Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Born
18 Mai 1941 (85)
Place of birth
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
Also known as
Miriam Margolyes, OBE
Biography
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).
Bekannt für
7.9
Film
Mulan
The Matchmaker (voice)
1998
6.2
Film
Happy Feet
Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
2006
6.3
Film
Flushed Away
Rita's Grandma (voice)
2006
6.8
Film
Romeo + Juliet
Nurse
1996
6.8
Film
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
2010
6.1
Film
End of Days
Mabel
1999
5.4
Film
Cats & Dogs
Sophie the Castle Maid
2001
6.3
Film
Babe
Fly (voice)
1995
5.6
Film
The Guilt Trip
Anita
2012
7.0
Film
The Age of Innocence
Mrs. Catherine Mingott
1993
7.4
Film
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Queen Victoria
1988
7.3
Film
Balto
Grandma Rosy
1995
6.2
Film
Maya the Bee Movie
Queen (voice)
2014
6.0
Film
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Mrs. Kowalski
2008
6.4
Film
Electric Dreams
Ticket Girl
1984
5.2
Film
Scrubbers
Jones
1982
7.1
Film
Immortal Beloved
Nanette Streicherová
1994
6.1
Film
Undertaking Betty
Thelma & Selma
2002
6.3
Film
Pacific Heights
Realtor
1990
6.1
Film
Early Man
Queen Oofeefa (voice)
2018
10.0
Series
Supply and Demand
CS Edna Colley
1998
6.6
Film
James and the Giant Peach
Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
1996
6.6
Film
Holy Days
Sister Luke
2026
5.7
Series
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Elsa Maxwell
1989
7.1
Film
A Friend of Dorothy
Dorothy
2025
8.5
Series
Big Muzzy
The Queen (voice)
1987
6.8
Film
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Mrs. Fisk
2017
7.0
Series
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010–2011
9.5
Series
Badjelly
Badjelly (voice)
2025–
6.1
Film
The Little Vampire 3D
Wulftrud (voice)
2017
7.7
Series
A Little Princess
Miss Amelia Minchin
1987
6.6
Series
A Kick Up the Eighties
1981–1984
7.0
Series
Dickens
Catherine Dickens
2002
6.1
Film
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Prudence Stanley
2020
5.8
Series
Bucket
Mim
2017
7.3
Film
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Herself
2017
5.5
Series
Take a Letter, Mr Jones
Maria
1981
8.0
Series
The Real Marigold on Tour
Self - Host
2016–2019
8.0
Series
Moonacre
Old Elspeth
1994
3.7
Series
The Girls of Slender Means
Jane Wright
1975
10.0
Series
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership
Narrator
2021
7.5
Series
Frannie's Turn
Frannie Escobar
1992
7.4
Series
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
Self
2021–2022
6.8
Series
Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked
Self - Host
2022
10.0
Series
Let's Talk About Sex
Self
2019
6.6
Film
My Happy Ending
Judy
2023
7.5
Series
Miriam’s Big American Adventure
Herself
2018
6.4
Film
H Is for Happiness
Miss Bamford
2021
7.3
Series
Miriam's Dead Good Adventure
Herself - Presenter
2019
7.7
Film
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
7.5
Series
Miriam's Big Fat Adventure
Self - Presenter
2020
7.3
Film
Mog's Christmas
Aunt One (voice)
2023
6.0
Film
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
2024
7.6
Series
Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian
Self - Host
2020
7.5
Film
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
6.7
Series
Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian
Self
2024
6.9
Series
Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand
Self - Presenter
2025–
8.0
Film
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Self
2022
8.0
Film
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Self
2022
8.0
Film
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Self
2016
3.5
Film
Next to You
Granny Vera
2023
10.0
Film
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
Self
2022
6.0
Film
Postcards from the 48%
2018
10.0
Film
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
Self
2022
Acting credits 64 titles
Holy Days
as Sister Luke
6.6
2026
Badjelly
as Badjelly (voice)
9.5
2025–
Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand
as Self - Presenter
6.9
2025–
A Friend of Dorothy
as Dorothy
7.1
2025
Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian
as Self
6.7
2024
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
6.0
2024
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self - Narrator (voice)
7.7
2023
Next to You
as Granny Vera
3.5
2023
My Happy Ending
as Judy
6.6
2023
Mog's Christmas
as Aunt One (voice)
7.3
2023
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
as Self
10.0
2022
Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked
as Self - Host
6.8
2022
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
as Self
10.0
2022
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
as Self
8.0
2022
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
as Self
8.0
2022
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership
as Narrator
10.0
2021
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
as Self
7.4
2021–2022
H Is for Happiness
as Miss Bamford
6.4
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
7.5
2021
Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian
as Self - Host
7.6
2020
Miriam's Big Fat Adventure
as Self - Presenter
7.5
2020
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
as Prudence Stanley
6.1
2020
Miriam's Dead Good Adventure
as Herself - Presenter
7.3
2019
Let's Talk About Sex
as Self
10.0
2019
Miriam’s Big American Adventure
as Herself
7.5
2018
Postcards from the 48%
6.0
2018
Early Man
as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
6.1
2018
Bucket
as Mim
5.8
2017
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
as Herself
7.3
2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mrs. Fisk
6.8
2017
The Little Vampire 3D
as Wulftrud (voice)
6.1
2017
The Real Marigold on Tour
as Self - Host
8.0
2016–2019
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
as Self
8.0
2016
Maya the Bee Movie
as Queen (voice)
6.2
2014
The Guilt Trip
as Anita
5.6
2012
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
7.0
2010–2011
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
6.8
2010
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Mrs. Kowalski
6.0
2008
Happy Feet
as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
6.2
2006
Flushed Away
as Rita's Grandma (voice)
6.3
2006
Dickens
as Catherine Dickens
7.0
2002
Undertaking Betty
as Thelma & Selma
6.1
2002
Cats & Dogs
as Sophie the Castle Maid
5.4
2001
End of Days
as Mabel
6.1
1999
Supply and Demand
as CS Edna Colley
10.0
1998
Mulan
as The Matchmaker (voice)
7.9
1998
James and the Giant Peach
as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
6.6
1996
Romeo + Juliet
as Nurse
6.8
1996
Babe
as Fly (voice)
6.3
1995
Balto
as Grandma Rosy
7.3
1995
Immortal Beloved
as Nanette Streicherová
7.1
1994
Moonacre
as Old Elspeth
8.0
1994
The Age of Innocence
as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
7.0
1993
Frannie's Turn
as Frannie Escobar
7.5
1992
Pacific Heights
as Realtor
6.3
1990
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
as Elsa Maxwell
5.7
1989
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Queen Victoria
7.4
1988
Big Muzzy
as The Queen (voice)
8.5
1987
A Little Princess
as Miss Amelia Minchin
7.7
1987
Electric Dreams
as Ticket Girl
6.4
1984
Scrubbers
as Jones
5.2
1982
A Kick Up the Eighties
6.6
1981–1984
Take a Letter, Mr Jones
as Maria
5.5
1981
The Girls of Slender Means
as Jane Wright
3.7
1975