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Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

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).

Born

May 18, 1941

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK

Known For

Acting

Movies

137 acting

0 crew

Popularity

2.0

movie

Known For

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

as Pomona Sprout
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

as Pomona Sprout
Mulan

Mulan

1998

as The Matchmaker (voice)
Flushed Away

Flushed Away

2006

as Rita's Grandma (voice)
Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

1996

as Nurse
Magnolia

Magnolia

1999

as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

1986

as Dental Nurse
Happy Feet

Happy Feet

2006

as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

2010

as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
End of Days

End of Days

1999

as Mabel
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 • as Pomona Sprout
★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 • as Pomona Sprout
★ 8.1
Mulan
Mulan
1998 • as The Matchmaker (voice)
★ 7.9
Flushed Away
Flushed Away
2006 • as Rita's Grandma (voice)
★ 6.4
Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliet
1996 • as Nurse
★ 6.8
Magnolia
Magnolia
1999 • as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
★ 7.7
Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors
1986 • as Dental Nurse
★ 7.0
Happy Feet
Happy Feet
2006 • as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
★ 6.2
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010 • as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
★ 6.8
End of Days
End of Days
1999 • as Mabel
★ 6.1
Babe: Pig in the City
Babe: Pig in the City
1998 • as Fly (voice)
★ 5.7
Balto
Balto
1995 • as Grandma Rosy
★ 7.3
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach
1996 • as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
★ 6.6
Babe
Babe
1995 • as Fly (voice)
★ 6.3
Early Man
Early Man
2018 • as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
★ 6.1
Cats & Dogs
Cats & Dogs
2001 • as Sophie the Castle Maid
★ 5.4
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 • as Mrs. Kowalski
★ 6.0
Pacific Heights
Pacific Heights
1990 • as Realtor
★ 6.3
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
1993 • as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
★ 7.0
Ladies in Lavender
Ladies in Lavender
2004 • as Dorcas
★ 6.4
The Man Who Invented Christmas
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017 • as Mrs. Fisk
★ 6.9
The Little Vampire 3D
The Little Vampire 3D
2017 • as Wulftrud (voice)
★ 6.1
Maya the Bee Movie
Maya the Bee Movie
2014 • as Queen (voice)
★ 6.2
The Guilt Trip
The Guilt Trip
2012 • as Anita
★ 5.6
Electric Dreams
Electric Dreams
1984 • as Ticket Girl
★ 6.4
Undertaking Betty
Undertaking Betty
2002 • as Thelma & Selma
★ 6.1
Chasing Liberty
Chasing Liberty
2004 • as Maria
★ 6.2
Sunshine
Sunshine
1999 • as Rose Sonnenschein
★ 6.5
Immortal Beloved
Immortal Beloved
1994 • as Nanette Streicherová
★ 7.1
The Butcher's Wife
The Butcher's Wife
1991 • as Gina
★ 5.7
Reds
Reds
1981 • as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
★ 6.9
I Love You to Death
I Love You to Death
1990 • as Joey's Mother
★ 6.4
Dead Again
Dead Again
1991 • as Mrs. Tupper (uncredited)
★ 6.4
House!
House!
2000 • as Auntie Beth
★ 6.6
Liberation
Liberation
1994 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.9
My Happy Ending
My Happy Ending
2023 • as Judy
★ 6.6
Being Julia
Being Julia
2004 • as Dolly de Vries
★ 6.4
Modigliani
Modigliani
2004 • as Gertrude Stein
★ 7.0
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017 • as Herself
★ 7.3
Yentl
Yentl
1983 • as Sarah
★ 6.7
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004 • as Peg Sellers
★ 6.6
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020 • as Prudence Stanley
★ 6.1
Holy Days
Holy Days
2026 • as Sister Luke
★ 6.6
The Thief and the Cobbler
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993 • as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
★ 7.2
A Friend of Dorothy
A Friend of Dorothy
2025 • as Dorothy
★ 6.9
Stalin
Stalin
1992 • as Krupskaya
★ 5.3
The Awakening
The Awakening
1980 • as Dr. Kadira
★ 5.4
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
★ 7.5
H Is for Happiness
H Is for Happiness
2021 • as Miss Bamford
★ 6.5
Ed and His Dead Mother
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993 • as Mabel Chilton
★ 5.5
Unexplained Laughter
Unexplained Laughter
1989 • as Laughter (voice)
★ 10.0
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
1977 • as Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
★ 5.1
The Long Way Home
The Long Way Home
1997 • as (voice)
★ 7.1
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988 • as Queen Victoria
★ 7.4
Alone
Alone
2002 • as Caseworker
★ 5.1
Next to You
Next to You
2023 • as Granny Vera
★ 3.5
The Apple
The Apple
1980 • as Landlady
★ 4.6
The Good Father
The Good Father
1985 • as Jane Powell
★ 5.6
Morons from Outer Space
Morons from Outer Space
1985 • as Doctor Wallace
★ 4.9
movie
Mother
2015 • as Maria Aponte
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 • as Jones
★ 5.2
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
