Miriam Margolyes

🎭 Actor

Miriam Margolyes

🎂 Born 18 May 1941 (age 85)📍 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK

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Acting Credits

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

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Mulan

The Matchmaker (voice)

Flushed Away

Rita's Grandma (voice)

Full Filmography(123 films)

YearTitleCharacterRating

2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsPomona Sprout★ 7.7 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Pomona Sprout★ 8.1 1998MulanThe Matchmaker (voice)★ 7.9 2006Flushed AwayRita's Grandma (voice)★ 6.3 1999MagnoliaFaye Barringer (uncredited)★ 7.7 1996Romeo + JulietNurse★ 6.8 2006Happy FeetMrs. Astrakhan (voice)★ 6.2 1995BaltoGrandma Rosy★ 7.3 1995BabeFly (voice)★ 6.3 1999End of DaysMabel★ 6.1 2010Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleMrs. Plithiver (voice)★ 6.8 1986Little Shop of HorrorsDental Nurse★ 7.0 2018Early ManQueen Oofeefa (voice)★ 6.1 1996James and the Giant PeachAunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)★ 6.6 1990Pacific HeightsRealtor★ 6.3 1993The Age of InnocenceMrs. Catherine Mingott★ 7.0 2001Cats & DogsSophie the Castle Maid★ 5.4 2017The Man Who Invented ChristmasMrs. Fisk★ 6.8 2026Holy DaysSister Luke★ 6.3 1998Babe: Pig in the CityFly (voice)★ 5.7 2017The Little Vampire 3DWulftrud (voice)★ 6.1 1991Dead AgainHypnotism Patient★ 6.4 1999SunshineRose Sonnenschein★ 6.4 2012The Guilt TripAnita★ 5.6 1994Immortal BelovedNanette Streicherová★ 7.1 2004Being JuliaDolly de Vries★ 6.4 1980The AwakeningDr. Kadira★ 5.5 1983YentlSarah★ 6.7 1984Electric DreamsTicket Girl★ 6.3 2004Chasing LibertyMaria★ 6.2 1981RedsWoman with Notebook (uncredited)★ 6.9 2014Maya the Bee MovieQueen (voice)★ 6.2 2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleMrs. Kowalski★ 6.0 1990I Love You to DeathJoey's Mother★ 6.4 2004Ladies in LavenderDorcas★ 6.5 1991The Butcher's WifeGina★ 5.7 1993The Thief and the CobblerMaiden from Mombassa (voice)★ 7.1 2004ModiglianiGertrude Stein★ 7.0 2017Harry Potter: A History Of MagicHerself★ 7.3 1980The AppleLandlady★ 4.5 2002Undertaking BettyThelma & Selma★ 6.1 1995Cold Comfort FarmMrs. Beetle★ 6.8 2020Miss Fisher and the Crypt of TearsPrudence Stanley★ 6.1 2004The Life and Death of Peter SellersPeg Sellers★ 6.6 1987Little DorritFlora Finching★ 6.4 2005Wallis & EdwardAunt Bessie★ 5.6 1985The Good FatherJane Powell★ 5.6 1992StalinKrupskaya★ 5.3 2012Sir BilliBaroness Chantal McToff (voice)★ 3.2 1996Different for GirlsPamela★ 7.2 2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasNarrator (voice)—1994LiberationNarrator★ 7.9 2011When Harry Left HogwartsSelf★ 7.2 1977Confessions from a Holiday CampBlackbird (voice) (uncredited)★ 5.0 1990Old FlamesNellie—1998Left LuggageMrs. Goldman★ 6.3 2020The Last ArtifactNarrator (UK version)—2023My Happy EndingJudy★ 6.6 2021H Is for HappinessMiss Bamford★ 6.4 1987Body ContactTony's Mother★ 5.6 1974On the GameNarrator (voice) (uncredited)★ 3.7 1993Ed and His Dead MotherMabel Chilton★ 5.5 2008We Are Most AmusedSelf★ 7.2 1999Dreaming of Joseph LeesSignora Caldoni★ 6.4 2012The Wedding VideoPatricia★ 5.5 1985Morons from Outer SpaceDoctor Wallace★ 4.9 2007The DukesAunt Vee★ 5.1 1988Blackadder's Christmas CarolQueen Victoria★ 7.5 1997The Long Way Home(voice)★ 7.1 1998The First Snow of WinterSean McDuck (voice)★ 6.6 1992As You Like ItAudrey★ 6.0 1989Unexplained LaughterLaughter (voice)★ 10.0 1990Orpheus DescendingVee Talbot★ 4.6 1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryMrs. Rajzman★ 5.9 2023Mog's ChristmasAunt One (voice)★ 7.3 2023Next to YouGranny Vera★ 3.5 2025A Friend of DorothyDorothy★ 7.1 2000House!Auntie Beth★ 6.7 2022The Fringe, Fame and MeSelf—2007What the Pythons Did Next...Narrator—1982ScrubbersJones★ 5.2 1986Scotch & Wry—★ 9.0 1993DemonellaMother—2012A Closed BookMrs. Kilbride★ 5.5 2002AloneCaseworker★ 5.1 2004The Phoenix and the CarpetCook★ 7.0 2023Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary SpecialsThe Meep (voice) (archive footage)★ 8.8 2024Alec Guinness: A Class Actself★ 6.0 2022David Baddiel: Jews Don't CountSelf★ 10.0 2001In Search of PeaceEster Cailingold (voice)★ 7.0 2021Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall—★ 7.5 2014The Legend of LongwoodLady Thyrza★ 5.3 1983Frida Kahlo & Tina ModottiNarrator (voice)★ 6.3 1978On a Paving Stone Mounted—★ 9.0 2001Not Afraid, Not Afraid—★ 8.0 1991Echoes That RemainNarrator (voice)★ 7.0 2008Blackadder's Most Cunning MomentsSelf★ 4.5 2018Postcards from the 48%—★ 6.0 1977Stand up, Virgin SoldiersElephant Ethel★ 4.6 2011The Itch of the Golden NitMummy Socks (voice)★ 7.7 2022Judi Dench: Our National TreasureSelf★ 8.0 2012The Cow That Almost Missed ChristmasMme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)★ 6.0 2014The Seventeenth KindMrs. Mark—1990The Fool of the World and the Flying ShipMother / Mrs. Woodcutter★ 8.1 2016Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous BookSelf★ 8.0 1975Rime of the Ancient Mariner—★ 7.5 2024The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I LovedNarrator (voice)—1969A Nice Girl Like MePensione★ 7.0 1982Crystal GazingNewsreader★ 7.0 2022The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A CelebrationSelf★ 8.0 1977The Thin End of the WedgeVeronica—1976The LifeswappersMiriam/Miss Babberton—1976The Battle of Billy's PondTour Guide★ 7.5 1986The Secret Diaries of the Film CensorsMiss N. Shortt—2025Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness——2020WingsAudrey—2026They Call Us The Wrong Kind of JewSelf★ 10.0 1997The IMAX NutcrackerSugar Plum★ 9.0 2022Miriam's Dickensian ChristmasSelf★ 10.0 2015The Importance of Being Miriam——2022imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for GrabsSelf—2026Miriam Margolyes Made Me MeSelf—2007Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British CinemaNarrator—

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