Miriam Margolyes

Acting • 1941-05-18 • Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK

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).

Known For

6.3

Babe

1995

6.6

James and the Giant Peach

1996

7.6

Call the Midwife

2012

5.4

Cats & Dogs

2001

6.8

Romeo + Juliet

1996

7.9

Mulan

1998

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Filmography

2026
Holy DaysFilm
Sister Luke
★ 6.6
2026
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of JewFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2026
Miriam Margolyes Made Me MeTV
Self • 1 episodes
2026
Miriam Margolyes Made Me MeFilm
Self
2025
A Friend of DorothyFilm
Dorothy
★ 7.0
2025
BadjellyTV
Badjelly (voice) • 13 episodes
★ 9.5
2025
Miriam Margolyes Discovers New ZealandTV
Self - Presenter • 2 episodes
★ 6.9
2025
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of HappinessFilm
2024
Miriam Margolyes Impossibly AustralianTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 6.7
2024
Alec Guinness: A Class ActFilm
self
★ 6.0
2024
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I LovedFilm
Narrator (voice)
2023
My Happy EndingFilm
Judy
★ 6.4
2023
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary SpecialsFilm
The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
★ 8.6
2023
Mog's ChristmasFilm
Aunt One (voice)
★ 7.3
2023
Blackadder: A Cunning StoryFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.7
2023
Next to YouFilm
Granny Vera
★ 3.5
2023
Irish Road Trip with Miriam MargolyesTV
Self • 2 episodes
2023
Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social InfluencerTV
Self • 2 episodes
2022
Remembers…TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2022
David Baddiel: Jews Don't CountFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2022
Miriam Margolyes: Australia UnmaskedTV
Self - Host • 3 episodes
★ 6.8
2022
Miriam's Dickensian ChristmasFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2022
Judi Dench: Our National TreasureFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2022
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A CelebrationFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2022
Dog SquadTV
Sylvie (voice) • 36 episodes
2022
The Fringe, Fame and MeFilm
Self
2022
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for GrabsFilm
Self
2021
H Is for HappinessFilm
Miss Bamford
★ 6.5
2021
Miriam and Alan: Lost in ScotlandTV
Self • 7 episodes
★ 7.5
2021
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And LeadershipTV
Narrator • 3 episodes
★ 10.0
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ HallFilm
★ 7.5
2020
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of TearsFilm
Prudence Stanley
★ 6.1
2020
Miriam Margolyes: Almost AustralianTV
Self - Host • 3 episodes
★ 7.6
2020
Miriam's Big Fat AdventureTV
Self - Presenter • 2 episodes
★ 7.5
2020
The Last ArtifactFilm
Narrator (UK version)
2020
WingsFilm
Audrey
2019
Miriam's Dead Good AdventureTV
Herself - Presenter • 2 episodes
★ 7.3
2019
Let's Talk About SexTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 10.0
2019
Comedy National Treasures: Stanley BaxterTV
Herself • 1 episodes
2018
Early ManFilm
Queen Oofeefa (voice)
★ 6.1
2018
Apple & OnionTV
Queen Victoria Sponge (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
2018
Miriam’s Big American AdventureTV
Herself • 3 episodes
★ 7.3
2018
Postcards from the 48%Film
★ 6.0
2017
The Man Who Invented ChristmasFilm
Mrs. Fisk
★ 6.9
2017
The Little Vampire 3DFilm
Wulftrud (voice)
★ 6.1
2017
Harry Potter: A History Of MagicFilm
Herself
★ 7.3
2017
BucketTV
Mim • 4 episodes
★ 5.8
2017
Tate Britain's Great Art WalksTV
Self • 1 episodes
2017
Peter and the WolfFilm
Narrator
2016
The Real Marigold HotelTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 7.5
2016
John Bishop: In Conversation with...TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2016
The Real Marigold on TourTV
Self - Host • 10 episodes
★ 8.0
2016
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous BookFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2015
The Weekly with Charlie PickeringTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.7
2015
Spirit-EDFilm
Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
★ 5.0
2015
MotherFilm
Maria Aponte
2015
The Importance of Being MiriamFilm
2014
Late Night with Seth MeyersTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 5.1
2014
Maya the Bee MovieFilm
Queen (voice)
★ 6.2
2014
The Legend of LongwoodFilm
Lady Thyrza
★ 5.3
2014
The Seventeenth KindFilm
Mrs. Mark
2014
OutlierFilm
