Miriam Margolyes
Born: 1941-05-18
Place of Birth: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
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
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011★ 8.1
Mulan
1998★ 7.9
Babe
1995★ 6.3
Romeo + Juliet
1996★ 6.8
Flushed Away
2006★ 6.3
Happy Feet
2006★ 6.2
Immortal Beloved
1994★ 7.1
Magnolia
1999★ 7.7
Babe: Pig in the City
1998★ 5.7
End of Days
1999★ 6.1
Pacific Heights
1990★ 6.2
The Little Vampire 3D
2017★ 6.1
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010★ 6.8
The Dukes
2007★ 4.5
Being Julia
2004★ 6.4
Scrubbers
1982★ 5.0
Little Shop of Horrors
1986★ 7.0
Orpheus Descending
1990★ 3.3
Yentl
1983★ 6.7
Scotch & Wry
1986★ 10.0
Sunshine
1999★ 6.5
Balto
1995★ 7.3
The Age of Innocence
1993★ 7.0
Undertaking Betty
2002★ 6.1
James and the Giant Peach
1996★ 6.6
Modigliani
2004★ 7.0
The Awakening
1980★ 5.5
Alone
2002★ 4.6
Ladies in Lavender
2004★ 6.4
Cats & Dogs
2001★ 5.4
Wings
2020★ 0.0
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022★ 8.0
Stalin
1992★ 5.1
I Love You to Death
1990★ 6.4
Unexplained Laughter
1989★ 0.0
Early Man
2018★ 6.1
Sir Billi
2012★ 3.2
The Guilt Trip
2012★ 5.6
Old Flames
1990★ 0.0
Wallis & Edward
2005★ 5.1
Body Contact
1987★ 4.2
Demonella
1993★ 0.0
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008★ 6.0
Chasing Liberty
2004★ 6.2
Reds
1981★ 6.9
A Friend of Dorothy
2025★ 6.0
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017★ 6.8
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017★ 7.3
Electric Dreams
1984★ 6.3
Liberation
1994★ 7.8
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023★ 7.5
The Butcher's Wife
1991★ 5.7
House!
2000★ 6.3
Maya the Bee Movie
2014★ 6.2
Dead Again
1991★ 6.4
Cold Comfort Farm
1995★ 6.8
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993★ 7.1
Holy Days
2026★ 0.0
Different for Girls
1996★ 7.1
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993★ 5.4
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011★ 7.0
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001★ 0.0
The Lifeswappers
1976★ 0.0
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004★ 6.6
The First Snow of Winter
1998★ 6.5
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011★ 7.7
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999★ 6.0
Morons from Outer Space
1985★ 4.8
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020★ 6.1
A Nice Girl Like Me
1969★ 0.0
My Happy Ending
2023★ 6.6
As You Like It
1992★ 5.5
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008★ 4.5
Echoes That Remain
1991★ 7.0
H Is for Happiness
2021★ 6.2
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
1977★ 5.0
The IMAX Nutcracker
1997★ 0.0
The Long Way Home
1997★ 7.1
Mog's Christmas
2023★ 7.3
Little Dorrit
1987★ 6.5
The Importance of Being Miriam
2015★ 0.0
The Good Father
1985★ 5.4
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022★ 8.0
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986★ 0.0
The Apple
1980★ 4.4
We Are Most Amused
2008★ 7.2
The Wedding Video
2012★ 5.5
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007★ 0.0
Next to You
2023★ 3.5
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
2022★ 0.0
The Legend of Longwood
2014★ 5.3
The Last Artifact
2020★ 0.0
On the Game
1974★ 3.2
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989★ 5.7
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022★ 0.0
The Seventeenth Kind
2014★ 0.0
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977★ 0.0
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988★ 7.6
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021★ 7.5
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025★ 0.0
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978★ 0.0
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022★ 10.0
The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997★ 0.0
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023★ 9.2
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007★ 0.0
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024★ 0.0
In Search of Peace
2001★ 6.5
Crystal Gazing
1982★ 7.0
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024★ 6.0
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
1983★ 5.3
The Battle of Billy's Pond
1976★ 6.7
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977★ 4.2
A Closed Book
2012★ 5.4
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975★ 7.0
Postcards from the 48%
2018★ 6.0
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
2012★ 6.0
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016★ 8.0
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990★ 8.1
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
2022★ 10.0
Hilda: The Fairy Isle
2023★ 9.0