Miriam Margolyes

Known for: Acting
Born: May 18, 1941, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
Movies: 133

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).

Upcoming Miriam Margolyes Movies

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2026

November 13, 2026

Heart of Darkness

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Gods of Tennis

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Best-Known Movies

7.7

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

8.1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

7.9

Mulan

1998

6.2

Happy Feet

2006

6.8

Romeo + Juliet

1996

6.3

Flushed Away

2006

7.7

Magnolia

1999

6.3

Babe

1995

6.8

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

2010

7.3

Balto

1995

Filmography

2026	1 in 2
2026	They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew	Self
2026	Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me	Self
2026	Holy Days	Sister Luke
2025	A Friend of Dorothy	Dorothy
2025	Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2024	Alec Guinness: A Class Act	self
2024	The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved	Narrator (voice)
2023	Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials	The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
2023	Mog's Christmas	Aunt One (voice)
2023	Next to You	Granny Vera
2023	Blackadder: A Cunning Story	Self - Narrator (voice)
2023	My Happy Ending	Judy
2022	Miriam's Dickensian Christmas	Self
2022	David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count	Self
2022	The Fringe, Fame and Me	Self
2022	The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration	Self
2022	Judi Dench: Our National Treasure	Self
2022	imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs	Self
2021	H Is for Happiness	Miss Bamford
2021	Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2020	Wings	Audrey
2020	The Last Artifact	Narrator (UK version)
2020	Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears	Prudence Stanley
2018	Postcards from the 48%
2018	Early Man	Queen Oofeefa (voice)
2017	Harry Potter: A History Of Magic	Herself
2017	The Man Who Invented Christmas	Mrs. Fisk
2017	The Little Vampire 3D	Wulftrud (voice)
2017	Peter and the Wolf	Narrator
2016	Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book	Self
2015	The Importance of Being Miriam
2015	Spirit-ED	Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
2015	Mother	Maria Aponte
2014	The Legend of Longwood	Lady Thyrza
2014	Outlier	Odamee Marshall
2014	Maya the Bee Movie	Queen (voice)
2014	The Seventeenth Kind	Mrs. Mark
2014	Honeysuckle	Patricia
2012	The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas	Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
2012	The Guilt Trip	Anita
2012	The Wedding Video	Patricia
2012	A Closed Book	Mrs. Kilbride
2012	Sir Billi	Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
2011	When Harry Left Hogwarts	Self
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	Pomona Sprout
2011	The Itch of the Golden Nit	Mummy Socks (voice)
2010	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
2008	We Are Most Amused	Self
2008	Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments	Self
2008	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	Mrs. Kowalski
2007	Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British Cinema	Narrator
2007	The Dukes	Aunt Vee
2007	The 50 Greatest Television Dramas	Narrator (voice)
2007	What the Pythons Did Next...	Narrator
2006	Happy Feet	Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
2006	Flushed Away	Rita's Grandma (voice)
2005	Wallis & Edward	Aunt Bessie
2004	Ladies in Lavender	Dorcas
2004	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Peg Sellers
2004	Being Julia	Dolly de Vries
2004	The Phoenix and the Carpet	Cook
2004	Modigliani	Gertrude Stein
2004	Chasing Liberty	Maria
2002	Undertaking Betty	Thelma & Selma
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Pomona Sprout
2002	Alone	Caseworker
2001	In Search of Peace	Ester Cailingold (voice)
2001	Cats & Dogs	Sophie the Castle Maid
2001	Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2000	House!	Auntie Beth
1999	Magnolia	Faye Barringer (uncredited)
1999	End of Days	Mabel
1999	Dreaming of Joseph Lees	Signora Caldoni
1999	Sunshine	Rose Sonnenschein
1998	The First Snow of Winter	Sean McDuck (voice)
1998	Babe: Pig in the City	Fly (voice)
1998	Mulan	The Matchmaker (voice)
1998	Left Luggage	Mrs. Goldman
1997	The IMAX Nutcracker	Sugar Plum
1997	The Long Way Home	(voice)
1996	Romeo + Juliet	Nurse
1996	Different for Girls	Pamela
1996	James and the Giant Peach	Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
1995	Balto	Grandma Rosy
1995	Babe	Fly (voice)
1995	Cold Comfort Farm	Mrs. Beetle
1994	Immortal Beloved	Nanette Streicherová
1994	Liberation	Narrator (voice)
1993	The Thief and the Cobbler	Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
1993	The Age of Innocence	Mrs. Catherine Mingott
1993	Ed and His Dead Mother	Mabel Chilton
1993	Demonella	Mother
1992	Stalin	Krupskaya
1992	As You Like It	Audrey
1991	The Butcher's Wife	Gina
1991	Dead Again	Mrs. Tupper (uncredited)
1991	Echoes That Remain	Narrator (voice)
1990	The Fool	Mrs. Bowring
1990	Pacific Heights	Realtor
1990	The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship	Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
1990	Orpheus Descending	Vee Talbot
1990	I Love You to Death	Joey's Mother
1990	Old Flames	Nellie
1989	Unexplained Laughter	Laughter (voice)
1989	Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story	Mrs. Rajzman
1988	Blackadder's Christmas Carol	Queen Victoria
1987	Little Dorrit	Flora Finching
1987	Body Contact	Tony's Mother
1986	Little Shop of Horrors	Dental Nurse
1986	Scotch & Wry
1986	The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors	Miss N. Shortt
1985	The Good Father	Jane Powell
1985	Morons from Outer Space	Doctor Wallace
1984	Electric Dreams	Ticket Girl
1983	Yentl	Sarah
1983	Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti	Narrator (voice)
1982	Scrubbers	Jones
1982	Crystal Gazing	Newsreader
1981	Reds	Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
1980	The Apple	Landlady
1980	The Awakening	Dr. Kadira
1978	On a Paving Stone Mounted
1977	The Thin End of the Wedge	Veronica
1977	Confessions from a Holiday Camp	Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
1977	Stand up, Virgin Soldiers	Elephant Ethel
1976	The Lifeswappers	Miriam/Miss Babberton
1976	The Battle of Billy's Pond	Tour Guide
1975	Naughty Girls	Voice
1975	Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1974	On the Game	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1969	A Nice Girl Like Me	Pensione
1969	The Ha-Ha	Kathie

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