Miriam Margolyes

Known for: Acting

Born: 1941-05-18 (age 85)

From: 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).

Filmography (217)

MOVIE★ 10.0
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew
2026
as Self
MOVIE
Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me
2026
as Self
TV
Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me
2026
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Holy Days
2026
as Sister Luke
MOVIE★ 7.1
A Friend of Dorothy
2025
as Dorothy
MOVIE
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
TV★ 6.9
Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand
2025
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 9.5
Badjelly
2025
as Badjelly (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self
MOVIE
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.7
Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian
2024
as Self
MOVIE
How To Make It In Comedy
2024
MOVIE★ 8.8
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023
as The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Mog's Christmas
2023
as Aunt One (voice)
MOVIE★ 3.5
Next to You
2023
as Granny Vera
TV
Irish Road Trip with Miriam Margolyes
2023
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.7
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
My Happy Ending
2023
as Judy
TV
Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer
2023
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022
as Self
TV
Dog Squad
2022
as Sylvie (voice)
MOVIE
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022
as Self
TV★ 6.8
Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked
2022
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 8.0
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Remembers…
2022
as Self
MOVIE
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
2022
as Self
TV★ 7.4
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
H Is for Happiness
2021
as Miss Bamford
MOVIE★ 7.5
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
TV★ 10.0
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership
2021
as Narrator
MOVIE
Wings
2020
as Audrey
TV★ 7.6
Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian
2020
as Self - Host
TV★ 7.5
Miriam's Big Fat Adventure
2020
as Self - Presenter
MOVIE★ 6.1
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020
as Prudence Stanley
MOVIE
The Last Artifact
2020
as Narrator (UK version)
TV
Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter
2019
as Herself
TV★ 7.3
Miriam's Dead Good Adventure
2019
as Herself - Presenter
TV★ 10.0
Let's Talk About Sex
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Postcards from the 48%
2018
TV★ 6.7
Apple & Onion
2018
as Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Early Man
2018
as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
TV★ 7.5
Miriam’s Big American Adventure
2018
as Herself
MOVIE★ 7.3
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017
as Herself
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
as Mrs. Fisk
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Little Vampire 3D
2017
as Wulftrud (voice)
TV
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017
as Self
TV★ 5.8
Bucket
2017
as Mim
MOVIE
Peter and the Wolf
2017
as Narrator
TV★ 8.0
The Real Marigold on Tour
2016
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 8.0
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016
as Self
TV★ 7.0
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
as Self
TV★ 8.0
The Real Marigold Hotel
2016
as Self
MOVIE
The Importance of Being Miriam
2015
MOVIE★ 5.0
Spirit-ED
2015
as Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
TV★ 4.7
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
2015
as Self
MOVIE
Mother
2015
as Maria Aponte
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Legend of Longwood
2014
as Lady Thyrza
MOVIE
Outlier
2014
as Odamee Marshall
MOVIE★ 6.2
Maya the Bee Movie
2014
as Queen (voice)
MOVIE
The Seventeenth Kind
2014
as Mrs. Mark
TV★ 5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
MOVIE
Honeysuckle
2014
as Patricia
TV★ 7.3
Plebs
2013
as Iona
TV★ 5.7
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
2012
as Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Guilt Trip
2012
as Anita
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Wedding Video
2012
as Patricia
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Closed Book
2012
as Mrs. Kilbride
MOVIE★ 3.2
Sir Billi
2012
as Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
TV★ 7.7
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
as Aunt Prudence
TV★ 7.5
Call the Midwife
2012
as Mother Mildred
MOVIE★ 7.2
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
as Self
TV★ 6.5
Trollied
2011
MOVIE★ 8.1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Pomona Sprout
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
as Mummy Socks (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010
TV★ 4.0
The Project
2009
MOVIE★ 7.2
We Are Most Amused
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.5
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Mrs. Kowalski
TV★ 7.8
Merlin
2008
as Grunhilda
TV★ 3.2
Q&A
2008
as Self - Panellist
TV★ 7.1
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
as Leaf Blathereen (voice)
MOVIE
Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British Cinema
2007
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Dukes
2007
as Aunt Vee
TV★ 7.1
Kingdom
2007
as Henny Leach
TV★ 7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MOVIE
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Narrator
TV★ 7.1
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
as Joyce Midge
MOVIE★ 6.2
Happy Feet
2006
as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Flushed Away
2006
as Rita's Grandma (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Wallis & Edward
2005
as Aunt Bessie
TV
Dickens in America
2005
as Host
TV★ 7.0
American Dad!
2005
as Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)
TV★ 7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mrs. Price-Ridley
MOVIE★ 6.5
Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Dorcas
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Peg Sellers
MOVIE★ 6.4
Being Julia
2004
as Dolly de Vries
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Phoenix and the Carpet
2004
as Cook
MOVIE★ 7.0
Modigliani
2004
as Gertrude Stein
MOVIE★ 6.2
Chasing Liberty
