Miriam Margolyes

Acting

Miriam Margolyes

Born May 18, 1941Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK207 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

Holy Days
6.0

Holy Days

Movie

2026

A Friend of Dorothy
6.9

A Friend of Dorothy

Movie

2025

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

Movie

2025

Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand
7.2

Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand

TV

2025

Badjelly
9.5

Badjelly

TV

2025

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
6.0

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

Movie

2024

Filmography

Holy Days
2026Holy Daysas Sister LukeMovie
A Friend of Dorothy
2025A Friend of Dorothyas DorothyMovie
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025Ken Dodd: A Legacy of HappinessMovie
Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand
2025Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealandas Self - PresenterTV
Badjelly
2025Badjellyas Badjelly (voice)TV
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024Alec Guinness: A Class Actas selfMovie
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Lovedas Narrator (voice)Movie
Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian
2024Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australianas SelfTV
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2024How To Make It In ComedyMovie
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specialsas The Meep (voice) (archive footage)Movie
Mog's Christmas
2023Mog's Christmasas Aunt One (voice)Movie
Next to You
2023Next to Youas Granny VeraMovie
Irish Road Trip with Miriam Margolyes
2023Irish Road Trip with Miriam Margolyesas SelfTV
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023Blackadder: A Cunning Storyas Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
My Happy Ending
2023My Happy Endingas JudyMovie
Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer
2023Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influenceras SelfTV
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
2022Miriam's Dickensian Christmasas SelfMovie
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022David Baddiel: Jews Don't Countas SelfMovie
Dog Squad
2022Dog Squadas Sylvie (voice)TV
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022The Fringe, Fame and Meas SelfMovie
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebrationas SelfMovie
Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked
2022Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmaskedas Self - HostTV
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022Judi Dench: Our National Treasureas SelfMovie
Remembers…
2022Remembers…as SelfTV
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
2022imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabsas SelfMovie
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
2021Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotlandas SelfTV
H Is for Happiness
2021H Is for Happinessas Miss BamfordMovie
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ HallMovie
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership
2021Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadershipas NarratorTV
Wings
2020Wingsas AudreyMovie
Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian
2020Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australianas Self - HostTV
Miriam's Big Fat Adventure
2020Miriam's Big Fat Adventureas Self - PresenterTV
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tearsas Prudence StanleyMovie
The Last Artifact
2020The Last Artifactas Narrator (UK version)Movie
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2019Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxteras HerselfTV
Miriam's Dead Good Adventure
2019Miriam's Dead Good Adventureas Herself - PresenterTV
Postcards from the 48%
2018Postcards from the 48%Movie
Apple & Onion
2018Apple & Onionas Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)TV
Early Man
2018Early Manas Queen Oofeefa (voice)Movie
Miriam’s Big American Adventure
2018Miriam’s Big American Adventureas HerselfTV
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017Harry Potter: A History Of Magicas HerselfMovie
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017The Man Who Invented Christmasas Mrs. FiskMovie
The Little Vampire 3D
2017The Little Vampire 3Das Wulftrud (voice)Movie
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017Tate Britain's Great Art Walksas SelfTV
Bucket
2017Bucketas MimTV
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2017Peter and the Wolfas NarratorMovie
The Real Marigold on Tour
2016The Real Marigold on Touras Self - HostTV
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Bookas SelfMovie
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016John Bishop: In Conversation with...as SelfTV
The Real Marigold Hotel
2016The Real Marigold Hotelas SelfTV
The Importance of Being Miriam
2015The Importance of Being MiriamMovie
