Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes is a British-Australian actress known for her distinctive voice and memorable roles in film and television. She gained recognition for performances in 'The Age of Innocence' and 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'. With a career spanning over five decades, Margolyes is... Read More
Known for
Babe (1995)
Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck...
Mulan (1998)
To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest...
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure...
Personal details
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of JewDouble Down News present Miriam Margolyes, Michael Rosen and Alexei Sayle discuss Zionism, the current situation in Israel and the... |
Self | |
| 2026 |
Miriam Margolyes Made Me MeDirector Simon Draper sets out to make a podcast with actress Miriam Margolyes, but the project soon becomes sidetracked as... |
Self | |
| 2026 |
Miriam Margolyes Made Me MeDirector Simon Draper sets out to make a podcast with actress Miriam Margolyes, but the project soon becomes sidetracked as... |
Self | |
| 2026 |
Holy DaysWhen young Brian discovers plans to close a convent of delightfully eccentric nuns, he sets off with them on a... |
Sister Luke | |
| 2025 |
A Friend of DorothyDorothy is a lonely widow whose body is failing, but her mind remains as bright as ever. When 17-year-old JJ... |
Dorothy | |
| 2025 |
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of HappinessA star-studded documentary revealing the private man behind one of Britain’s greatest comic geniuses, using home movies and extracts from... |
Unknown character | |
| 2025 |
Miriam Margolyes Discovers New ZealandDetermined to seize the day, National Treasure Miriam Margolyes leaps across the ditch and dives headfirst into a new country,... |
Self - Presenter | |
| 2025 |
BadjellyA fresh reimagining of Spike Milligan's Badjelly the Witch, the classic tale of a lost cow, a mysterious forest and... |
Badjelly (voice) | |
| 2024 |
Alec Guinness: A Class ActThe story of one of Britain's most celebrated actors of the 20th century, told by those who knew and admired... |
self | |
| 2024 |
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I LovedProduced over four years with full access from Ken’s widow Lady Dodd, the film takes an in-depth look into Doddy’s... |
Narrator (voice) | |
| 2024 |
Miriam Margolyes Impossibly AustralianMiriam Margolyes infiltrates and sheds light on a unique Australian community. Some are struggling or facing a bleak future, others... |
Self | |
| 2024 |
How To Make It In ComedyTold by the stars who first found fame at the Edinburgh Fringe, this the inside story of what it takes... |
Unknown character | |
| 2023 |
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary SpecialsThe Doctor finds himself with an old face and something is very wrong. How can Donna remember him and why... |
The Meep (voice) (archive footage) | |
| 2023 |
Mog's ChristmasMog feels a little ignored during the Thomas family's Christmas preparations. When she spots the huge Christmas tree, she freaks... |
Aunt One (voice) | |
| 2023 |
Next to YouSet five years on from the school days of director Stevan Filipovic's previous film Next to Me, a state of... |
Granny Vera | |
| 2023 |
Irish Road Trip with Miriam MargolyesPresented by Miriam Margoyles, this arts documentary series shines a new light on Lady Augusta Gregory, the brilliant, driven and... |
Self | |
| 2023 |
Blackadder: A Cunning StoryA look back at the making of the entire Blackadder series to commemorate its 40th anniversary, featuring contributions from Blackadder's... |
Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2023 |
My Happy EndingA famous actress goes incognito to seek treatment for a medical issue, and in a hospital waiting room she meets... |
Judy | |
| 2023 |
Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social InfluencerAward-winning, British/Australian Actress and Activist, Miriam Margolyes, joins one of Ireland’s newest and most high-profile political figures, Dubliner, Senator Lynn... |
Self | |
| 2022 |
Miriam's Dickensian ChristmasSelf-confessed Christmas Scrooge, Miriam Margolyes, turns to her love of Charles Dickens and the festive traditions in 'A Christmas Carol'... |
Self | |
| 2022 |
David Baddiel: Jews Don't CountThe writer and comedian looks at antisemitism and the progressive left. From theatre to football, Baddiel explores a political blindspot... |
Self | |
| 2022 |
Dog SquadJoin the superskilled, big-hearted team of assistance dogs Kika, Diesel, Meagaidh, Sylvie and Tinks as they use their superpowers to... |
Sylvie (voice) | |
| 2022 |
