Miriam Margolyes
Known for acting · Born 18 May 1941 · 85 · Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
222 credits
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
Babe
1995
James and the Giant Peach
1996
Cats & Dogs
2001
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Early Man
2018
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
Mulan
1998
Being Julia
2004
Immortal Beloved
1994
Happy Feet
2006
Romeo + Juliet
1996
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010
Acting (221)
2026Holy DaysSister LukeFilm
2026They Call Us The Wrong Kind of JewSelfFilm
2026Miriam Margolyes Made Me MeSelfFilm
20261 in 2Film
2026Miriam Margolyes Made Me MeSelfSeries
2025A Friend of DorothyDorothyFilm
2025Miriam Margolyes Discovers New ZealandSelf - Presenter · 2 episodesSeries
2025BadjellyBadjelly (voice) · 13 episodesSeries
2025Ken Dodd: A Legacy of HappinessFilm
2024Miriam Margolyes Impossibly AustralianSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2024Alec Guinness: A Class ActselfFilm
2024The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I LovedNarrator (voice)Film
2023My Happy EndingJudyFilm
2023Mog's ChristmasAunt One (voice)Film
2023Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary SpecialsThe Meep (voice) (archive footage)Film
2023Blackadder: A Cunning StorySelf - Narrator (voice)Film
2023Next to YouGranny VeraFilm
2023Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social InfluencerSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2023Irish Road Trip with Miriam MargolyesSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2022Miriam Margolyes: Australia UnmaskedSelf - Host · 3 episodesSeries
2022David Baddiel: Jews Don't CountSelfFilm
2022Miriam's Dickensian ChristmasSelfFilm
2022Judi Dench: Our National TreasureSelfFilm
2022The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A CelebrationSelfFilm
2022Remembers…SelfSeries
2022imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for GrabsSelfFilm
2022The Fringe, Fame and MeSelfFilm
2022Dog SquadSylvie (voice) · 36 episodesSeries
2021H Is for HappinessMiss BamfordFilm
2021Miriam and Alan: Lost in ScotlandSelf · 7 episodesSeries
2021Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And LeadershipNarrator · 3 episodesSeries
2021Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ HallFilm
2020Miss Fisher and the Crypt of TearsPrudence StanleyFilm
2020Miriam Margolyes: Almost AustralianSelf - Host · 3 episodesSeries
2020Miriam's Big Fat AdventureSelf - Presenter · 2 episodesSeries
2020The Last ArtifactNarrator (UK version)Film
2020WingsAudreyFilm
2019Miriam's Dead Good AdventureHerself - Presenter · 2 episodesSeries
2019Let's Talk About SexSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2019Comedy National Treasures: Stanley BaxterHerselfSeries
2018Early ManQueen Oofeefa (voice)Film
2018Apple & OnionQueen Victoria Sponge (voice)Series
2018Miriam’s Big American AdventureHerself · 3 episodesSeries
2018Postcards from the 48%Film
2017The Man Who Invented ChristmasMrs. FiskFilm
2017The Little Vampire 3DWulftrud (voice)Film
2017Harry Potter: A History Of MagicHerselfFilm
2017BucketMim · 4 episodesSeries
2017Peter and the WolfNarratorFilm
2017Tate Britain's Great Art WalksSelfSeries
2016The Real Marigold HotelSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2016John Bishop: In Conversation with...SelfSeries
2016The Real Marigold on TourSelf - Host · 10 episodesSeries
2016Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous BookSelfFilm
2015The Weekly with Charlie PickeringSelfSeries
2015Spirit-EDHeadmistress - Ms Ursula GressupFilm
2015The Importance of Being MiriamFilm
2015MotherMaria AponteFilm
