza | Movie | 2014 |
| Outlier | Odamee Marshall | Movie | 2014 | |
 | Maya the Bee Movie | Queen (voice) | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Seventeenth Kind | Mrs. Mark | Movie | 2014 |
 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
| Honeysuckle | Patricia | Movie | 2014 | |
 | Plebs | Iona | TV Series | 2013 |
 | The Last Leg | Self | TV Series | 2013 |
 | The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas | Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice) | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Guilt Trip | Anita | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Wedding Video | Patricia | Movie | 2012 |
 | A Closed Book | Mrs. Kilbride | Movie | 2012 |
 | Sir Billi | Baroness Chantal McToff (voice) | Movie | 2012 |
 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Aunt Prudence | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Call the Midwife | Mother Mildred | TV Series | 2012 |
 | When Harry Left Hogwarts | Self | Movie | 2011 |
 | Trollied | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Pomona Sprout | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Itch of the Golden Nit | Mummy Socks (voice) | Movie | 2011 |
 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Mrs. Plithiver (voice) | Movie | 2010 |
 | Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2010 |
 | The Project | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2009 |
 | We Are Most Amused | Self | Movie | 2008 |
 | Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments | Self | Movie | 2008 |
 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Mrs. Kowalski | Movie | 2008 |
 | Merlin | Grunhilda | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Q&A | Self - Panellist | TV Series | 2008 |
 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Leaf Blathereen (voice) | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British Cinema | Narrator | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Dukes | Aunt Vee | Movie | 2007 |
 | Kingdom | Henny Leach | TV Series | 2007 |
 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV Series | 2007 |
 | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2007 |
 | What the Pythons Did Next... | Narrator | Movie | 2007 |
 | Jam and Jerusalem | Joyce Midge | TV Series | 2006 |
| Jam and Jerusalem | Mrs. Joyce Midge | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Happy Feet | Mrs. Astrakhan (voice) | Movie | 2006 |
 | Flushed Away | Rita's Grandma (voice) | Movie | 2006 |
 | Wallis & Edward | Aunt Bessie | Movie | 2005 |
 | Inconceivable | Malva | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Dickens in America | Host | TV Series | 2005 |
 | American Dad! | Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice) | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Mrs. Price-Ridley | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Ladies in Lavender | Dorcas | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Peg Sellers | Movie | 2004 |
 | Being Julia | Dolly de Vries | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Phoenix and the Carpet | Cook | Movie | 2004 |
 | Modigliani | Gertrude Stein | Movie | 2004 |
 | Chasing Liberty | Maria | Movie | 2004 |
 | Undertaking Betty | Thelma & Selma | Movie | 2002 |
 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Pomona Sprout | Movie | 2002 |
 | Dickens | Catherine Dickens | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Alone | Caseworker | Movie | 2002 |
 | In Search of Peace | Ester Cailingold (voice) | Movie | 2001 |
 | Cats & Dogs | Sophie the Castle Maid | Movie | 2001 |
 | Not Afraid, Not Afraid | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2001 |
 | House! | Auntie Beth | Movie | 2000 |
 | Magnolia | Faye Barringer (uncredited) | Movie | 1999 |
 | End of Days | Mabel | Movie | 1999 |
 | Dreaming of Joseph Lees | Signora Caldoni | Movie | 1999 |
 | Sunshine | Rose Sonnenschein | Movie | 1999 |
 | Family Guy | Right Eyeball (voice) | TV Series | 1999 |
 | The First Snow of Winter | Sean McDuck (voice) | Movie | 1998 |
 | Babe: Pig in the City | Fly (voice) | Movie | 1998 |
 | Vanity Fair | Miss Crawley | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Supply and Demand | CS Edna Colley | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Mulan | The Matchmaker (voice) | Movie | 1998 |
 | Left Luggage | Mrs. Goldman | Movie | 1998 |
 | The IMAX Nutcracker | Sugar Plum | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Phoenix and the Carpet | Cook | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Dharma & Greg | Chloe | TV Series | 1997 |
 | The Long Way Home | (voice) | Movie | 1997 |
 | Romeo + Juliet | Nurse | Movie | 1996 |
 | Different for Girls | Pamela | Movie | 1996 |
 | James and the Giant Peach | Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice) | Movie | 1996 |
 | Balto | Grandma Rosy | Movie | 1995 |
 | Babe | Fly (voice) | Movie | 1995 |
 | Cold Comfort Farm | Mrs. Beetle | Movie | 1995 |
 | Immortal Beloved | Nanette Streicherová | Movie | 1994 |
| Moonacre | Old Elspeth | TV Series | 1994 | |
 | Liberation | Narrator | Movie | 1994 |
 | The Thief and the Cobbler | Maiden from Mombassa (voice) | Movie | 1993 |