Odamee Marshall
2014
HoneysuckleFilm
Patricia
2013
The Last LegTV
Self • 6 episodes
★ 5.7
2013
PlebsTV
Iona • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
2012
Call the MidwifeTV
Mother Mildred • 4 episodes
★ 7.6
2012
The Guilt TripFilm
Anita
★ 5.6
2012
Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesTV
Aunt Prudence • 12 episodes
★ 7.7
2012
The Wedding VideoFilm
Patricia
★ 5.5
2012
A Closed BookFilm
Mrs. Kilbride
★ 5.5
2012
Sir BilliFilm
Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
★ 3.1
2012
The Cow That Almost Missed ChristmasFilm
Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
★ 6.0
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Film
Pomona Sprout
★ 8.1
2011
TrolliedTV
★ 6.5
2011
When Harry Left HogwartsFilm
Self
★ 7.2
2011
The Itch of the Golden NitFilm
Mummy Socks (voice)
★ 7.7
2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleFilm
Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
★ 6.8
2010
Los cuentos de Tinga TingaTV
★ 7.0
2009
The ProjectTV
★ 4.0
2008
MerlinTV
Grunhilda • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleFilm
Mrs. Kowalski
★ 6.0
2008
Q&ATV
Self - Panellist • 1 episodes
★ 3.7
2008
We Are Most AmusedFilm
Self
★ 7.2
2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning MomentsFilm
Self
★ 4.5
2007
The Graham Norton ShowTV
Self • 12 episodes
★ 7.2
2007
The Sarah Jane AdventuresTV
Leaf Blathereen (voice) • 2 episodes
★ 7.1
2007
KingdomTV
Henny Leach • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
2007
The DukesFilm
Aunt Vee
★ 5.1
2007
The 50 Greatest Television DramasFilm
Narrator (voice)
2007
Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British CinemaFilm
Narrator
2007
What the Pythons Did Next...Film
Narrator
2006
Happy FeetFilm
Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
★ 6.2
2006
Flushed AwayFilm
Rita's Grandma (voice)
★ 6.3
2006
Jam and JerusalemTV
Joyce Midge
★ 7.2
2006
Jam and JerusalemTV
Mrs. Joyce Midge • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2005
American Dad!TV
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2005
Wallis & EdwardFilm
Aunt Bessie
★ 5.6
2005
InconceivableTV
Malva • 1 episodes
★ 9.0
2005
Dickens in AmericaTV
Host • 10 episodes
2004
Agatha Christie's MarpleTV
Mrs. Price-Ridley • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
2004
Chasing LibertyFilm
Maria
★ 6.2
2004
ModiglianiFilm
Gertrude Stein
★ 7.0
2004
The Life and Death of Peter SellersFilm
Peg Sellers
★ 6.6
2004
Ladies in LavenderFilm
Dorcas
★ 6.4
2004
Being JuliaFilm
Dolly de Vries
★ 6.4
2004
The Phoenix and the CarpetFilm
Cook
★ 7.0
2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsFilm
Pomona Sprout
★ 7.7
2002
Undertaking BettyFilm
Thelma & Selma
★ 6.1
2002
AloneFilm
Caseworker
★ 5.1
2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do ComedyTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 7.2
2002
DickensTV
Catherine Dickens • 3 episodes
★ 7.0
2001
Cats & DogsFilm
Sophie the Castle Maid
★ 5.4
2001
In Search of PeaceFilm
Ester Cailingold (voice)
★ 7.0
2001
Not Afraid, Not AfraidFilm
★ 8.0
2000
House!Film
Auntie Beth
★ 6.6
1999
Family GuyTV
Right Eyeball (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1999
MagnoliaFilm
Faye Barringer (uncredited)
★ 7.7
1999
End of DaysFilm
Mabel
★ 6.1
1999
SunshineFilm
Rose Sonnenschein
★ 6.5
1999
Dreaming of Joseph LeesFilm
Signora Caldoni
★ 6.4
1998
MulanFilm
The Matchmaker (voice)
★ 7.9
1998
Babe: Pig in the CityFilm
Fly (voice)
★ 5.7
1998
Left LuggageFilm
Mrs. Goldman
★ 6.3
1998
Vanity FairTV
Miss Crawley • 3 episodes
★ 7.6
1998
The First Snow of WinterFilm
Sean McDuck (voice)
★ 6.6
1998
Supply and DemandTV
CS Edna Colley • 6 episodes
★ 10.0
1997
Dharma & GregTV
Chloe • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1997
Different for GirlsFilm
Pamela
★ 7.1
1997
The Long Way HomeFilm
(voice)
★ 7.1
1997
The IMAX NutcrackerFilm
Sugar Plum
★ 9.0
1997
The Phoenix and the CarpetTV
Cook • 6 episodes
1996
Romeo + JulietFilm
Nurse
★ 6.8
1996
James and the Giant PeachFilm
Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
★ 6.6
1995
BabeFilm
Fly (voice)
★ 6.3
1995
BaltoFilm
Grandma Rosy
★ 7.3
1995
Cold Comfort FarmFilm
Mrs. Beetle
★ 6.8
1994
Immortal BelovedFilm
Nanette Streicherová
★ 7.1
1994
LiberationFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.9
1994
MoonacreTV
Old Elspeth • 6 episodes
★ 8.0
1993
The Age of InnocenceFilm
Mrs. Catherine Mingott
★ 7.0
1993
The Thief and the CobblerFilm
Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
★ 7.2
1993
Ed and His Dead MotherFilm
Mabel Chilton