The Fringe, Fame and MeThe Fringe, Fame and Me is the story of how a small Scottish arts festival that began 75 years ago... |
Self | |
| 2022 |
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A CelebrationA look at Dame Maggie Smith's life from a two-up two-down in Essex to Broadway and Hollywood. Starring in more... |
Self | |
| 2022 |
Miriam Margolyes: Australia UnmaskedMiriam Margolyes is back on the road, heading west along the bottom of Australia, to understand what the Fair Go... |
Self - Host | |
| 2022 |
Judi Dench: Our National TreasureA profile of the actress from a strict Quaker upbringing in Yorkshire, through her staunch determination to make it as... |
Self | |
| 2022 |
Remembers…What are the secrets of our favourite TV shows? Famous names from both sides of the camera reflect on making... |
Self | |
| 2022 |
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for GrabsMiriam Margolyes is one of Britain’s best loved and most provocative actresses. Across her eclectic career, she has played scene-stealing... |
Self | |
| 2021 |
Miriam and Alan: Lost in ScotlandMiriam Margolyes and Alan Cumming roll back the decades and return to their Scottish roots. Part rediscovery, part revelation, we... |
Self | |
| 2021 |
H Is for HappinessA twelve-year-old girl with boundless optimism and a unique view of the world is inspired by the strange new boy... |
Miss Bamford | |
| 2021 |
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ HallInspired by "Letters of Note", the bestselling anthology compiled by Shaun Usher, and "To the Letter" by Simon Garfield, Letters... |
Unknown character | |
| 2021 |
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And LeadershipThe Story of Queen Victoria, narrated by Miriam Margolyes, uses Queen Victoria's diaries, journals, letters and archive treasures to reveal... |
Narrator | |
| 2020 |
WingsA heartwarming love story that spans over six decades, between two Land Army girls during World War II. |
Audrey | |
| 2020 |
Miriam Margolyes: Almost AustralianA revealing documentary series; following celebrated film and television star Miriam Margolyes as she embarks on an epic two-month journey... |
Self - Host | |
| 2020 |
Miriam's Big Fat AdventureAfter a lifetime of worrying about her weight, 78-year-old actress Miriam Margolyes attempts to work out why the nation is... |
Self - Presenter | |
| 2020 |
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of TearsAfter freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police... |
Prudence Stanley | |
| 2020 |
The Last ArtifactJust outside Paris, France, inside a high-tech vault, requiring three independently controlled keys, rests a small metallic cylinder about the... |
Narrator (UK version) | |
| 2019 |
Comedy National Treasures: Stanley BaxterA nostaligic look at one of history's great comedians |
Herself | |
| 2019 |
Miriam's Dead Good AdventureInimitable actress Miriam Margolyes is on a mission to confront her fear of ageing and death and tackle our greatest... |
Herself - Presenter | |
| 2019 |
Let's Talk About SexWhen it's the big questions, who do you trust? Danny Dyer explains the birds and the bees along with Miriam... |
Self | |
| 2018 |
Postcards from the 48%This is a film made by the some of the 48% who voted Remain. The film is of the 48%... |
Unknown character | |
| 2018 |
Apple & OnionIn a world of talking food, best mates Apple and Onion fumble through city life, tackling ordinary problems by extraordinary... |
Queen Victoria Sponge (voice) | |
| 2018 |
Early ManDug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all... |
Queen Oofeefa (voice) | |
| 2018 |
Miriam’s Big American AdventureMiriam Margolyes embarks on an epic road trip through the heartlands of middle America with her unique mix of charm,... |
Herself | |
| 2017 |
Harry Potter: A History Of MagicA thrilling journey through legends, belief and folklore, this film goes behind the scenes with the British Library as they... |
Herself | |
| 2017 |
The Man Who Invented ChristmasIn 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career... |
Mrs. Fisk | |
| 2017 |
The Little Vampire 3DTony, a thirteen-year-old boy on vacation in rural Germany, is fascinated by the idea of vampires. Meanwhile Rudolph, a vampire... |
Wulftrud (voice) | |
| 2017 |
Tate Britain's Great Art WalksDanny Baker, Simon Callow, Richard E Grant, Cerys Matthews, Miriam Margolyes and Michael Sheen follow in the footsteps of their... |
Self | |
| 2017 |
BucketReserved history teacher Fran has long had a strained relationship with her eccentric, free-spirit mother Mim. When Mim announces that... |
Mim | |
| 2017 |
Peter and the WolfGorgeous tunes and orchestral thrills for the young and young at heart: with a twinkle in her eye, the warm,... |