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2015Spirit-EDas Headmistress - Ms Ursula GressupMovie
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
2015The Weekly with Charlie Pickeringas SelfTV
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2015Motheras Maria AponteMovie
The Legend of Longwood
2014The Legend of Longwoodas Lady ThyrzaMovie
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2014Outlieras Odamee MarshallMovie
Maya the Bee Movie
2014Maya the Bee Movieas Queen (voice)Movie
The Seventeenth Kind
2014The Seventeenth Kindas Mrs. MarkMovie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014Late Night with Seth Meyersas SelfTV
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2014Honeysuckleas PatriciaMovie
Plebs
2013Plebsas IonaTV
The Last Leg
2013The Last Legas SelfTV
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
2012The Cow That Almost Missed Christmasas Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)Movie
The Guilt Trip
2012The Guilt Tripas AnitaMovie
The Wedding Video
2012The Wedding Videoas PatriciaMovie
A Closed Book
2012A Closed Bookas Mrs. KilbrideMovie
Sir Billi
2012Sir Billias Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)Movie
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteriesas Aunt PrudenceTV
Call the Midwife
2012Call the Midwifeas Mother MildredTV
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011When Harry Left Hogwartsas SelfMovie
Trollied
2011TrolliedTV
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2as Pomona SproutMovie
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011The Itch of the Golden Nitas Mummy Socks (voice)Movie
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hooleas Mrs. Plithiver (voice)Movie
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010Los cuentos de Tinga TingaTV
The Project
2009The ProjectTV
We Are Most Amused
2008We Are Most Amusedas SelfMovie
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008Blackadder's Most Cunning Momentsas SelfMovie
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate Peopleas Mrs. KowalskiMovie
Merlin
2008Merlinas GrunhildaTV
Q&A
2008Q&Aas Self - PanellistTV
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007The Sarah Jane Adventuresas Leaf Blathereen (voice)TV
Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British Cinema
2007Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British Cinemaas NarratorMovie
The Dukes
2007The Dukesas Aunt VeeMovie
Kingdom
2007Kingdomas Henny LeachTV
The Graham Norton Show
2007The Graham Norton Showas SelfTV
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007The 50 Greatest Television Dramasas Narrator (voice)Movie
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007What the Pythons Did Next...as NarratorMovie
Jam and Jerusalem
2006Jam and Jerusalemas Joyce MidgeTV
Happy Feet
2006Happy Feetas Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)Movie
Flushed Away
2006Flushed Awayas Rita's Grandma (voice)Movie
Wallis & Edward
2005Wallis & Edwardas Aunt BessieMovie
Dickens in America
2005Dickens in Americaas HostTV
American Dad!
2005American Dad!as Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004Agatha Christie's Marpleas Mrs. Price-RidleyTV
Ladies in Lavender
2004Ladies in Lavenderas DorcasMovie
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004The Life and Death of Peter Sellersas Peg SellersMovie
Being Julia
2004Being Juliaas Dolly de VriesMovie
The Phoenix and the Carpet
2004The Phoenix and the Carpetas CookMovie
Modigliani
2004Modiglianias Gertrude SteinMovie
Chasing Liberty
2004Chasing Libertyas MariaMovie
Undertaking Betty
2002Undertaking Bettyas Thelma & SelmaMovie
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsas Pomona SproutMovie
Dickens
2002Dickensas Catherine DickensTV
Alone
2002Aloneas CaseworkerMovie
In Search of Peace
2001In Search of Peaceas Ester Cailingold (voice)Movie
Cats & Dogs
2001Cats & Dogsas Sophie the Castle MaidMovie
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001Not Afraid, Not AfraidMovie
House!
2000House!as Auntie BethMovie
Magnolia
1999Magnoliaas Faye Barringer (uncredited)Movie
End of Days
1999End of Daysas MabelMovie
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999Dreaming of Joseph Leesas Signora CaldoniMovie
Sunshine
1999Sunshineas Rose SonnenscheinMovie
Family Guy
1999Family Guyas Right Eyeball (voice)TV
The First Snow of Winter
1998The First Snow of Winteras Sean McDuck (voice)Movie
Babe: Pig in the City
1998Babe: Pig in the Cityas Fly (voice)Movie
Vanity Fair
1998Vanity Fairas Miss CrawleyTV
Supply and Demand
1998Supply and Demandas EdnaTV
Mulan
1998Mulanas The Matchmaker (voice)Movie
The IMAX Nutcracker
1997The IMAX Nutcrackeras Sugar PlumMovie
The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997The Phoenix and the Carpetas CookTV
Dharma & Greg
1997Dharma & Gregas ChloeTV
The Long Way Home
1997The Long Way Homeas (voice)Movie
Romeo + Juliet
1996Romeo + Julietas NurseMovie
Different for Girls
1996Different for Girlsas PamelaMovie
James and the Giant Peach