2004
as Maria
MOVIE★ 6.1
Undertaking Betty
2002
as Thelma & Selma
MOVIE★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Pomona Sprout
TV★ 7.0
Dickens
2002
as Catherine Dickens
MOVIE★ 5.1
Alone
2002
as Caseworker
MOVIE★ 7.0
In Search of Peace
2001
as Ester Cailingold (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.4
Cats & Dogs
2001
as Sophie the Castle Maid
MOVIE★ 8.0
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001
MOVIE★ 6.7
House!
2000
as Auntie Beth
MOVIE★ 7.7
Magnolia
1999
as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.1
End of Days
1999
as Mabel
MOVIE★ 6.4
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
as Signora Caldoni
MOVIE★ 6.4
Sunshine
1999
as Rose Sonnenschein
TV★ 7.4
Family Guy
1999
as Right Eyeball (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
The First Snow of Winter
1998
as Sean McDuck (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
as Fly (voice)
TV★ 7.6
Vanity Fair
1998
as Miss Crawley
TV★ 10.0
Supply and Demand
1998
as CS Edna Colley
MOVIE★ 7.9
Mulan
1998
as The Matchmaker (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Left Luggage
1998
as Mrs. Goldman
MOVIE★ 9.0
The IMAX Nutcracker
1997
as Sugar Plum
TV
The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997
as Cook
TV★ 6.4
Dharma & Greg
1997
as Chloe
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Long Way Home
1997
as (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Nurse
MOVIE★ 7.2
Different for Girls
1996
as Pamela
MOVIE★ 6.6
James and the Giant Peach
1996
as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Balto
1995
as Grandma Rosy
MOVIE★ 6.3
Babe
1995
as Fly (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
as Mrs. Beetle
MOVIE★ 7.1
Immortal Beloved
1994
as Nanette Streicherová
TV★ 8.0
Moonacre
1994
as Old Elspeth
MOVIE★ 7.9
Liberation
1994
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Age of Innocence
1993
as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
MOVIE★ 5.5
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
as Mabel Chilton
MOVIE
Demonella
1993
as Mother
TV★ 6.0
Magic Grandad
1993
as Grandma
MOVIE★ 5.3
Stalin
1992
as Krupskaya
MOVIE★ 6.0
As You Like It
1992
as Audrey
TV★ 6.5
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
as Self
TV★ 7.5
Frannie's Turn
1992
as Frannie Escobar
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Butcher's Wife
1991
as Gina
MOVIE★ 6.4
Dead Again
1991
as Hypnotism Patient
TV★ 7.6
Rugrats
1991
as Shirley Finster (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Echoes That Remain
1991
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Fool
1990
as Mrs. Bowring
MOVIE★ 6.3
Pacific Heights
1990
as Realtor
MOVIE★ 8.1
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990
as Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
MOVIE★ 4.6
Orpheus Descending
1990
as Vee Talbot
MOVIE★ 6.4
I Love You to Death
1990
as Joey's Mother
MOVIE
Old Flames
1990
as Nellie
TV★ 5.7
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
as Elsa Maxwell
MOVIE★ 10.0
Unexplained Laughter
1989
as Laughter (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Mrs. Rajzman
MOVIE★ 7.5
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Queen Victoria
TV★ 6.0
The Play on One
1988
as Laughter (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Little Dorrit
1987
as Flora Finching
MOVIE★ 5.6
Body Contact
1987
as Tony's Mother
TV★ 8.5
Big Muzzy
1987
as The Queen (voice)
TV★ 7.7
A Little Princess
1987
as Miss Amelia Minchin
MOVIE★ 7.0
Little Shop of Horrors
1986
as Dental Nurse
MOVIE★ 9.0
Scotch & Wry
1986
TV★ 7.2
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986
as Nurse Hopkins
TV
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
MOVIE
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986
as Miss N. Shortt
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Good Father
1985
as Jane Powell
TV★ 5.9
Oliver Twist
1985
MOVIE★ 4.9
Morons from Outer Space
1985
as Doctor Wallace
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Nellie
TV★ 5.0
Freud
1984
as Baroness von Lieben
MOVIE★ 6.3
Electric Dreams
1984
as Ticket Girl
MOVIE★ 6.7
Yentl
1983
as Sarah
TV★ 8.0
Blackadder
1983
as Lady Whiteadder
MOVIE★ 6.3
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
1983
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Scrubbers
1982
as Jones
MOVIE★ 7.0
Crystal Gazing
1982
as Newsreader
TV★ 5.3
Wogan
1982
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Reds
1981
as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
TV★ 6.6
A Kick Up the Eighties
1981
TV★ 5.5
Take a Letter, Mr Jones
1981
as Maria
TV★ 4.1
The History Man
1981
as Melissa Tordoroff
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Apple
1980
as Landlady
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Awakening
1980
as Dr. Kadira
TV★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mary Burge
MOVIE★ 9.0
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
TV★ 8.1
Monkey
1978
as Narator
TV★ 5.3
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
MOVIE
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977
as Veronica
MOVIE★ 5.0
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
1977
as Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.6
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977
as Elephant Ethel
TV
Childhood
1977
as Mademoiselle
MOVIE
The Lifeswappers
1976
as Miriam/Miss Babberton
TV★ 6.0
Plays for Britain
1976
as Miriam / Miss Babberton
TV★ 7.0
Kizzy
1976
as Mrs Doe
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Battle of Billy's Pond
1976
as Tour Guide
MOVIE
Naughty Girls
1975
as Voice
TV★ 4.5
Angels
1975
MOVIE★ 7.5
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
TV★ 3.7
The Girls of Slender Means
1975
as Jane Wright
TV
Ken Dodd's World of Laughter
1974
TV★ 7.0
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Anna Vyrubova
MOVIE★ 3.7
On the Game
1974
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Veronica
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Nice Girl Like Me
1969
as Pensione
MOVIE
The Ha-Ha
1969
as Kathie
TV
At the Eleventh Hour
1967
TV★ 7.2
Omnibus
1967
TV★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Kathie
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Voice
TV★ 7.2
Theatre 625
1964
as Rita
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MOVIE
Angels in the Asylum
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