Narrator | |
| 2016 |
The Real Marigold on TourHaving road-tested retirement in India, Miriam Margoyles, Wayne Sleep, Bobby George and Rosemary Shrager are reunited to discover what it... |
Self - Host | |
| 2016 |
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous BookIn celebration of the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth, film and television personalities take turns championing their favourite of... |
Self | |
| 2016 |
John Bishop: In Conversation with...A three series talk show. With the host in conversation with people whom he admires. |
Self | |
| 2016 |
The Real Marigold HotelA group of famous faces travel to India to see if retiring in India would be better than retiring in... |
Self | |
| 2015 |
The Importance of Being MiriamActress Miriam Margolyes reflects on the influences that shaped her career and shares her love of classic literature. |
Unknown character | |
| 2015 |
Spirit-EDWhat if Angels went to school too? Spirit-ED is a magical, fantasy adventure set in Divinity, a school for guardian... |
Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup | |
| 2015 |
The Weekly with Charlie PickeringNews comedy show, tonight show and chat show all in one, allowing Charlie to return to his comedy roots while... |
Self | |
| 2015 |
MotherLara has always lived in the shadow of her mother. That is, until the morning of one life-changing decision that... |
Maria Aponte | |
| 2014 |
The Legend of LongwoodWhen 12-year-old Mickey Miller moves from New York to Ireland, she soon discovers a link between herself and the 300-year-old... |
Lady Thyrza | |
| 2014 |
OutlierCancer patient and successful writer Lilith Winterbottom should be dead by now. But the cynical misanthrope seems to scare even... |
Odamee Marshall | |
| 2014 |
Maya the Bee MovieA bubbly little bumblebee rebels against the rules of the hive to make all kinds of friends—from violin-playing grasshoppers to... |
Queen (voice) | |
| 2014 |
The Seventeenth KindBlack comedy scifi about a washed up TV presenter who doesn't let small things like alien invasions stop him from... |
Mrs. Mark | |
| 2014 |
Late Night with Seth MeyersSeth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as... |
Self | |
| 2014 |
HoneysuckleA short film about unity. This is a story about boy who finds an unlikely connection with his eccentric neighbour... |
Patricia | |
| 2013 |
PlebsSitcom about three desperate young men from the suburbs who try to get laid, hold down jobs and climb the... |
Iona | |
| 2013 |
The Last LegAdam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past... |
Self | |
| 2012 |
The Guilt TripAn inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention. |
Anita | |
| 2012 |
The Cow That Almost Missed ChristmasMarjorie the cow lives in a run-down stable in the middle of Bethlehem. Nothing exciting ever happens in Bethlehem until... |
Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice) | |
| 2012 |
The Wedding VideoWhen the rogueish but loveable Raif is asked to be his brother Tim's best man at his wedding, he decides... |
Patricia | |
| 2012 |
A Closed BookJane appears to be ideal: attractive, intelligent, unruffled by her employer's abrupt eccentricities. But, gradually, we come aware that Jane... |
Mrs. Kilbride | |
| 2012 |
Sir BilliAn aging, skateboarding veterinarian Sir Billi goes above and beyond the call of duty fighting villainous policemen and powerful lairds... |
Baroness Chantal McToff (voice) | |
| 2012 |
Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesOur lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl... |
Aunt Prudence | |
| 2012 |
Call the MidwifeDrama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s,... |
Mother Mildred | |
| 2011 |
When Harry Left HogwartsBAFTA award-winning filmmaker Morgan Matthews was given unprecedented access to the behind-the-scenes of the final days of the final two... |
Self | |
| 2011 |
TrolliedSet in Valco, a fictional budget supermarket in the north west of England, Trollied finds the funny in one of... |
Unknown character | |
| 2011 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin... |
Pomona Sprout | |
| 2011 |
The Itch of the Golden NitEleven-year-old Beanie's bland life is changed for ever when he is sent on a mission. Armed only with laser lip-gloss... |
Mummy Socks (voice) | |
| 2010 |
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleWhen a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the... |
Mrs. Plithiver (voice) | |
| 2010 |
Los cuentos de Tinga TingaTinga Tinga Tales is a 52 episodes children's series based on African folk tales and aimed at 4- to 6-year... |
Unknown character | |
| 2009 |