1996James and the Giant Peachas Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)Movie
Balto
1995Baltoas Grandma RosyMovie
Babe
1995Babeas Fly (voice)Movie
Cold Comfort Farm
1995Cold Comfort Farmas Mrs. BeetleMovie
Immortal Beloved
1994Immortal Belovedas Nanette StreicherováMovie
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1994Moonacreas Old ElspethTV
Liberation
1994Liberationas NarratorMovie
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993The Thief and the Cobbleras Maiden from Mombassa (voice)Movie
The Age of Innocence
1993The Age of Innocenceas Mrs. Catherine MingottMovie
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993Ed and His Dead Motheras Mabel ChiltonMovie
Demonella
1993Demonellaas MotherMovie
M
1993Magic Grandadas GrandmaTV
Stalin
1992Stalinas KrupskayaMovie
As You Like It
1992As You Like Itas AudreyMovie
T
1992Terry Wogan's Friday Nightas SelfTV
Frannie's Turn
1992Frannie's Turnas Frannie EscobarTV
The Butcher's Wife
1991The Butcher's Wifeas GinaMovie
Dead Again
1991Dead Againas Hypnotism PatientMovie
Rugrats
1991Rugratsas Shirley Finster (voice)TV
Echoes That Remain
1991Echoes That Remainas Narrator (voice)Movie
T
1990The Foolas Mrs. BowringMovie
Pacific Heights
1990Pacific Heightsas RealtorMovie
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990The Fool of the World and the Flying Shipas Mother / Mrs. WoodcutterMovie
Orpheus Descending
1990Orpheus Descendingas Vee TalbotMovie
I Love You to Death
1990I Love You to Deathas Joey's MotherMovie
Old Flames
1990Old Flamesas NellieMovie
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Storyas Elsa MaxwellTV
Unexplained Laughter
1989Unexplained Laughteras Laughter (voice)Movie
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Storyas Mrs. RajzmanMovie
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988Blackadder's Christmas Carolas Queen VictoriaMovie
Little Dorrit
1987Little Dorritas Flora FinchingMovie
Body Contact
1987Body Contactas Tony's MotherMovie
A Little Princess
1987A Little Princessas Miss Amelia MinchinTV
Little Shop of Horrors
1986Little Shop of Horrorsas Dental NurseMovie
Scotch & Wry
1986Scotch & WryMovie
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986The Life and Loves of a She-Devilas Nurse HopkinsTV
F
1986Fifties Features - The Women behind the PicturesTV
Muzzy in Gondoland
1986Muzzy in Gondolandas The Queen (voice)TV
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986The Secret Diaries of the Film Censorsas Miss N. ShorttMovie
The Good Father
1985The Good Fatheras Jane PowellMovie
Oliver Twist
1985Oliver TwistTV
Morons from Outer Space
1985Morons from Outer Spaceas Doctor WallaceMovie
Freud
1984Freudas Baroness von LiebenTV
Electric Dreams
1984Electric Dreamsas Ticket GirlMovie
Yentl
1983Yentlas SarahMovie
Blackadder
1983Blackadderas Lady WhiteadderTV
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
1983Frida Kahlo & Tina Modottias Narrator (voice)Movie
Scrubbers
1982Scrubbersas JonesMovie
Crystal Gazing
1982Crystal Gazingas NewsreaderMovie
Wogan
1982Woganas SelfTV
Reds
1981Redsas Woman with Notebook (uncredited)Movie
A Kick Up the Eighties
1981A Kick Up the EightiesTV
Take a Letter, Mr Jones
1981Take a Letter, Mr Jonesas MariaTV
The History Man
1981The History Manas Melissa TordoroffTV
The Apple
1980The Appleas LandladyMovie
The Awakening
1980The Awakeningas Dr. KadiraMovie
Tales of the Unexpected
1979Tales of the Unexpectedas Mary BurgeTV
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978On a Paving Stone MountedMovie
Monkey
1978Monkeyas NaratorTV
An Audience with...
1978An Audience with...as SelfTV
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977The Thin End of the Wedgeas VeronicaMovie
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
1977Confessions from a Holiday Campas Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)Movie
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977Stand up, Virgin Soldiersas Elephant EthelMovie
The Lifeswappers
1976The Lifeswappersas Miriam/Miss BabbertonMovie
Plays for Britain
1976Plays for Britainas Miriam / Miss BabbertonTV
Kizzy
1976Kizzyas Mrs DoeTV
The Battle of Billy's Pond
1976The Battle of Billy's Pondas Tour GuideMovie
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1975Naughty Girlsas VoiceMovie
Angels
1975AngelsTV
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975Rime of the Ancient MarinerMovie
The Girls of Slender Means
1975The Girls of Slender Meansas Jane WrightTV
Ken Dodd's World of Laughter
1974Ken Dodd's World of LaughterTV
Fall of Eagles
1974Fall of Eaglesas Anna VyrubovaTV
On the Game
1974On the Gameas Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Movie
Play for Today
1970Play for Todayas VeronicaTV
A Nice Girl Like Me
1969A Nice Girl Like Meas PensioneMovie
T
1969The Ha-Haas KathieMovie
A
1967At the Eleventh HourTV
ITV Playhouse
1967ITV Playhouseas KathieTV
Theatre 625
1964Theatre 625as RitaTV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsonas SelfTV
A
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