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).
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2026They Call Us The Wrong Kind of JewMovieas Self
2026Miriam Margolyes Made Me MeMovieas Self
2026Holy DaysMovieas Sister Luke
2025A Friend of DorothyMovieas Dorothy
2025Ken Dodd: A Legacy of HappinessMovie
2025Miriam Margolyes Discovers New ZealandTV showas Self - Presenter · 2 episodes
2025BadjellyTV showas Badjelly (voice) · 13 episodes
2024Alec Guinness: A Class ActMovieas self
2024The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I LovedMovieas Narrator (voice)
2024Miriam Margolyes Impossibly AustralianTV showas Self · 3 episodes
2023Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary SpecialsMovieas The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
2023Mog's ChristmasMovieas Aunt One (voice)
2023Next to YouMovieas Granny Vera
2023Irish Road Trip with Miriam MargolyesTV showas Self · 2 episodes
2023Blackadder: A Cunning StoryMovieas Self - Narrator (voice)
2023My Happy EndingMovieas Judy
2023Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social InfluencerTV showas Self · 2 episodes
2022Miriam's Dickensian ChristmasMovieas Self
2022David Baddiel: Jews Don't CountMovieas Self
2022Dog SquadTV showas Sylvie (voice) · 36 episodes
2022The Fringe, Fame and MeMovieas Self
2022The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A CelebrationMovieas Self
2022Miriam Margolyes: Australia UnmaskedTV showas Self - Host · 3 episodes
2022Judi Dench: Our National TreasureMovieas Self
2022Remembers…TV showas Self · 1 episodes
2022imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for GrabsMovieas Self
2021Miriam and Alan: Lost in ScotlandTV showas Self · 7 episodes
2021H Is for HappinessMovieas Miss Bamford
2021Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ HallMovie
2021Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And LeadershipTV showas Narrator · Creator · 3 episodes
2020WingsMovieas Audrey
2020The Last ArtifactMovieas Narrator (UK version)
2020Miriam Margolyes: Almost AustralianTV showas Self - Host · 3 episodes
2020Miriam's Big Fat AdventureTV showas Self - Presenter · 2 episodes
2020Miss Fisher and the Crypt of TearsMovieas Prudence Stanley
2019Miriam's Dead Good AdventureTV showas Herself - Presenter · 2 episodes
2019Let's Talk About SexTV showas Self · 3 episodes
2018Postcards from the 48%Movie
2018Apple & OnionTV showas Queen Victoria Sponge (voice) · 1 episodes2018Early ManMovieas Queen Oofeefa (voice)
2018Miriam’s Big American AdventureTV showas Herself · 3 episodes
2017Harry Potter: A History Of MagicMovieas Herself
2017The Man Who Invented ChristmasMovieas Mrs. Fisk
2017The Little Vampire 3DMovieas Wulftrud (voice)
2017Tate Britain's Great Art WalksTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2017BucketTV showas Mim · 4 episodes
2017Peter and the WolfMovieas Narrator
2016The Real Marigold on TourTV showas Self - Host · 10 episodes
2016Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous BookMovieas Self
2016John Bishop: In Conversation with...TV showas Self · 1 episodes
2016The Real Marigold HotelTV showas Self · 3 episodes
2015The Importance of Being MiriamMovie
2015The Weekly with Charlie PickeringTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2014The Legend of LongwoodMovieas Lady Thyrza
2014Maya the Bee MovieMovieas Queen (voice)
2014The Seventeenth KindMovieas Mrs. Mark
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersTV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes
2013PlebsTV showas Iona · 1 episodes
2013The Last LegTV showas Self · 6 episodes
2012The Guilt TripMovieas Anita
2012The Cow That Almost Missed ChristmasMovieas Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
