Miriam Margolyes

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

201

Gender

Female

Birthday

1941-05-18 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Oxford, England, UK

Miriam Margolyes

Biography

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

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Rugrats

    Rugrats

  • Call the Midwife

    Call the Midwife

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Merlin

    Merlin

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

  • The Last Leg

    The Last Leg

  • Mulan

    Mulan

  • Q&A

    Q&A

  • Apple & Onion

    Apple & Onion

  • An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

  • Dharma & Greg

    Dharma & Greg

  • Angels

    Angels

  • Blackadder

    Blackadder

  • Blackadder

    Blackadder

  • The Sarah Jane Adventures

    The Sarah Jane Adventures

  • Flushed Away

    Flushed Away

  • Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

  • Early Man

    Early Man

  • End of Days

    End of Days

  • Little Shop of Horrors

    Little Shop of Horrors

  • Trollied

    Trollied

  • Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

    Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

  • Plebs

    Plebs

  • Magnolia

    Magnolia

  • Happy Feet

    Happy Feet

  • Monkey

    Monkey

  • Romeo + Juliet

    Romeo + Juliet

  • Kingdom

    Kingdom

  • The Little Vampire 3D

    The Little Vampire 3D

  • Yentl

    Yentl

  • H Is for Happiness

    H Is for Happiness

  • The Fringe, Fame and Me

    The Fringe, Fame and Me

  • Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

    Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

  • The Age of Innocence

    The Age of Innocence

  • Chasing Liberty

    Chasing Liberty

  • Being Julia

    Being Julia

  • Cats & Dogs

    Cats & Dogs

  • Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

  • James and the Giant Peach

    James and the Giant Peach

  • How To Make It In Comedy

    How To Make It In Comedy

  • The Man Who Invented Christmas

    The Man Who Invented Christmas

  • Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

    Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

  • Blackadder: A Cunning Story

    Blackadder: A Cunning Story

  • Immortal Beloved

    Immortal Beloved

  • Maya the Bee Movie

    Maya the Bee Movie

  • Babe

    Babe

  • The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

    The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

  • Reds

    Reds

  • The Long Way Home

    The Long Way Home

  • The Apple

    The Apple

  • Fall of Eagles

    Fall of Eagles

  • Modigliani

    Modigliani

  • Morons from Outer Space

    Morons from Outer Space

  • The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

    The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

  • Old Flames

    Old Flames

  • The Thin End of the Wedge

    The Thin End of the Wedge

  • On a Paving Stone Mounted

    On a Paving Stone Mounted

  • Doctor Who: The Star Beast

    Doctor Who: The Star Beast

  • Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

    Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

  • David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

    David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

  • Balto

    Balto

  • Wallis & Edward

    Wallis & Edward

  • Magic Grandad

    Magic Grandad

  • Sunshine

    Sunshine

  • Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

    Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

  • Not Afraid, Not Afraid

    Not Afraid, Not Afraid

  • Terry Wogan's Friday Night

    Terry Wogan's Friday Night

  • Electric Dreams

    Electric Dreams

  • On the Game

    On the Game

  • Dreaming of Joseph Lees

    Dreaming of Joseph Lees

  • Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

    Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

  • John Bishop: In Conversation with...

    John Bishop: In Conversation with...

  • Dead Again

    Dead Again

  • Mog's Christmas

    Mog's Christmas

  • The IMAX Nutcracker

    The IMAX Nutcracker

  • Jam and Jerusalem

    Jam and Jerusalem

  • Jam and Jerusalem

    Jam and Jerusalem

  • Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga

    Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga

  • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

  • Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

  • Different for Girls

    Different for Girls

  • Confessions from a Holiday Camp

    Confessions from a Holiday Camp

  • The First Snow of Winter

    The First Snow of Winter

  • Stalin

    Stalin

  • Muzzy in Gondoland

    Muzzy in Gondoland

  • The Battle of Billy's Pond

    The Battle of Billy's Pond

  • Sir Billi

    Sir Billi

  • The Dukes

    The Dukes

  • Pacific Heights

    Pacific Heights

  • I Love You to Death

    I Love You to Death

  • The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas

    The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas

  • The Thief and the Cobbler

    The Thief and the Cobbler

  • The Itch of the Golden Nit

    The Itch of the Golden Nit

  • Badjelly

    Badjelly

  • Babe: Pig in the City

    Babe: Pig in the City

  • Scotch & Wry

    Scotch & Wry

  • Cold Comfort Farm

    Cold Comfort Farm

  • The Real Marigold Hotel

    The Real Marigold Hotel

  • The Good Father

    The Good Father

  • Scrubbers

    Scrubbers

  • A Little Princess

    A Little Princess

  • The Butcher's Wife

    The Butcher's Wife

  • The Guilt Trip

    The Guilt Trip

  • What the Pythons Did Next...