 | The Age of Innocence | Mrs. Catherine Mingott | Movie | 1993 |
 | Ed and His Dead Mother | Mabel Chilton | Movie | 1993 |
 | Demonella | Mother | Movie | 1993 |
| Magic Grandad | Grandma | TV Series | 1993 | |
 | Stalin | Krupskaya | Movie | 1992 |
 | As You Like It | Audrey | Movie | 1992 |
| Terry Wogan's Friday Night | Self | TV Series | 1992 | |
 | Frannie's Turn | Frannie Escobar | TV Series | 1992 |
 | The Butcher's Wife | Gina | Movie | 1991 |
 | Dead Again | Mrs. Tupper (uncredited) | Movie | 1991 |
 | Rugrats | Shirley Finster (voice) | TV Series | 1991 |
 | Echoes That Remain | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1991 |
 | Tonight at 8.30 | Mrs. Wadhurst | TV Series | 1991 |
| Tonight at 8.30 | Nanny | TV Series | 1991 |
| The Fool | Mrs. Bowring | Movie | 1990 | |
 | Pacific Heights | Realtor | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter | Movie | 1990 |
 | Orpheus Descending | Vee Talbot | Movie | 1990 |
 | I Love You to Death | Joey's Mother | Movie | 1990 |
 | Old Flames | Nellie | Movie | 1990 |
 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story | Elsa Maxwell | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Unexplained Laughter | Laughter (voice) | Movie | 1989 |
 | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | Mrs. Rajzman | Movie | 1989 |
 | Blackadder's Christmas Carol | Queen Victoria | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Play on One | Laughter (voice) | TV Series | 1988 |
 | Little Dorrit | Flora Finching | Movie | 1987 |
 | Body Contact | Tony's Mother | Movie | 1987 |
 | Big Muzzy | The Queen (voice) | TV Series | 1987 |
 | A Little Princess | Miss Amelia Minchin | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Little Shop of Horrors | Dental Nurse | Movie | 1986 |
 | Scotch & Wry | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Life and Loves of a She-Devil | Nurse Hopkins | TV Series | 1986 |
| Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1986 | |
 | The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors | Miss N. Shortt | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Good Father | Jane Powell | Movie | 1985 |
 | Oliver Twist | Mrs Bumble | TV Series | 1985 |
| Oliver Twist | Mrs Corney | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Morons from Outer Space | Doctor Wallace | Movie | 1985 |
 | Screen Two | Nellie | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Freud | Baroness von Lieben | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Electric Dreams | Ticket Girl | Movie | 1984 |
 | Yentl | Sarah | Movie | 1983 |
 | Blackadder | Lady Whiteadder | TV Series | 1983 |
| Blackadder | Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain | TV Series | 1983 |
 | Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1983 |
 | Scrubbers | Jones | Movie | 1982 |
 | Crystal Gazing | Newsreader | Movie | 1982 |
 | Wogan | Self | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Reds | Woman with Notebook (uncredited) | Movie | 1981 |
 | A Kick Up the Eighties | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Take a Letter, Mr Jones | Maria | TV Series | 1981 |
 | The History Man | Melissa Tordoroff | TV Series | 1981 |
 | The Apple | Landlady | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Awakening | Dr. Kadira | Movie | 1980 |
 | Tales of the Unexpected | Mary Burge | TV Series | 1979 |
 | On a Paving Stone Mounted | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1978 |
 | Monkey | Narator | TV Series | 1978 |
| Monkey | Demon (voice) | TV Series | 1978 |
 | An Audience with... | Self | TV Series | 1978 |
 | The Thin End of the Wedge | Veronica | Movie | 1977 |
 | Confessions from a Holiday Camp | Blackbird (voice) (uncredited) | Movie | 1977 |
 | Stand up, Virgin Soldiers | Elephant Ethel | Movie | 1977 |
| Childhood | Mademoiselle | TV Series | 1977 | |
 | The Lifeswappers | Miriam/Miss Babberton | Movie | 1976 |
 | Plays for Britain | Miriam / Miss Babberton | TV Series | 1976 |
 | Kizzy | Mrs Doe | TV Series | 1976 |
 | The Battle of Billy's Pond | Tour Guide | Movie | 1976 |
| Naughty Girls | Voice | Movie | 1975 | |
 | Angels | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | The Girls of Slender Means | Jane Wright | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Ken Dodd's World of Laughter | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Fall of Eagles | Anna Vyrubova | TV Series | 1974 |
 | On the Game | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Movie | 1974 |
 | Play for Today | Veronica | TV Series | 1970 |
 | A Nice Girl Like Me | Pensione | Movie | 1969 |
| The Ha-Ha | Kathie | Movie | 1969 | |
| At the Eleventh Hour | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1967 | |
 | Omnibus | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1967 |
 | ITV Playhouse | Kathie | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Boy Meets Girl | Maria | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Voice | TV Series | 1965 |
 | Theatre 625 | Rita | TV Series | 1964 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
| Angels in the Asylum | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
 | Heart of Darkness | The Aunt | Movie | — |