Miriam Margolyes

Birthday: 1941-05-18
Birthplace: Oxford, England, UK
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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).

Credits

Year Title Character
Holy Days
Angels in the Asylum
2025-03-23 Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2024-09-03 Alec Guinness: A Class Act self
2024-01-03 How To Make It In Comedy
2023-12-17 Mog's Christmas Aunt One (voice)
2023-09-06 Next to You Granny Vera
2023-02-24 My Happy Ending Judy
2021-06-24 H Is for Happiness Miss Bamford
2021-03-15 Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2020-10-06 Wings Audrey
2020-02-27 Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears Prudence Stanley
2018-07-06 Postcards from the 48%
2018-01-26 Early Man Queen Oofeefa (voice)
2017-10-12 The Man Who Invented Christmas Mrs. Fisk
2017-10-04 The Little Vampire 3D Wulftrud (voice)
2015-12-18 The Importance of Being Miriam
2015-12-01 Spirit-ED Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
2015-01-01 Mother Maria Aponte
2014-11-16 The Legend of Longwood
2014-10-01 Outlier
2014-09-11 Maya the Bee Movie The Queen (voice)
2014-07-01 The Seventeenth Kind Mrs. Mark
2014-01-01 Honeysuckle Patricia
2012-12-19 The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
2012-12-19 The Guilt Trip Anita
2012-08-17 The Wedding Video Patricia
2012-07-13 A Closed Book Mrs. Kilbride
2012-04-13 Sir Billi Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
2011-07-12 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Pomona Sprout
2011-06-28 The Itch of the Golden Nit Mummy Socks (voice)
2010-07-10 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
2008-10-02 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Mrs. Kowalski
2007-04-23 The Dukes Aunt Vee
2006-11-16 Happy Feet Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
2006-10-22 Flushed Away Rita's Grandma (voice)
2005-12-18 Wallis & Edward Aunt Bessie
2004-11-12 Ladies in Lavender Dorcas
2004-10-01 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Peg Sellers
2004-09-03 Being Julia Dolly de Vries
2004-05-18 Modigliani Gertrude Stein
2004-01-09 Chasing Liberty Maria
2002-12-04 Undertaking Betty Thelma & Selma
2002-11-13 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Pomona Sprout
2002-04-11 Alone Caseworker
2001-09-21 In Search of Peace Ester Cailingold (voice)
2001-07-04 Cats & Dogs Sophie the Castle Maid
2001-01-01 Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2000-05-05 House! Auntie Beth
1999-12-17 Magnolia Faye Barringer (uncredited)
1999-11-24 End of Days Mabel
1999-10-29 Dreaming of Joseph Lees Signora Caldoni
1999-09-13 Sunshine Rose Sonnenschein
1998-12-25 The First Snow of Winter Sean McDuck (voice)
1998-11-25 Babe: Pig in the City Fly (voice)
1998-06-18 Mulan The Matchmaker (voice)
1997-11-27 The IMAX Nutcracker Sugar Plum
1997-09-19 The Long Way Home (voice)
1996-11-01 Romeo + Juliet Nurse
1996-10-01 Different for Girls Pamela
1996-04-12 James and the Giant Peach Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
1995-12-22 Balto Grandma Rosy
1995-07-18 Babe Fly (voice)
1995-01-01 Cold Comfort Farm Mrs. Beetle
1994-12-16 Immortal Beloved Nanette Streicherová
1993-09-23 The Thief and the Cobbler Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
1993-09-10 The Age of Innocence Mrs. Catherine Mingott
1993-06-04 Ed and His Dead Mother Mabel Chilton
1993-05-20 Demonella Mother
1992-11-21 Stalin Krupskaya
1992-10-09 As You Like It Audrey
1991-10-25 The Butcher's Wife Gina
1991-08-23 Dead Again Hypnotism Patient
1990-12-07 The Fool Mrs. Bowring
1990-09-28 Pacific Heights Realtor
1990-09-28 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
1990-06-01 Orpheus Descending Vee Talbot
1990-04-06 I Love You to Death Joey's Mother
1990-01-14 Old Flames Nellie
1989-04-25 Unexplained Laughter Laughter (voice)
1989-04-22 Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story Mrs. Rajzman
1988-12-23 Blackadder's Christmas Carol Queen Victoria
1987-12-11 Little Dorrit Flora Finching
1987-12-06 Body Contact Tony's Mother
1986-12-19 Little Shop of Horrors Dental Nurse
1986-11-03 Scotch & Wry
1985-11-01 The Good Father Jane Powell
1985-03-29 Morons from Outer Space Doctor Wallace
1984-07-20 Electric Dreams Ticket Girl
1983-11-18 Yentl Sarah
1983-01-01 Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti (voice)
1982-09-24 Scrubbers Jones
1981-12-25 Reds Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
1980-11-21 The Apple Landlady
1980-07-09 The Awakening Dr. Kadira
1978-12-12 On a Paving Stone Mounted
1977-12-20 The Thin End of the Wedge Veronica
1977-08-01 Confessions from a Holiday Camp Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
1977-04-04 Stand up, Virgin Soldiers Elephant Ethel
1976-04-12 The Lifeswappers Miriam/Miss Babberton
1976-01-01 The Battle of Billy's Pond Tour Guide
1975-12-12 Naughty Girls Voice
1975-06-11 Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1969-11-23 A Nice Girl Like Me Pensione
1969-08-25 The Ha-Ha Kathie