Miriam Margolyes
Acting
Born May 18, 1941 · Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
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
Filmography
A Friend of Dorothy
2025 · Dorothy
Mog's Christmas
2023 · Aunt One (voice)
My Happy Ending
2023 · Judy
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023 · The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
H Is for Happiness
2021 · Miss Bamford
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020 · Prudence Stanley
Early Man
2018 · Queen Oofeefa (voice)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017 · Mrs. Fisk
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017 · Herself
The Little Vampire 3D
2017 · Wulftrud (voice)
Maya the Bee Movie
2014 · Queen (voice)
The Legend of Longwood
2014 · Lady Thyrza
The Wedding Video
2012 · Patricia
Sir Billi
2012 · Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
The Guilt Trip
2012 · Anita
A Closed Book
2012 · Mrs. Kilbride
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Pomona Sprout
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011 · Self
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010 · Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 · Mrs. Kowalski
Flushed Away
2006 · Rita's Grandma (voice)
Happy Feet
2006 · Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004 · Peg Sellers
Ladies in Lavender
2004 · Dorcas
Being Julia
2004 · Dolly de Vries
Modigliani
2004 · Gertrude Stein
Chasing Liberty
2004 · Maria
Undertaking Betty
2002 · Thelma & Selma
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Pomona Sprout
Cats & Dogs
2001 · Sophie the Castle Maid
House!
2000 · Auntie Beth
End of Days
1999 · Mabel
Sunshine
1999 · Rose Sonnenschein
Magnolia
1999 · Faye Barringer (uncredited)
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999 · Signora Caldoni
Mulan
1998 · The Matchmaker (voice)
Babe: Pig in the City
1998 · Fly (voice)
The First Snow of Winter
1998 · Sean McDuck (voice)
Left Luggage
1998 · Mrs. Goldman
The Long Way Home
1997 · (voice)
Romeo + Juliet
1996 · Nurse
James and the Giant Peach
1996 · Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
Different for Girls
1996 · Pamela
Cold Comfort Farm
1995 · Mrs. Beetle
Babe
1995 · Fly (voice)
Balto
1995 · Grandma Rosy
Immortal Beloved
1994 · Nanette Streicherová
The Age of Innocence
1993 · Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993 · Mabel Chilton
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993 · Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
Stalin
1992 · Krupskaya
Dead Again
1991 · Hypnotism Patient
The Butcher's Wife
1991 · Gina
I Love You to Death
1990 · Joey's Mother
Pacific Heights
1990 · Realtor
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990 · Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988 · Queen Victoria
Little Dorrit
1987 · Flora Finching
Little Shop of Horrors
1986 · Dental Nurse
The Good Father
1985 · Jane Powell
Morons from Outer Space
1985 · Doctor Wallace
Electric Dreams
1984 · Ticket Girl
Yentl
1983 · Sarah
Scrubbers
1982 · Jones
Reds
1981 · Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
The Awakening
1980 · Dr. Kadira
The Apple
1980 · Landlady
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
1977 · Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)