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