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