The ProjectSix nights a week, The Project provides Australian viewers with their dose of ‘news delivered differently’, serving up thought-provoking news,... |
Unknown character | |
| 2008 |
We Are Most AmusedWe Are Most Amused was a gala event held at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 12 November 2008 in honour... |
Self | |
| 2008 |
Blackadder's Most Cunning MomentsA countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders. |
Self | |
| 2008 |
How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleSidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns... |
Mrs. Kowalski | |
| 2008 |
MerlinThe unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown... |
Grunhilda | |
| 2008 |
Q&AHosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to thrash out the hot issues... |
Self - Panellist | |
| 2007 |
The Sarah Jane AdventuresSarah Jane Smith is a truly remarkable woman who inhabits a world of mystery, danger and wonder; a world where... |
Leaf Blathereen (voice) | |
| 2007 |
Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British CinemaA documentary making the case for British films of the 40s, 50s and early 60s. |
Narrator | |
| 2007 |
The DukesThe Dukes,a Doo Wop group, were on top of the world at 17, now are struggling for survival in 2008.... |
Aunt Vee | |
| 2007 |
KingdomLooks can be deceiving. Peter Kingdom seems to have everything — a man of some standing in the seaside town... |
Henny Leach | |
| 2007 |
The Graham Norton ShowEach week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The... |
Self | |
| 2007 |
The 50 Greatest Television DramasBoasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest... |
Narrator (voice) | |
| 2007 |
What the Pythons Did Next...A look at the careers of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam in... |
Narrator | |
| 2006 |
Jam and JerusalemThe Women's Guild is an organisation in the small town of Clatterford St. Mary that aims to promote truth, justice,... |
Mrs. Joyce Midge | |
| 2006 |
Jam and JerusalemThe Women's Guild is an organisation in the small town of Clatterford St. Mary that aims to promote truth, justice,... |
Joyce Midge | |
| 2006 |
Happy FeetInto the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot... |
Mrs. Astrakhan (voice) | |
| 2006 |
Flushed AwayLondon high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap... |
Rita's Grandma (voice) | |
| 2005 |
Wallis & EdwardIn 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These... |
Aunt Bessie | |
| 2005 |
Dickens in AmericaJoin actress and Dickens enthusiast Miriam Margolyes on a 10-part journey that follows the route of Charles Dickens tour of... |
Host | |
| 2005 |
American Dad!The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and... |
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice) | |
| 2004 |
Agatha Christie's MarpleThe adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During... |
Mrs. Price-Ridley | |
| 2004 |
Ladies in LavenderAndrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm.... |
Dorcas | |
| 2004 |
The Life and Death of Peter SellersThe turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC... |
Peg Sellers | |
| 2004 |
Being JuliaJulia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband... |
Dolly de Vries | |
| 2004 |
The Phoenix and the CarpetFour Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants... |
Cook | |
| 2004 |
ModiglianiSet in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last... |
Gertrude Stein | |
| 2004 |
Chasing LibertyThe President's daughter, unable to experience life like a normal 18 year-old, escapes from her entourage of Secret Service agents... |
Maria | |
| 2002 |
Undertaking BettyA politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so they... |
Thelma & Selma | |
| 2002 |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsCars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second... |
Pomona Sprout | |
| 2002 |
DickensDickens is a 2002 three-part docudrama presented by Peter Ackroyd, on whose biography of Dickens it was based. An unorthodox... |
Catherine Dickens | |
| 2002 |
AloneExperience the fear as you're sucked into the disturbed mind of Alex. Tormented by harrowing voices of the past Alex... |
Caseworker | |
| 2001 |
In Search of PeaceIn Search of Peace: 1948-1967 chronicles Israel's first two decades, offering new insights on the origins of the Middle East... |
Ester Cailingold (voice) | |
| 2001 |
Cats & DogsWhen a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power... |
Sophie the Castle Maid | |
| 2001 |
Not Afraid, Not AfraidAfter being abandoned by her husband after 28 years, an overbearing, self-centered psychologist embarks on a quest to revisit her... |
Unknown character | |
| 2000 |