2012The Wedding VideoMovieas Patricia
2012A Closed BookMovieas Mrs. Kilbride
2012Sir BilliMovieas Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
2012Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesTV showas Aunt Prudence · 12 episodes
2012Call the MidwifeTV showas Mother Mildred · 4 episodes
2011When Harry Left HogwartsMovieas Self
2011TrolliedTV show8 episodes2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Movieas Pomona Sprout
2011The Itch of the Golden NitMovieas Mummy Socks (voice)2010Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleMovieas Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
2010Los cuentos de Tinga TingaTV show52 episodes
2009The ProjectTV show1 episodes
2008We Are Most AmusedMovieas Self
2008Blackadder's Most Cunning MomentsMovieas Self
2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleMovieas Mrs. Kowalski2008MerlinTV showas Grunhilda · 1 episodes
2008Q&ATV showas Self - Panellist · 1 episodes
2007The Sarah Jane AdventuresTV showas Leaf Blathereen (voice) · 2 episodes
2007Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British CinemaMovieas Narrator
2007The DukesMovieas Aunt Vee
2007KingdomTV showas Henny Leach · 1 episodes
2007The Graham Norton ShowTV showas Self · 12 episodes
2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasMovieas Narrator (voice)
2007What the Pythons Did Next...Movieas Narrator
2006Jam and JerusalemTV showas Joyce Midge · as Mrs. Joyce Midge · 1 episodes2006Happy FeetMovieas Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)2006Flushed AwayMovieas Rita's Grandma (voice)
2005Wallis & EdwardMovieas Aunt Bessie
2005InconceivableTV showas Malva · 1 episodes
2005Dickens in AmericaTV showas Host · 10 episodes2005American Dad!TV showas Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice) · 1 episodes
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleTV showas Mrs. Price-Ridley · 1 episodes
2004Ladies in LavenderMovieas Dorcas
2004The Life and Death of Peter SellersMovieas Peg Sellers
2004Being JuliaMovieas Dolly de Vries
2004The Phoenix and the CarpetMovieas Cook
2004ModiglianiMovieas Gertrude Stein
2004Chasing LibertyMovieas Maria
2002Undertaking BettyMovieas Thelma & Selma2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsMovieas Pomona Sprout
2002DickensTV showas Catherine Dickens · 3 episodes
2002AloneMovieas Caseworker
2001In Search of PeaceMovieas Ester Cailingold (voice)2001Cats & DogsMovieas Sophie the Castle Maid
2001Not Afraid, Not AfraidMovie
2000House!Movieas Auntie Beth1999MagnoliaMovieas Faye Barringer (uncredited)1999End of DaysMovieas Mabel
1999Dreaming of Joseph LeesMovieas Signora Caldoni
1999SunshineMovieas Rose Sonnenschein1999Family GuyTV showas Right Eyeball (voice) · 1 episodes
1998The First Snow of WinterMovieas Sean McDuck (voice)1998Babe: Pig in the CityMovieas Fly (voice)
1998Vanity FairTV showas Miss Crawley · 3 episodes
1998Supply and DemandTV showas CS Edna Colley · 6 episodes1998MulanMovieas The Matchmaker (voice)
1998Left LuggageMovieas Mrs. Goldman
1997The IMAX NutcrackerMovieas Sugar Plum
1997The Phoenix and the CarpetTV showas Cook · 6 episodes
1997Dharma & GregTV showas Chloe · 1 episodes
1997The Long Way HomeMovieas (voice)
1997Different for GirlsMovieas Pamela1996Romeo + JulietMovieas Nurse1996James and the Giant PeachMovieas Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)1995BaltoMovieas Grandma Rosy1995BabeMovieas Fly (voice)
1995Cold Comfort FarmMovieas Mrs. Beetle
1994Immortal BelovedMovieas Nanette Streicherová
1994LiberationMovieas Narrator (voice)
1993The Thief and the CobblerMovieas Maiden from Mombassa (voice)1993The Age of InnocenceMovieas Mrs. Catherine Mingott
1993Ed and His Dead MotherMovieas Mabel Chilton