    What the Pythons Did Next...

  • The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

    The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

  • The Fool

    The Fool

  • Wings

    Wings

  • Alone

    Alone

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

    Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

  • A Kick Up the Eighties

    A Kick Up the Eighties

  • The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

    The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

  • Unexplained Laughter

    Unexplained Laughter

  • A Friend of Dorothy

    A Friend of Dorothy

  • Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

    Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

  • The Ha-Ha

    The Ha-Ha

  • Dog Squad

    Dog Squad

  • Honeysuckle

    Honeysuckle

  • Rime of the Ancient Mariner

    Rime of the Ancient Mariner

  • A Closed Book

    A Closed Book

  • Ed and His Dead Mother

    Ed and His Dead Mother

  • Ladies in Lavender

    Ladies in Lavender

  • Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

    Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

  • Outlier

    Outlier

  • Alec Guinness: A Class Act

    Alec Guinness: A Class Act

  • The Girls of Slender Means

    The Girls of Slender Means

  • The Legend of Longwood

    The Legend of Longwood

  • The Real Marigold on Tour

    The Real Marigold on Tour

  • The Wedding Video

    The Wedding Video

  • The History Man

    The History Man

  • Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland

    Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland

  • The Seventeenth Kind

    The Seventeenth Kind

  • Moonacre

    Moonacre

  • Ken Dodd's World of Laughter

    Ken Dodd's World of Laughter

  • Dickens

    Dickens

  • Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

    Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

  • The Phoenix and the Carpet

    The Phoenix and the Carpet

  • Undertaking Betty

    Undertaking Betty

  • Bucket

    Bucket

  • Frannie's Turn

    Frannie's Turn

  • Liberation

    Liberation

  • Body Contact

    Body Contact

  • Take a Letter, Mr. Jones

    Take a Letter, Mr. Jones

  • Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

    Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

  • Freud

    Freud

  • Supply and Demand

    Supply and Demand

  • Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

    Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

  • We Are Most Amused

    We Are Most Amused

  • Kizzy

    Kizzy

  • Blackadder's Christmas Carol

    Blackadder's Christmas Carol

  • Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti

    Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti

  • Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian

    Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian

  • Miriam's Big Fat Adventure

    Miriam's Big Fat Adventure

  • The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

  • Miriam's Dead Good Adventure

    Miriam's Dead Good Adventure

  • Next to You

    Next to You

  • A Nice Girl Like Me

    A Nice Girl Like Me

  • The Awakening

    The Awakening

  • Miriam Margolyes in New Zealand

    Miriam Margolyes in New Zealand

  • Dickens in America

    Dickens in America

  • Demonella

    Demonella

  • Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership

    Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership

  • Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian

    Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian

  • Miriam's Dickensian Christmas

    Miriam's Dickensian Christmas

  • As You Like It

    As You Like It

  • Miriam’s Big American Adventure

    Miriam’s Big American Adventure

  • When Harry Left Hogwarts

    When Harry Left Hogwarts

  • Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked

    Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked

  • Orpheus Descending

    Orpheus Descending

  • The Project

    The Project

  • My Happy Ending

    My Happy Ending

  • imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

    imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

  • Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter

    Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter

  • Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer

    Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer

  • The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

    The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

  • House!

    House!

  • At the Eleventh Hour

    At the Eleventh Hour

  • Mother

    Mother

  • The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors

    The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors

  • Holy Days

    Holy Days

  • Angels in the Asylum

    Angels in the Asylum

  • The Last Artifact

    The Last Artifact

  • The Phoenix and the Carpet

    The Phoenix and the Carpet

  • Echoes That Remain

    Echoes That Remain

  • Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

    Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

  • Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

    Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

  • Crystal Gazing

    Crystal Gazing

  • Postcards from the 48%

    Postcards from the 48%

  • The Lifeswappers

    The Lifeswappers

  • Naughty Girls

    Naughty Girls

  • In Search of Peace

    In Search of Peace

  • The Importance of Being Miriam

    The Importance of Being Miriam

  • Spirit-ED

    Spirit-ED

  • Peter and the Wolf

    Peter and the Wolf