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).
Romeo + Juliet
(Nurse)
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
(Narrator (voice))
James and the Giant Peach
(Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice))
I Love You to Death
(Joey's Mother)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
(Peg Sellers)
Mulan
(The Matchmaker (voice))
The Last Artifact
(Narrator (UK version))
The Age of Innocence
(Mrs. Catherine Mingott)
Pacific Heights
(Realtor)
Undertaking Betty
(Thelma & Selma)
Scotch & Wry
Cats & Dogs
(Sophie the Castle Maid)
Flushed Away
(Rita's Grandma (voice))
Babe: Pig in the City
(Fly (voice))
Cold Comfort Farm
(Mrs. Beetle)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
(Pomona Sprout)
End of Days
(Mabel)
Babe
(Fly (voice))
Happy Feet
(Mrs. Astrakhan (voice))
Immortal Beloved
(Nanette Streicherová)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
(Mrs. Plithiver (voice))
Alone
(Caseworker)
The Dukes
(Aunt Vee)
The Good Father
(Jane Powell)
Little Dorrit
(Flora Finching)
The Awakening
(Dr. Kadira)
The Apple
(Landlady)
Sunshine
(Rose Sonnenschein)
Electric Dreams
(Ticket Girl)
Magnolia
(Faye Barringer (uncredited))
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
(Signora Caldoni)
Scrubbers
(Jones)
Mog's Christmas
(Aunt One (voice))
Stalin
(Krupskaya)
The First Snow of Winter
(Sean McDuck (voice))
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
(Queen Victoria)
Different for Girls
(Pamela)
Dead Again
(Hypnotism Patient)
The Wedding Video
(Patricia)
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
(Self – Narrator (voice))
My Happy Ending
(Judy)
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
(Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice))
The Long Way Home
((voice))
Body Contact
(Tony's Mother)
Naughty Girls
(Voice)
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
(Self)
The Ha-Ha
(Kathie)
Liberation
(Narrator)
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
(Self)
Sir Billi
(Baroness Chantal McToff (voice))
The Seventeenth Kind
(Mrs. Mark)
The Lifeswappers
(Miriam/Miss Babberton)
The Itch of the Golden Nit
(Mummy Socks (voice))
Unexplained Laughter
(Laughter (voice))
As You Like It
(Audrey)
A Nice Girl Like Me
(Pensione)
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
(Elephant Ethel)
Ladies in Lavender
(Dorcas)
Being Julia
(Dolly de Vries)
Morons from Outer Space
(Doctor Wallace)
Modigliani
(Gertrude Stein)
The Guilt Trip
(Anita)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
(Mrs. Kowalski)
Wallis & Edward
(Aunt Bessie)
Orpheus Descending
(Vee Talbot)
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
(Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter)
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
(Blackbird (voice) (uncredited))
Reds
(Woman with Notebook (uncredited))
Ed and His Dead Mother
(Mabel Chilton)
The Butcher's Wife
(Gina)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Pomona Sprout)
Little Shop of Horrors
(Dental Nurse)
Balto
(Grandma Rosy)
Demonella
(Mother)
The Fringe, Fame and Me
(Self)
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
House!
(Auntie Beth)
Maya the Bee Movie
(Queen (voice))
The Legend of Longwood
(Lady Thyrza)
When Harry Left Hogwarts
(Self)
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
(Self)
Outlier
We Are Most Amused
(Self)
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
(Self)
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
(Self)
Yentl
(Sarah)
On a Paving Stone Mounted
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
(Mrs. Rajzman)
The Fool
(Mrs. Bowring)
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
(Narrator (voice))
The Battle of Billy's Pond
(Tour Guide)
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
(The Meep (voice) (archive footage))
Honeysuckle
(Patricia)
On the Game
(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
(Narrator (voice))
The Man Who Invented Christmas
(Mrs. Fisk)
Echoes That Remain
(Narrator (voice))
Spirit-ED
(Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup)
A Closed Book
(Mrs. Kilbride)
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
(Herself)
The Little Vampire 3D
(Wulftrud (voice))
Old Flames
(Nellie)
Early Man
(Queen Oofeefa (voice))
The Thief and the Cobbler
(Maiden from Mombassa (voice))
Postcards from the 48%
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
(Prudence Stanley)
H Is for Happiness
(Miss Bamford)
What the Pythons Did Next...
(Narrator)
The Thin End of the Wedge
(Veronica)
Wings
(Audrey)
The IMAX Nutcracker
(Sugar Plum)
In Search of Peace
(Ester Cailingold (voice))
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Next to You
(Granny Vera)
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
(Self)
Chasing Liberty
(Maria)
How To Make It In Comedy
Holy Days
The Importance of Being Miriam
Angels in the Asylum
Mother
(Maria Aponte)
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
(self)
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
A Friend of Dorothy
(Dorothy)
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
(Self)
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
(Miss N. Shortt)
Doctor Who: The Star Beast
(Meep)
The Phoenix and the Carpet
(Cook)
Peter and the Wolf
(Narrator)
Crystal Gazing
(Newsreader)
Hilda: The Fairy Isle
(Aunt Astrid (Voice))
Jam and Jerusalem
(Joyce Midge)
Tales of the Unexpected
(Mary Burge)
Dharma & Greg
(Chloe)
Take a Letter, Mr. Jones
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
(Elsa Maxwell)
Blackadder
(Lady Whiteadder)
Angels
Fall of Eagles
(Anna Vyrubova)
Oliver Twist
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
A Kick Up the Eighties
Moonacre
(Old Elspeth)
Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer
(Self)
Dickens in America
(Host)
Frannie's Turn
(Frannie Escobar)
At the Eleventh Hour
Ken Dodd's World of Laughter
Kizzy
Monkey
(Narator)
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
(Self)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
(Self)
Plebs
(Iona)
Trollied
Kingdom
(Henny Leach)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Magic Grandad
(Grandma)
An Audience with...
(Self)
Bucket
(Mim)
Rugrats
(Shirley Finster (voice))
Supply and Demand
(Edna)
Wogan
(Self)
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
(Self)
Freud
(Baroness von Lieben)
The History Man
(Melissa Tordoroff)
A Little Princess
(Miss Amelia)
Vanity Fair
(Miss Crawley)
Call the Midwife
(Mother Mildred)
Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked
(Self - Host)
The Girls of Slender Means
(Jane Wright)
Miriam’s Big American Adventure
(Herself)
The Real Marigold Hotel
(Self)
Agatha Christie's Marple
(Mrs. Price-Ridley)
Apple & Onion
(Queen Victoria Sponge (voice))
The Real Marigold on Tour
(Host (Herself))
Miriam's Dead Good Adventure
(Herself - Presenter)
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
(Self)
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
(Self)
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership
(Narrator)
Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian
(Self)
Muzzy in Gondoland
(The Queen (voice))
Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter
(Herself)
American Dad!
(Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice))
Q&A
(Self - Panellist)
Miriam's Big Fat Adventure
(Self - Presenter)
Play for Today
(Veronica)
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
(Aunt Prudence)
Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian
(Self - Host)
Merlin
(Grunhilda)
Dog Squad
(Sylvie (voice))
Badjelly
(Badjelly (voice))
The Last Leg
(Self)
Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand
(Self - Presenter)
The Sarah Jane Adventures
(Leaf Blathereen (voice))
The Project
Jam and Jerusalem
(Mrs. Joyce Midge)
Blackadder
(Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain)
Dickens
(Catherine Dickens)
Theatre 625
(Rita)
The Phoenix and the Carpet
(Cook)