★ 5.5
1993
Magic GrandadTV
Grandma • 3 episodes
★ 6.0
1993
DemonellaFilm
Mother
1992
StalinFilm
Krupskaya
★ 5.3
1992
Frannie's TurnTV
Frannie Escobar • 6 episodes
★ 7.5
1992
As You Like ItFilm
Audrey
★ 6.0
1992
Terry Wogan's Friday NightTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1991
RugratsTV
Shirley Finster (voice) • 2 episodes
★ 7.6
1991
Dead AgainFilm
Mrs. Tupper (uncredited)
★ 6.4
1991
The Butcher's WifeFilm
Gina
★ 5.7
1991
Echoes That RemainFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
1991
Tonight at 8.30TV
Mrs. Wadhurst • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1991
Tonight at 8.30TV
Nanny • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1990
Pacific HeightsFilm
Realtor
★ 6.3
1990
I Love You to DeathFilm
Joey's Mother
★ 6.4
1990
The Fool of the World and the Flying ShipFilm
Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
★ 8.1
1990
The FoolFilm
Mrs. Bowring
★ 8.0
1990
Orpheus DescendingFilm
Vee Talbot
★ 4.6
1990
Old FlamesFilm
Nellie
1989
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton StoryTV
Elsa Maxwell • 6 episodes
★ 5.7
1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryFilm
Mrs. Rajzman
★ 5.9
1989
Unexplained LaughterFilm
Laughter (voice)
★ 10.0
1988
Blackadder's Christmas CarolFilm
Queen Victoria
★ 7.4
1988
The Play on OneTV
Laughter (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1987
A Little PrincessTV
Miss Amelia Minchin • 6 episodes
★ 7.7
1987
Little DorritFilm
Flora Finching
★ 6.4
1987
Big MuzzyTV
The Queen (voice) • 6 episodes
★ 8.5
1987
Body ContactFilm
Tony's Mother
★ 5.6
1986
Little Shop of HorrorsFilm
Dental Nurse
★ 7.0
1986
The Life and Loves of a She-DevilTV
Nurse Hopkins • 2 episodes
★ 7.2
1986
Scotch & WryFilm
★ 9.0
1986
Fifties Features - The Women behind the PicturesTV
1986
The Secret Diaries of the Film CensorsFilm
Miss N. Shortt
1985
Screen TwoTV
Nellie • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1985
Morons from Outer SpaceFilm
Doctor Wallace
★ 4.8
1985
The Good FatherFilm
Jane Powell
★ 5.6
1985
Oliver TwistTV
Mrs Bumble • 3 episodes
★ 6.3
1985
Oliver TwistTV
Mrs Corney • 2 episodes
★ 6.3
1984
Electric DreamsFilm
Ticket Girl
★ 6.4
1984
FreudTV
Baroness von Lieben • 3 episodes
★ 5.0
1983
BlackadderTV
Lady Whiteadder • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1983
BlackadderTV
Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1983
YentlFilm
Sarah
★ 6.7
1983
Frida Kahlo & Tina ModottiFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 6.2
1982
WoganTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.6
1982
ScrubbersFilm
Jones
★ 5.2
1982
Crystal GazingFilm
Newsreader
★ 7.0
1981
RedsFilm
Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
★ 6.9
1981
A Kick Up the EightiesTV
★ 6.6
1981
The History ManTV
Melissa Tordoroff • 3 episodes
★ 4.1
1981
Take a Letter, Mr JonesTV
Maria • 6 episodes
★ 5.5
1980
The AwakeningFilm
Dr. Kadira
★ 5.4
1980
The AppleFilm
Landlady
★ 4.6
1979
Tales of the UnexpectedTV
Mary Burge • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1978
MonkeyTV
Narator • 26 episodes
★ 8.1
1978
MonkeyTV
Demon (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.1
1978
An Audience with...TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
1978
On a Paving Stone MountedFilm
★ 9.0
1977
Confessions from a Holiday CampFilm
Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
★ 5.1
1977
Stand up, Virgin SoldiersFilm
Elephant Ethel
★ 4.6
1977
ChildhoodTV
Mademoiselle • 1 episodes
1977
The Thin End of the WedgeFilm
Veronica
1976
The Battle of Billy's PondFilm
Tour Guide
★ 7.5
1976
KizzyTV
Mrs Doe • 2 episodes
★ 7.0
1976
Plays for BritainTV
Miriam / Miss Babberton • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1976
The LifeswappersFilm
Miriam/Miss Babberton
1975
AngelsTV
★ 4.5
1975
Rime of the Ancient MarinerFilm
★ 7.5
1975
The Girls of Slender MeansTV
Jane Wright • 3 episodes
★ 3.7
1975
Naughty GirlsFilm
Voice
1974
Fall of EaglesTV
Anna Vyrubova • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1974
On the GameFilm
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
★ 3.7
1974
Ken Dodd's World of LaughterTV
1970
Play for TodayTV
Veronica • 1 episodes
★ 6.6
1969
A Nice Girl Like MeFilm
Pensione
★ 7.0
1969
The Ha-HaFilm
Kathie
1967
OmnibusTV
★ 7.2
1967
ITV PlayhouseTV
Kathie • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1967
Boy Meets GirlTV
Maria • 1 episodes
1967
At the Eleventh HourTV
1965
Thirty-Minute TheatreTV
Voice • 1 episodes
★ 4.2
1964
Theatre 625TV
Rita • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.6