1993DemonellaMovieas Mother
1992StalinMovieas Krupskaya
1992As You Like ItMovieas Audrey
1992Frannie's TurnTV showas Frannie Escobar · 6 episodes
1991The Butcher's WifeMovieas Gina
1991Dead AgainMovieas Mrs. Tupper (uncredited)
1991RugratsTV showas Shirley Finster (voice) · 2 episodes
1991Echoes That RemainMovieas Narrator (voice)
1991Tonight at 8.30TV showas Mrs. Wadhurst · as Nanny · 1 episodes
1990Pacific HeightsMovieas Realtor
1990The Fool of the World and the Flying ShipMovieas Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
1990Orpheus DescendingMovieas Vee Talbot
1990I Love You to DeathMovieas Joey's Mother
1990Old FlamesMovieas Nellie
1989Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton StoryTV showas Elsa Maxwell · 6 episodes
1989Unexplained LaughterMovieas Laughter (voice)
1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryMovieas Mrs. Rajzman
1988Blackadder's Christmas CarolMovieas Queen Victoria
1988The Play on OneTV showas Laughter (voice) · 1 episodes
1987Little DorritMovieas Flora Finching
1987Body ContactMovieas Tony's Mother
1987Big MuzzyTV showas The Queen (voice) · 6 episodes
1987A Little PrincessTV showas Miss Amelia Minchin · 6 episodes1986Little Shop of HorrorsMovieas Dental Nurse
1986Scotch & WryMovie
1986The Life and Loves of a She-DevilTV showas Nurse Hopkins · 2 episodes
1986The Secret Diaries of the Film CensorsMovieas Miss N. Shortt
1985The Good FatherMovieas Jane Powell
1985Oliver TwistTV showas Mrs Bumble · as Mrs Corney · 3 episodes
1985Morons from Outer SpaceMovieas Doctor Wallace
1985Screen TwoTV showas Nellie · 1 episodes
1984FreudTV showas Baroness von Lieben · 3 episodes
1984Electric DreamsMovieas Ticket Girl
1983YentlMovieas Sarah
1983BlackadderTV showas Lady Whiteadder · as Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain · 1 episodes
1983Frida Kahlo & Tina ModottiMovieas Narrator (voice)
1982ScrubbersMovieas Jones
1982Crystal GazingMovieas Newsreader
1982WoganTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1981RedsMovieas Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
1981A Kick Up the EightiesTV show10 episodes
1981Take a Letter, Mr JonesTV showas Maria · 6 episodes
1981The History ManTV showas Melissa Tordoroff · 3 episodes
1980The AppleMovieas Landlady
1980The AwakeningMovieas Dr. Kadira
1979Tales of the UnexpectedTV showas Mary Burge · 1 episodes
1978On a Paving Stone MountedMovie
1978MonkeyTV showas Narator · as Demon (voice) · 26 episodes
1978An Audience with...TV showas Self · 1 episodes
1977The Thin End of the WedgeMovieas Veronica
1977Confessions from a Holiday CampMovieas Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
1977Stand up, Virgin SoldiersMovieas Elephant Ethel
1976The LifeswappersMovieas Miriam/Miss Babberton
1976Plays for BritainTV showas Miriam / Miss Babberton · 1 episodes
1976KizzyTV showas Mrs Doe · 2 episodes
1976The Battle of Billy's PondMovieas Tour Guide
1975AngelsTV show2 episodes
1975Rime of the Ancient MarinerMovie
1975The Girls of Slender MeansTV showas Jane Wright · 3 episodes
1974Ken Dodd's World of LaughterTV show19 episodes
1974Fall of EaglesTV showas Anna Vyrubova · 1 episodes
1974On the GameMovieas Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1970Play for TodayTV showas Veronica · 1 episodes
1969A Nice Girl Like MeMovieas Pensione
1967OmnibusTV show1 episodes
1967ITV PlayhouseTV showas Kathie · 1 episodes
1967Boy Meets GirlTV showas Maria · 1 episodes
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreTV showas Voice · 1 episodes
1964Theatre 625TV showas Rita · 1 episodes
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV showas Self · 1 episodes
—Heart of DarknessMovieas The Aunt
—Gods of TennisMovieas Herself
—NightlingMovieas Mad Marti (voice)