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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

199

Gender

Female

Birthday

1941-05-18 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Oxford, England, UK

Also Known As

Miriam Margolyes, OBE

میریام مارگولیس

Miriam Margolyes

Biography

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).

Known For

Acting

Romeo + Juliet

1996

Romeo + Juliet

as

Nurse

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

as

Narrator (voice)

James and the Giant Peach

1996

James and the Giant Peach

as

Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)

I Love You to Death

1990

I Love You to Death

as

Joey's Mother

Mulan

1998

Mulan

as

The Matchmaker (voice)

The Last Artifact

2020

The Last Artifact

as

Narrator (UK version)

The Age of Innocence

1993

The Age of Innocence

as

Mrs. Catherine Mingott

Pacific Heights

1990

Pacific Heights

as

Realtor

Undertaking Betty

2002

Undertaking Betty

as

Thelma & Selma

Cats & Dogs

2001

Cats & Dogs

as

Sophie the Castle Maid

Flushed Away

2006

Flushed Away

as

Rita's Grandma (voice)

Babe: Pig in the City

1998

Babe: Pig in the City

as

Fly (voice)

Cold Comfort Farm

1995

Cold Comfort Farm

as

Mrs. Beetle

End of Days

1999

End of Days

as

Mabel

Babe

1995

Babe

as

Fly (voice)

Happy Feet

2006

Happy Feet

as

Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)

Immortal Beloved

1994

Immortal Beloved

as

Nanette Streicherová

Alone

2002

Alone

as

Caseworker

The Dukes

2007

The Dukes

as

Aunt Vee

The Good Father

1985

The Good Father

as

Jane Powell

Little Dorrit

1987

Little Dorrit

as

Flora Finching

The Awakening

1980

The Awakening

as

Dr. Kadira

The Apple

1980

The Apple

as

Landlady

Sunshine

1999

Sunshine

as

Rose Sonnenschein

Electric Dreams

1984

Electric Dreams

as

Ticket Girl

Magnolia

1999

Magnolia

as

Faye Barringer (uncredited)

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

1999

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

as

Signora Caldoni

Scrubbers

1982

Scrubbers

as

Jones

Mog's Christmas

2023

Mog's Christmas

as

Aunt One (voice)

Stalin

1992

Stalin

as

Krupskaya

The First Snow of Winter

1998

The First Snow of Winter

as

Sean McDuck (voice)

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

as

Queen Victoria

Dead Again

1991

Dead Again

as

Hypnotism Patient

The Wedding Video

2012

The Wedding Video

as

Patricia

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

2023

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

as

Self – Narrator (voice)

My Happy Ending

2023

My Happy Ending

as

Judy

The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas

2012

The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas

as

Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)

The Long Way Home

1997

The Long Way Home

as

(voice)

Body Contact

1987

Body Contact

as

Tony's Mother

Naughty Girls

1975

Naughty Girls

as

Voice

The Ha-Ha

1969

The Ha-Ha

as

Kathie

Liberation

1994

Liberation

as

Narrator

Sir Billi

2012

Sir Billi

as

Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)

The Seventeenth Kind

2014

The Seventeenth Kind

as

Mrs. Mark

The Lifeswappers

1976

The Lifeswappers

as

Miriam/Miss Babberton

The Itch of the Golden Nit

2011

The Itch of the Golden Nit

as

Mummy Socks (voice)

Unexplained Laughter

1989

Unexplained Laughter

as

Laughter (voice)

As You Like It

1992

As You Like It

as

Audrey

A Nice Girl Like Me

1969

A Nice Girl Like Me

as

Pensione

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

1977

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

as

Elephant Ethel

Ladies in Lavender

2004

Ladies in Lavender

as

Dorcas

Being Julia

2004

Being Julia

as

Dolly de Vries

Morons from Outer Space

1985

Morons from Outer Space

as

Doctor Wallace

Modigliani

2004

Modigliani

as

Gertrude Stein

The Guilt Trip

2012

The Guilt Trip

as

Anita

Wallis & Edward

2005

Wallis & Edward

as

Aunt Bessie

Orpheus Descending

1990

Orpheus Descending

as

Vee Talbot

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

1990

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

as

Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter

Confessions from a Holiday Camp

1977

Confessions from a Holiday Camp

as

Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)

Reds

1981

Reds

as

Woman with Notebook (uncredited)

Ed and His Dead Mother

1993

Ed and His Dead Mother

as

Mabel Chilton

Little Shop of Horrors

1986

Little Shop of Horrors

as

Dental Nurse

Balto

1995

Balto

as

Grandma Rosy

Demonella

1993

Demonella

as

Mother

House!

