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Miriam Margolyes

Actress / Voice Actress / Comedian / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 05/18/1941 (82) | Oxford, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Miriam Margolyes ( MAR-gə-leez; born 18 May 1941) is an English and Australian actress. She has gained prominence as a character actor on stage and screen. She received a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role as Mrs Mingott in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence (1993), and portrayed Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series (2002–2011). Margolyes was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for Services to Drama. After starting her career in theatre, she made her film acting debut in the British comedy A Nice Girl Like Me (1969). She has since appeared in Yentl (1983), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Little Dorrit (1988), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Being Juli..."> ()
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Miriam Margoyles 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 after several supporting roles in film and television she won a BAFTA Award for her role in The Age of Innocence (1993).

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for Miriam Margolyes

Officer of The Order of The British Empire Audie Award for Best Female Narrator
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Movies with Miriam Margolyes as Actress(99)

as Granny Vera2023 Next to You
as Judy2023 My Happy Ending
as Beep the Meep (voice)2023 Doctor Who: The Star Beast
as Miss Bamford2021 H Is for Happiness
as Audrey2020 Wings
as Narrator (UK version)2020 The Last Artifact
as Prudence Stanley2020 Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
as Queen Oofeefa (voice)2018 Early Man
as Wulftrud (voice)2017 The Little Vampire 3D
as Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup2015 Spirit-ED
as The Queen (voice)2014 Maya the Bee Movie
2014 Outlier
as Patricia2014 Honeysuckle
as Mrs. Mark2014 The Seventeenth Kind
as Patricia2012 The Wedding Video
as Mrs. Kilbride2012 A Closed Book
as Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)2012 The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
as Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)2012 Sir Billi
as Anita2012 The Guilt Trip
as Mummy Socks (voice)2011 The Itch of the Golden Nit
as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)2010 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
as herself2008 We Are Most Amused
as Aunt Vee2007 The Dukes
as Narrator (voice)2007 The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Rita's Grandma (voice)2006 Flushed Away
as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)2006 Happy Feet
as Aunt Bessie2005 Wallis & Edward
as Dolly de Vries2004 Being Julia
as Dorcas2004 Ladies in Lavender
as Maria2004 Chasing Liberty
as Gertrude Stein2004 Modigliani
as Thelma & Selma2002 Undertaking Betty
as Caseworker2002 Alone
as Sophie the Castle Maid2001 Cats & Dogs
as Ester Cailingold (voice)2001 In Search of Peace
as Auntie Beth2000 House!
as Mabel1999 End of Days
as Faye Barringer (uncredited)1999 Magnolia
as Rose Sonnenschein1999 Sunshine
as The Matchmaker (voice)1998 Mulan
as Sean McDuck (voice)1998 The First Snow of Winter
as Fly (voice)1998 Babe: Pig in the City
as (voice)1997 The Long Way Home
as Sugar Plum1997 The IMAX Nutcracker
as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)1996 James and the Giant Peach
as Pamela1996 Different for Girls
as Nurse1996 Romeo + Juliet
as Mrs. Beetle1995 Cold Comfort Farm
as Fly the Female Sheepdog (voice)1995 Babe
as Grandma Rosy1995 Balto
as Nanette Streicherová1994 Immortal Beloved
as Narrator1994 Liberation
as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)1993 The Thief and the Cobbler
as Mrs. Catherine Mingott1993 The Age of Innocence
as Mabel Chilton1993 Ed and His Dead Mother
as Krupskaya1992 Stalin
as Audrey1992 As You Like It
as Narrator (voice)1991 Echoes That Remain
as Gina1991 The Butcher's Wife
as Hypnotism Patient1991 Dead Again
as Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter1990 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
as Joey's Mother1990 I Love You to Death
as Vee Talbot1990 Orpheus Descending
as Realtor1990 Pacific Heights
as Laughter (voice)1989 Unexplained Laughter
as Queen Victoria1988 Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Flora Finching1987 Little Dorrit
as Tony's Mother1987 Body Contact
as Dental Nurse1986 Little Shop of Horrors
as Doctor Wallace1985 Morons from Outer Space
as Jane Powell1985 The Good Father
as Ticket Girl1984 Electric Dreams
as Sarah1983 Yentl
as Jones1982 Scrubbers
as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)1981 Reds
as Landlady1980 The Apple
as Dr. Kadira1980 The Awakening
as Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)1977 Confessions from a Holiday Camp
as Elephant Ethel1977 Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Voice1975 Naughty Girls
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1974 On the Game
as Pensione1969 A Nice Girl Like Me

TV Shows/Series with Miriam Margolyes as Actress(47)

as Self - Presenter2020 Miriam's Big Fat Adventure
as Herself - Presenter2019 Miriam's Dead Good Adventure
as Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)2018 Apple & Onion
as Mim2017 Bucket
as Host (Herself)2016 The Real Marigold on Tour
as Iona2013 Plebs
as herself2013 The Last Leg
as Aunt Prudence2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
as Grunhilda2008 Merlin
as Self - Panellist2008 Q&A
as Henny Leach2007 Kingdom
as Self - Guest2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Joyce Midge2006 Jam & Jerusalem
as Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)2005 American Dad!
as Host2005 Dickens in America
as Mrs. Price-Ridley2004 Agatha Christie's Marple
2002 Dickens
as Miss Crawley1998 Vanity Fair
as Edna1998 Supply and Demand
as Chloe1997 Dharma & Greg
as Frannie Escobar1992 Frannie's Turn
as Miss Amelia1987 A Little Princess
as The Queen1986 Muzzy in Gondoland
as Baroness von Lieben1984 Freud
as Lady Whiteadder1983 Blackadder
as herself1982 Wogan
as Melissa Tordoroff1981 The History Man
as Mary Burge1979 Tales of the Unexpected
as herself1978 An Audience with...
as Narator1978 Monkey
1976 Kizzy
1975 Angels
as Anna Vyrubova1974 Fall of Eagles

Full Name: Miriam Margolyes
Born: Sunday, 05/18 1941 (May) in Oxford, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 82 years + 316 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Newnham College, Oxford High School
Other names for Miriam Margolyes (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Miriam Margolyes, OBE"
Miriam Margolyes frequently works together with these people:
Peter Richardson (39x, Actor)
Mike Barker (34x, Actor)
Dawn French (33x, Actress)
Jennifer Saunders (32x, Actress)
Adrian Edmondson (31x, Actor)
Nigel Planer (28x, Actor)
Danny Jacobs (27x, Actor)
Rik Mayall (25x, Actor)
Katie Crown (24x, Actress)
George Miller (8x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3208, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/24/2024