Miriam Margolyes
Oxford, England, UK

Miriam Margoyles OBE (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).

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials (2023)
The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
Mog's Christmas (2023)
Aunt One (voice)
Next to You (2023)
Granny Vera
My Happy Ending (2023)
Judy
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas (2022)
Self
H Is for Happiness (2021)
Miss Bamford
Wings (2020)
Audrey
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020)
Prudence Stanley
Early Man (2018)
Queen Oofeefa (voice)
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
Mrs. Fisk
The Little Vampire 3D (2017)
Wulftrud (voice)
The Importance of Being Miriam (2015)
Spirit-ED (2015)
Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
The Legend of Longwood (2014)
Outlier (2014)
Maya the Bee Movie (2014)
The Queen (voice)
The Seventeenth Kind (2014)
Mrs. Mark
Honeysuckle (2014)
Patricia
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas (2012)
Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
The Guilt Trip (2012)
Anita
The Wedding Video (2012)
Patricia
A Closed Book (2012)
Mrs. Kilbride
Sir Billi (2012)
Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Pomona Sprout
The Itch of the Golden Nit (2011)
Mummy Socks (voice)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
We Are Most Amused (2008)
Self
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
Mrs. Kowalski
The Dukes (2007)
Aunt Vee
What the Pythons Did Next... (2007)
Narrator
Happy Feet (2006)
Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Flushed Away (2006)
Rita's Grandma (voice)
Wallis & Edward (2005)
Aunt Bessie
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
Dorcas
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
Peg Sellers
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
Alone (2002)
Caseworker
Cats & Dogs (2001)
Sophie the Castle Maid
Not Afraid, Not Afraid (2001)
House! (2000)
Auntie Beth
Magnolia (1999)
Faye Barringer (uncredited)
End of Days (1999)
Mabel
Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)
Signora Caldoni
Sunshine (1999)
Rose Sonnenschein
The First Snow of Winter (1998)
Sean McDuck (voice)
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Fly (voice)
Mulan (1998)
The Matchmaker (voice)
The IMAX Nutcracker (1997)
Sugar Plum
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Nurse
Different for Girls (1996)
Pamela
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
Balto (1995)
Grandma Rosy
Babe (1995)
Fly (voice)
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
Mrs. Beetle
Immortal Beloved (1994)
Nanette Streicherová
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)
Mabel Chilton
Demonella (1993)
Mother
Stalin (1992)
Krupskaya
As You Like It (1992)
Audrey
The Butcher's Wife (1991)
Gina
Dead Again (1991)
Hypnotism Patient
The Fool (1990)
Mrs. Bowring
Pacific Heights (1990)
Realtor
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1990)
Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
Orpheus Descending (1990)
Vee Talbot
I Love You to Death (1990)
Joey's Mother
Old Flames (1990)
Nellie
Unexplained Laughter (1989)
Laughter (voice)
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989)
Mrs. Rajzman
Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)
Queen Victoria
Little Dorrit (1987)
Flora Finching
Body Contact (1987)
Tony's Mother
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Dental Nurse
Scotch & Wry (1986)
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 Apple (1980)
Landlady
The Awakening (1980)
Dr. Kadira
On a Paving Stone Mounted (1978)
The Thin End of the Wedge (1977)
Veronica
Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977)
Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977)
Elephant Ethel
The Lifeswappers (1976)
Miriam/Miss Babberton
The Battle of Billy's Pond (1976)
Tour Guide
Naughty Girls (1975)
Voice
Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1975)
On the Game (1974)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Nice Girl Like Me (1969)
Pensione
The Ha-Ha (1969)
Kathie

Crew

No crew credits...