• as The Aunt
As You Like It
As You Like It
1992 • as Audrey
★ 6.0
What the Pythons Did Next...
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007 • as Narrator
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007 • as Narrator (voice)
When Harry Left Hogwarts
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011 • as Self
★ 7.2
Different for Girls
Different for Girls
1997 • as Pamela
★ 7.1
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.7
The Wedding Video
The Wedding Video
2012 • as Patricia
★ 5.5
On the Game
On the Game
1974 • as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
★ 3.7
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm
1995 • as Mrs. Beetle
★ 6.8
Sir Billi
Sir Billi
2012 • as Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
★ 3.1
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008 • as Self
★ 4.5
A Nice Girl Like Me
A Nice Girl Like Me
1969 • as Pensione
★ 7.0
Left Luggage
Left Luggage
1998 • as Mrs. Goldman
★ 6.3
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit
1987 • as Flora Finching
★ 6.4
The Legend of Longwood
The Legend of Longwood
2014 • as Lady Thyrza
★ 5.3
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989 • as Mrs. Rajzman
★ 5.9
movie
Outlier
2014 • as Odamee Marshall
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999 • as Signora Caldoni
★ 6.4
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022 • as Self
★ 8.0
Demonella
Demonella
1993 • as Mother
Postcards from the 48%
Postcards from the 48%
2018
★ 6.0
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986 • as Miss N. Shortt
The Lifeswappers
The Lifeswappers
1976 • as Miriam/Miss Babberton
Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British Cinema
Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British Cinema
2007 • as Narrator
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022 • as Self
★ 10.0
Orpheus Descending
Orpheus Descending
1990 • as Vee Talbot
★ 4.6
Wallis & Edward
Wallis & Edward
2005 • as Aunt Bessie
★ 5.6
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016 • as Self
★ 8.0
1 in 2
1 in 2
2026
We Are Most Amused
We Are Most Amused
2008 • as Self
★ 7.2
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023 • as The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
★ 8.6
Gods of Tennis
Gods of Tennis
• as Herself
movie
The Fool
1990 • as Mrs. Bowring
★ 8.0
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
★ 7.5
A Closed Book
A Closed Book
2012 • as Mrs. Kilbride
★ 5.5
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
2012 • as Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
★ 6.0
The First Snow of Winter
The First Snow of Winter
1998 • as Sean McDuck (voice)
★ 6.6
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
2022 • as Self
★ 10.0
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024 • as Narrator (voice)
The Phoenix and the Carpet
The Phoenix and the Carpet
2004 • as Cook
★ 7.0
movie
Naughty Girls
1975 • as Voice
Mog's Christmas
Mog's Christmas
2023 • as Aunt One (voice)
★ 7.3
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024 • as self
★ 6.0
Peter and the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf
2017 • as Narrator
The Fringe, Fame and Me
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022 • as Self
The Thin End of the Wedge
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977 • as Veronica
The Seventeenth Kind
The Seventeenth Kind
2014 • as Mrs. Mark
movie
The Ha-Ha
1969 • as Kathie
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977 • as Elephant Ethel
★ 4.6
On a Paving Stone Mounted
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
★ 9.0
The Dukes
The Dukes
2007 • as Aunt Vee
★ 5.1
Old Flames
Old Flames
1990 • as Nellie
Scotch & Wry
Scotch & Wry
1986
★ 9.0
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew
2026 • as Self
★ 10.0
The Battle of Billy's Pond
The Battle of Billy's Pond
1976 • as Tour Guide
★ 7.5
The Itch of the Golden Nit
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011 • as Mummy Socks (voice)
★ 7.7
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022 • as Self
★ 8.0
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990 • as Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
★ 8.1
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me
Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me
2026 • as Self
Body Contact
Body Contact
1987 • as Tony's Mother
★ 5.6
Echoes That Remain
Echoes That Remain
1991 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001
★ 8.0
movie
Angels in the Asylum
movie
Spirit-ED
2015 • as Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
★ 5.0
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
1983 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.2
The Last Artifact
The Last Artifact
2020 • as Narrator (UK version)
Crystal Gazing
Crystal Gazing
1982 • as Newsreader
★ 7.0
The IMAX Nutcracker
The IMAX Nutcracker
1997 • as Sugar Plum
★ 9.0
The Importance of Being Miriam
The Importance of Being Miriam
2015
Wings
Wings
2020 • as Audrey
In Search of Peace
In Search of Peace
2001 • as Ester Cailingold (voice)
★ 7.0
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
2022 • as Self
movie
Honeysuckle
2014 • as Patricia
Nightling
Nightling
• as Mad Marti (voice)