2014Maya the Bee MovieQueen (voice)Film
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelfSeries
2014The Legend of LongwoodLady ThyrzaFilm
2014The Seventeenth KindMrs. MarkFilm
2014OutlierOdamee MarshallFilm
2014HoneysucklePatriciaFilm
2013PlebsIonaSeries
2013The Last LegSelf · 6 episodesSeries
2012The Guilt TripAnitaFilm
2012Call the MidwifeMother Mildred · 4 episodesSeries
2012Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesAunt Prudence · 12 episodesSeries
2012The Wedding VideoPatriciaFilm
2012A Closed BookMrs. KilbrideFilm
2012Sir BilliBaroness Chantal McToff (voice)Film
2012The Cow That Almost Missed ChristmasMme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)Film
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Pomona SproutFilm
2011Trollied · 8 episodesSeries
2011When Harry Left HogwartsSelfFilm
2011The Itch of the Golden NitMummy Socks (voice)Film
2010Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleMrs. Plithiver (voice)Film
2010Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga · 52 episodesSeries
2009The ProjectSeries
2008MerlinGrunhildaSeries
2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleMrs. KowalskiFilm
2008Q&ASelf - PanellistSeries
2008We Are Most AmusedSelfFilm
2008Blackadder's Most Cunning MomentsSelfFilm
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf · 12 episodesSeries
2007The Sarah Jane AdventuresLeaf Blathereen (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2007KingdomHenny LeachSeries
2007The DukesAunt VeeFilm
2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasNarrator (voice)Film
2007What the Pythons Did Next...NarratorFilm
2007Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British CinemaNarratorFilm
2006Happy FeetMrs. Astrakhan (voice)Film
2006Flushed AwayRita's Grandma (voice)Film
2006Jam and JerusalemJoyce Midge, Mrs. Joyce MidgeSeries
2005American Dad!Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)Series
2005Wallis & EdwardAunt BessieFilm
2005InconceivableMalvaSeries
2005Dickens in AmericaHost · 10 episodesSeries
2004Chasing LibertyMariaFilm
2004ModiglianiGertrude SteinFilm
2004The Life and Death of Peter SellersPeg SellersFilm
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleMrs. Price-RidleySeries
2004Ladies in LavenderDorcasFilm
2004Being JuliaDolly de VriesFilm
2004The Phoenix and the CarpetCookFilm
2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsPomona SproutFilm
2002Undertaking BettyThelma & SelmaFilm
2002AloneCaseworkerFilm
2002DickensCatherine Dickens · 3 episodesSeries
2001Cats & DogsSophie the Castle MaidFilm
2001In Search of PeaceEster Cailingold (voice)Film
2001Not Afraid, Not AfraidFilm
2000House!Auntie BethFilm
1999Family GuyRight Eyeball (voice)Series
1999MagnoliaFaye Barringer (uncredited)Film
1999End of DaysMabelFilm
1999SunshineRose SonnenscheinFilm
1999Dreaming of Joseph LeesSignora CaldoniFilm
1998MulanThe Matchmaker (voice)Film
1998Babe: Pig in the CityFly (voice)Film
1998Left LuggageMrs. GoldmanFilm
1998The First Snow of WinterSean McDuck (voice)Film
1998Vanity FairMiss Crawley · 3 episodesSeries
1998Supply and DemandCS Edna Colley · 6 episodesSeries
1997Dharma & GregChloeSeries
1997The Long Way Home(voice)Film
1997The IMAX NutcrackerSugar PlumFilm
1997The Phoenix and the CarpetCook · 6 episodesSeries
1996Romeo + JulietNurseFilm
1996James and the Giant PeachAunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)Film
1996Different for GirlsPamelaFilm
1995BabeFly (voice)Film
1995BaltoGrandma RosyFilm
1995Cold Comfort FarmMrs. BeetleFilm
1994Immortal BelovedNanette StreicherováFilm
1994LiberationNarrator (voice)Film
1994MoonacreOld Elspeth · 6 episodesSeries