2000

House!

as

Auntie Beth

Maya the Bee Movie

2014

Maya the Bee Movie

as

Queen (voice)

The Legend of Longwood

2014

The Legend of Longwood

as

Lady Thyrza

Outlier

2014

Outlier

as

Yentl

1983

Yentl

as

Sarah

The Fool

1990

The Fool

as

Mrs. Bowring

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

2023

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

as

The Meep (voice) (archive footage)

Honeysuckle

2014

Honeysuckle

as

Patricia

On the Game

1974

On the Game

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Echoes That Remain

1991

Echoes That Remain

as

Narrator (voice)

Spirit-ED

2015

Spirit-ED

as

Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup

A Closed Book

2012

A Closed Book

as

Mrs. Kilbride

The Little Vampire 3D

2017

The Little Vampire 3D

as

Wulftrud (voice)

Old Flames

1990

Old Flames

as

Nellie

Early Man

2018

Early Man

as

Queen Oofeefa (voice)

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

The Thief and the Cobbler

as

Maiden from Mombassa (voice)

H Is for Happiness

2021

H Is for Happiness

as

Miss Bamford

Wings

2020

Wings

as

Audrey

The IMAX Nutcracker

1997

The IMAX Nutcracker

as

Sugar Plum

In Search of Peace

2001

In Search of Peace

as

Ester Cailingold (voice)

Next to You

2023

Next to You

as

Granny Vera

Chasing Liberty

2004

Chasing Liberty

as

Maria

Mother

2015

Mother

as

Maria Aponte

A Friend of Dorothy

2025

A Friend of Dorothy

as

Dorothy

Jam and Jerusalem

Jam and Jerusalem

as

Joyce Midge

Blackadder

Blackadder

as

Lady Whiteadder

Fall of Eagles

Fall of Eagles

as

Anna Vyrubova

Moonacre

Moonacre

as

Old Elspeth

Frannie's Turn

Frannie's Turn

as

Frannie Escobar

Monkey

Monkey

as

Narator

Plebs

Plebs

as

Iona

Kingdom

Kingdom

as

Henny Leach

Magic Grandad

Magic Grandad

as

Grandma

Bucket

Bucket

as

Mim

Rugrats

Rugrats

as

Shirley Finster (voice)

Wogan

Wogan

as

Self

Freud

Freud

as

Baroness von Lieben

The History Man

The History Man

as

Melissa Tordoroff

A Little Princess

A Little Princess

as

Miss Amelia

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

as

Miss Crawley

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

as

Mother Mildred

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

as

Mrs. Price-Ridley

Honest Trailers

Honest Trailers

as

Pomona Sprout (archive footage)

Apple & Onion

Apple & Onion

as

Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)

Miriam's Dead Good Adventure

Miriam's Dead Good Adventure

as

Herself - Presenter

Muzzy in Gondoland

Muzzy in Gondoland

as

The Queen (voice)

American Dad!

American Dad!

as

Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)

Q&A

Q&A

as

Self - Panellist

Miriam's Big Fat Adventure

Miriam's Big Fat Adventure

as

Self - Presenter

Play for Today

Play for Today

as

Veronica

Merlin

Merlin

as

Grunhilda

Dog Squad

Dog Squad

as

Sylvie (voice)

Badjelly

Badjelly

as

Badjelly (voice)

The Sarah Jane Adventures

The Sarah Jane Adventures

as

Leaf Blathereen (voice)

Production

Crew

Directing