House!A small bingo hall is threatened by the opening of the country's largest bingo centre nearby. |
Auntie Beth | |
| 1999 |
MagnoliaOn one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous... |
Faye Barringer (uncredited) | |
| 1999 |
End of DaysCynical bodyguard Jericho is hired by a man possessed by Satan, who is in search of his bride. When Jericho... |
Mabel | |
| 1999 |
Dreaming of Joseph LeesSet in rural England in the 1950s Eva fantasises about her handsome, worldly cousin Joseph Lees, with whom she fell... |
Signora Caldoni | |
| 1999 |
SunshineThe fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century. |
Rose Sonnenschein | |
| 1999 |
Family GuySick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and... |
Right Eyeball (voice) | |
| 1998 |
The First Snow of WinterSean is a little duck with a big problem. Due to a mishap with a jet aircraft Sean misses the... |
Sean McDuck (voice) | |
| 1998 |
Babe: Pig in the CityBabe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured... |
Fly (voice) | |
| 1998 |
Vanity FairIn early 19th-century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of... |
Miss Crawley | |
| 1998 |
Supply and DemandA by-the-rule police officer must team up with a streetwise cop and go undercover in an operation to bust a... |
CS Edna Colley | |
| 1998 |
MulanWhen Imperial China calls one man from every family to defend the empire from invading Huns, a young woman disguises... |
The Matchmaker (voice) | |
| 1998 |
Left LuggageWhile escaping from Nazis during the WWII, a Jewish man dug suitcases full of things dear to his heart in... |
Mrs. Goldman | |
| 1997 |
The IMAX NutcrackerThis 37-minute 3-D Imax film adaptation from E.T.A. Hoffman's story is a straight narrative fantasy rather than a ballet. Little... |
Sugar Plum | |
| 1997 |
The Phoenix and the CarpetThe Phoenix and the Carpet is a six-part British miniseries based on E. Nesbit's 1904 fantasy novel of the same... |
Cook | |
| 1997 |
Dharma & GregDharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002. It stars... |
Chloe | |
| 1997 |
The Long Way HomeThe story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state... |
(voice) | |
| 1996 |
Romeo + JulietIn this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the... |
Nurse | |
| 1996 |
Different for GirlsPaul and Kim meet when their vehicles collide. Paul is fascinated with the attractive Kim. It turns out that the... |
Pamela | |
| 1996 |
James and the Giant PeachWhen the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a... |
Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice) | |
| 1995 |
BaltoAn outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska. |
Grandma Rosy | |
| 1995 |
BabeBabe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends,... |
Fly (voice) | |
| 1995 |
Cold Comfort FarmIn this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds... |
Mrs. Beetle | |
| 1994 |
Immortal BelovedA chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following... |
Nanette Streicherová | |
| 1994 |
MoonacreMoonacre is a 1994 British miniseries loosely based on Elizabeth Goudge's 1946 children's fantasy novel The Little White Horse. Produced... |
Old Elspeth | |
| 1994 |
LiberationLiberation tells the dramatic story of the battle waged on two fronts during World War II - the Allied campaign... |
Narrator | |
| 1993 |
The Thief and the CobblerPrincess Yum Yum falls in love with Tack and saves him from being executed. Later, when the protective orbs of... |
Maiden from Mombassa (voice) | |
| 1993 |
The Age of InnocenceIn 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband,... |
Mrs. Catherine Mingott | |
| 1993 |
Ed and His Dead MotherA mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexpected direction. |
Mabel Chilton | |
| 1993 |
DemonellaMusic producer Arnold Silverstein is desperate for a song hit so when the Devil - a woman - supplies him... |
Mother | |
| 1993 |
Magic GrandadMagic Grandad was an educational programme which originally aired on BBC Two under the title 'Switch On, Switch Off' during... |
Grandma | |
| 1992 |
StalinThe life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of Anna Aliluyeva, Stalin’s... |
Krupskaya | |
| 1992 | Self | ||
| 1992 |
As You Like ItHiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman, disguised as a boy,... |
Audrey | |
| 1992 |
Frannie's TurnFrannie Escobar, a middle-aged working class woman of Cuban-American extraction who decides she's sick and tired of being a second-class... |
Frannie Escobar | |
| 1991 |
The Butcher's WifeA clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream. They marry and... |
Gina | |
| 1991 |
Dead AgainIn 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes... |
Hypnotism Patient | |
| 1991 |
RugratsFocuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica, and their day-to-day lives, usually involving... |
Shirley Finster (voice) | |
| 1991 |
Echoes That RemainEchoes That Remain combines hundreds of rare archival photos and previously unseen film footage with live action sequences shot on... |
Narrator (voice) | |
| 1990 |
The FoolA costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian... |
Mrs. Bowring | |
| 1990 |
Pacific HeightsA couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their... |
Realtor | |
| 1990 |
The Fool of the World and the Flying ShipBased on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could build a flying... |
Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter | |
| 1990 |
Orpheus DescendingVal Xavier is a drifter in 1940's Mississippi who brings new life to an Italian immigrant woman trapped in a... |
Vee Talbot | |
| 1990 |
I Love You to DeathJoey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers... |
Joey's Mother | |
| 1990 |
Old FlamesDaniel is an obeying and high-flying barrister with the good life on his side. Nathaniel Quass is a rich and... |
Nellie | |
| 1989 |
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton StoryThe true story of Barbara Hutton, who had inherited $40 million by the age of 6. This insight explores the... |
Elsa Maxwell | |
| 1989 |
Unexplained LaughterLydia is unlucky in love and retreats to the Welsh countryside with her friend Betty. But the beautiful scenery holds... |
Laughter (voice) | |
| 1989 |
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryA biographical portrayal of Simon Wiesenthal, famous Nazi Hunter. From his imprisonment in a Nazi Concentration Camp, the film follows... |
Mrs. Rajzman | |
| 1988 |
Blackadder's Christmas CarolAfter a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous... |
Queen Victoria | |
| 1988 |
The Play on OneA series of television plays, some original, some based on pre-existing plays or novels. |
Laughter (voice) | |
| 1987 |
Little DorritAmy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long... |
Flora Finching | |
| 1987 |
Body ContactIn the future, around Tottenham and Hackney, taxi driver Smiley comes to the assistance of the beautiful Dominique Renoir, who's... |
Tony's Mother | |
| 1987 |
Big MuzzyMuzzy in Gondoland is an animated children's learning language course created originally as a way to teach English as a... |
The Queen (voice) | |
| 1987 |
A Little PrincessSara Crewe is the pampered daughter of an army colonel in a Victorian London girls' school. But when her father... |
Miss Amelia Minchin | |
| 1986 |
Little Shop of HorrorsSeymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush... |
Dental Nurse | |
| 1986 |
Scotch & WryVideo Compilation of the Scottish TV Comedy Sketch Show. Stand out characters include Supercop, an idiot motorcycle policeman whose catchphrase... |
Unknown character | |
| 1986 |
The Life and Loves of a She-DevilRuth Patchett has it all: a large, warty body, a standard suburban home, a couple of unruly children, a dog,... |
Nurse Hopkins | |
| 1986 |
Fifties Features - The Women behind the PicturesA three part series about women working in the British film industry during the 1950s. |
Unknown character | |
| 1986 |
The Secret Diaries of the Film CensorsA dramatized documentary looking at how the British Board of Film Censors imposed an extraordinary stranglehold over the content of... |
Miss N. Shortt | |
| 1985 |
The Good FatherBill is a man who's very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. So, when one of... |
Jane Powell | |
| 1985 |
Oliver TwistWhen 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's... |
Unknown character | |
| 1985 |
Morons from Outer SpaceThe story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four aliens,... |
Doctor Wallace | |
| 1985 |
Screen TwoSeries of single made-for-television dramas. |
Nellie | |
| 1984 |
FreudFreud, also known as Freud: The Life of a Dream, is a 1984 six-part BBC television serial dramatised by Carey... |
Baroness von Lieben | |
| 1984 |
Electric DreamsMiles Harding buys a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing conscious thought and emotion after an interaction with spilled champagne. Things... |
Ticket Girl | |
| 1983 |
YentlIn a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a boy to enter... |
Sarah | |
| 1983 |
BlackadderBlackadder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the... |
Lady Whiteadder | |
| 1983 |
BlackadderBlackadder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the... |
Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain | |
| 1983 |
Frida Kahlo & Tina ModottiAn unconventional portrait of painter Frida Kahlo and photographer Tina Modotti. Simple in style but complex in its analysis, it... |
