Acting
Miriam Margolyes
EN, IT, SR, PT cinema · 137 credits
Born
18 May 1941 (age 85)
Birthplace
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
Also known as Miriam Margolyes, OBE
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
Heart of Darkness
as The Aunt
Gods of Tennis
as Herself
Nightling
as Mad Marti (voice)
Holy Days
as Sister Luke
A Friend of Dorothy
as Dorothy
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
as Narrator (voice)
Mog's Christmas
as Aunt One (voice)
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self - Narrator (voice)
My Happy Ending
as Judy
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
as The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
Next to You
as Granny Vera
H Is for Happiness
as Miss Bamford
The Last Artifact
as Narrator (UK version)
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
as Prudence Stanley
Wings
as Audrey
Early Man
as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mrs. Fisk
The Little Vampire 3D
as Wulftrud (voice)
Peter and the Wolf
as Narrator
Spirit-ED
2015
Spirit-ED
as Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
Mother
2015
Mother
as Maria Aponte
The Seventeenth Kind
as Mrs. Mark
Maya the Bee Movie
as Queen (voice)
The Legend of Longwood
as Lady Thyrza
Outlier
2014
Outlier
as Odamee Marshall
Honeysuckle
2014
Honeysuckle
as Patricia
The Wedding Video
as Patricia
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
as Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
Sir Billi
as Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
The Guilt Trip
as Anita
A Closed Book
as Mrs. Kilbride
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Pomona Sprout
The Itch of the Golden Nit
as Mummy Socks (voice)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Mrs. Kowalski
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Narrator (voice)
The Dukes
as Aunt Vee
Flushed Away
as Rita's Grandma (voice)
Happy Feet
as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Wallis & Edward
as Aunt Bessie
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Peg Sellers
Ladies in Lavender
as Dorcas
Being Julia
as Dolly de Vries
Modigliani
as Gertrude Stein
Chasing Liberty
as Maria
Undertaking Betty
as Thelma & Selma
Alone
as Caseworker
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Pomona Sprout
Cats & Dogs
as Sophie the Castle Maid
In Search of Peace
as Ester Cailingold (voice)
House!
as Auntie Beth
End of Days
as Mabel
Sunshine
as Rose Sonnenschein
Magnolia
as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
as Signora Caldoni
Mulan
as The Matchmaker (voice)
Babe: Pig in the City
as Fly (voice)
The First Snow of Winter
as Sean McDuck (voice)
Left Luggage
as Mrs. Goldman
Different for Girls
as Pamela
The Long Way Home
as (voice)
The IMAX Nutcracker
as Sugar Plum
Romeo + Juliet
as Nurse
James and the Giant Peach
as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
Cold Comfort Farm
as Mrs. Beetle
Babe
as Fly (voice)
Balto
as Grandma Rosy
Immortal Beloved
as Nanette Streicherová
Liberation
as Narrator (voice)
The Age of Innocence
as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Ed and His Dead Mother
as Mabel Chilton
Demonella
as Mother
The Thief and the Cobbler
as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
Stalin
as Krupskaya
As You Like It
as Audrey
Dead Again
as Mrs. Tupper (uncredited)
Echoes That Remain
as Narrator (voice)
I Love You to Death
as Joey's Mother
Pacific Heights
as Realtor
Orpheus Descending
as Vee Talbot
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
as Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
The Fool
1990
The Fool
as Mrs. Bowring
Old Flames
as Nellie
Unexplained Laughter
as Laughter (voice)
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
as Mrs. Rajzman
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Queen Victoria
Little Dorrit
as Flora Finching
Body Contact
as Tony's Mother
Little Shop of Horrors
as Dental Nurse
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
as Miss N. Shortt
The Good Father
as Jane Powell
Morons from Outer Space
as Doctor Wallace
Electric Dreams
as Ticket Girl
Yentl
as Sarah
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
as Narrator (voice)
Scrubbers
as Jones
Crystal Gazing
as Newsreader
Reds
as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
The Awakening
as Dr. Kadira
The Apple
as Landlady
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Elephant Ethel
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
as Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
The Thin End of the Wedge
as Veronica
The Lifeswappers
as Miriam/Miss Babberton
The Battle of Billy's Pond
as Tour Guide
On the Game
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Nice Girl Like Me
as Pensione