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