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