1993The Age of InnocenceMrs. Catherine MingottFilm
1993The Thief and the CobblerMaiden from Mombassa (voice)Film
1993Ed and His Dead MotherMabel ChiltonFilm
1993Magic GrandadGrandma · 3 episodesSeries
1993DemonellaMotherFilm
1992StalinKrupskayaFilm
1992As You Like ItAudreyFilm
1992Frannie's TurnFrannie Escobar · 6 episodesSeries
1992Terry Wogan's Friday NightSelfSeries
1991RugratsShirley Finster (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1991Dead AgainMrs. Tupper (uncredited)Film
1991The Butcher's WifeGinaFilm
1991Echoes That RemainNarrator (voice)Film
1991Tonight at 8.30Mrs. Wadhurst, NannySeries
1990Pacific HeightsRealtorFilm
1990I Love You to DeathJoey's MotherFilm
1990The Fool of the World and the Flying ShipMother / Mrs. WoodcutterFilm
1990Orpheus DescendingVee TalbotFilm
1990The FoolMrs. BowringFilm
1990Old FlamesNellieFilm
1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryMrs. RajzmanFilm
1989Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton StoryElsa Maxwell · 6 episodesSeries
1989Unexplained LaughterLaughter (voice)Film
1988Blackadder's Christmas CarolQueen VictoriaFilm
1988The Play on OneLaughter (voice)Series
1987A Little PrincessMiss Amelia Minchin · 6 episodesSeries
1987Little DorritFlora FinchingFilm
1987Big MuzzyThe Queen (voice) · 6 episodesSeries
1987Body ContactTony's MotherFilm
1986Little Shop of HorrorsDental NurseFilm
1986The Life and Loves of a She-DevilNurse Hopkins · 2 episodesSeries
1986Scotch & WryFilm
1986The Secret Diaries of the Film CensorsMiss N. ShorttFilm
1986Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures · 3 episodesSeries
1985Morons from Outer SpaceDoctor WallaceFilm
1985The Good FatherJane PowellFilm
1985Oliver TwistMrs Bumble · 3 episodes, Mrs Corney · 2 episodesSeries
1985Screen TwoNellieSeries
1984Electric DreamsTicket GirlFilm
1984FreudBaroness von Lieben · 3 episodesSeries
1983BlackadderLady Whiteadder, Infanta Maria Escalosa of SpainSeries
1983YentlSarahFilm
1983Frida Kahlo & Tina ModottiNarrator (voice)Film
1982ScrubbersJonesFilm
1982WoganSelfSeries
1982Crystal GazingNewsreaderFilm
1981RedsWoman with Notebook (uncredited)Film
1981The History ManMelissa Tordoroff · 3 episodesSeries
1981A Kick Up the Eighties · 10 episodesSeries
1981Take a Letter, Mr JonesMaria · 6 episodesSeries
1980The AwakeningDr. KadiraFilm
1980The AppleLandladyFilm
1979Tales of the UnexpectedMary BurgeSeries
1978MonkeyNarator · 26 episodes, Demon (voice)Series
1978An Audience with...SelfSeries
1978On a Paving Stone MountedFilm
1977Confessions from a Holiday CampBlackbird (voice) (uncredited)Film
1977Stand up, Virgin SoldiersElephant EthelFilm
1977The Thin End of the WedgeVeronicaFilm
1977ChildhoodMademoiselleSeries
1976The Battle of Billy's PondTour GuideFilm
1976KizzyMrs Doe · 2 episodesSeries
1976Plays for BritainMiriam / Miss BabbertonSeries
1976The LifeswappersMiriam/Miss BabbertonFilm
1975Angels · 2 episodesSeries
1975The Girls of Slender MeansJane Wright · 3 episodesSeries
1975Rime of the Ancient MarinerFilm
1975Naughty GirlsVoiceFilm
1974Fall of EaglesAnna VyrubovaSeries
1974On the GameNarrator (voice) (uncredited)Film
1974Ken Dodd's World of Laughter · 19 episodesSeries
1970Play for TodayVeronicaSeries
1969A Nice Girl Like MePensioneFilm
1969The Ha-HaKathieFilm
1967OmnibusSeries
1967ITV PlayhouseKathieSeries
1967At the Eleventh Hour · 10 episodesSeries
1967Boy Meets GirlMariaSeries
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreVoiceSeries
1964Theatre 625RitaSeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
—Angels in the AsylumFilm
—Heart of DarknessThe AuntFilm
Creator (1)
2021Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And LeadershipCreatorSeries