Narrator (voice) | |
| 1982 |
ScrubbersInmates fight, pair off, try suicide and attempt escape at a British reform school for girls. |
Jones | |
| 1982 |
Crystal GazingExperimental drama set in London during the Thatcher administration involving four characters: Neil, a science-fiction illustrator; Kim, a woman rock... |
Newsreader | |
| 1982 |
WoganChat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities. |
Self | |
| 1981 |
RedsAn account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with... |
Woman with Notebook (uncredited) | |
| 1981 |
A Kick Up the EightiesComedy sketch show taking an irreverent look at life in the eighties, starring Tracey Ullman, Miriam Margolyes and Richard Stilgoe,... |
Unknown character | |
| 1981 |
Take a Letter, Mr JonesTake a Letter, Mr Jones was a short-lived 1981 British sitcom produced by Southern Television for ITV. It ran for... |
Maria | |
| 1981 |
The History ManThe History Man is a four-part 1981 British television drama miniseries written by Christopher Hampton, based on Malcolm Bradbury's 1975... |
Melissa Tordoroff | |
| 1980 |
The AppleIn a pseudo-futuristic 1994, a square couple enter the corrupt world of the music industry, and subsequently a maze of... |
Landlady | |
| 1980 |
The AwakeningWhen a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter. |
Dr. Kadira | |
| 1979 |
Tales of the UnexpectedA British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With... |
Mary Burge | |
| 1978 |
On a Paving Stone MountedAn impressionistic look at Irish emigrants in London, representing the emigrant's journey, a confusion of anticipation, memories and experience. |
Unknown character | |
| 1978 |
MonkeyBuddhist priest Tripitaka and his three disciples Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, travel from China to India to fetch the Buddhist... |
Narator | |
| 1978 |
MonkeyBuddhist priest Tripitaka and his three disciples Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, travel from China to India to fetch the Buddhist... |
Demon (voice) | |
| 1978 |
An Audience with...An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a... |
Self | |
| 1977 |
The Thin End of the WedgeA student faced with an ultimatum to find £5 by morning - or lose his girlfriend - searches for friends... |
Veronica | |
| 1977 |
Confessions from a Holiday CampTimmy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett are working as entertainment officers at Funfrall, a typical British holiday camp. The... |
Blackbird (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1977 |
Stand up, Virgin SoldiersSome British soldiers in Singapore are more concerned with finding sex than finding Communists. |
Elephant Ethel | |
| 1977 |
ChildhoodAnthology of plays showing the world as children see it. |
Mademoiselle | |
| 1976 |
The LifeswappersWho would you be if you could choose? Princess Anne? Linda Lovelace? The Prime Minister? Since things are already so... |
Miriam/Miss Babberton | |
| 1976 |
Plays for BritainAn anthology series of six contemporary plays from writers at relatively early stages in their careers. |
Miriam / Miss Babberton | |
| 1976 |
KizzyKizzy is a six-part 1976 BBC television miniseries based on Rumer Godden's novel The Diddakoi. It starred Vanessa Furst as... |
Mrs Doe | |
| 1976 |
The Battle of Billy's PondA huge chemical company pays illegal dumpers for disposal of chemical waste dangerous to the environment. |
Tour Guide | |
| 1975 |
Naughty GirlsA travelogue depicting the adventures of English girls when they visit the Far East. |
Voice | |
| 1975 |
AngelsAngels is a BBC medical soap-opera which launched on 1st September 1975 and was the blue print for such medical... |
Unknown character | |
| 1975 |
Rime of the Ancient MarinerA two-part program that examines the life of Samuel Coleridge from his orphaned childhood to how his friendship with William... |
Unknown character | |
| 1975 |
The Girls of Slender MeansThe Girls of Slender Means is a 1975 BBC television mini-series based on Muriel Spark's novel. The drama, aired in... |
Jane Wright | |
| 1974 | Unknown character | ||
| 1974 |
Fall of Eagles"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events... |
Anna Vyrubova | |
| 1974 |
On the GameComic look at the history of prostitution. |
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1970 |
Play for TodayPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970... |
Veronica | |
| 1969 |
A Nice Girl Like MeCandy is a fetching unwed young lady with a penchant for pregnancy. Her adventures begin when she leaves her sheltered... |
Pensione | |
| 1969 |
The Ha-HaA young woman has a mental breakdown in a state institution. |
Kathie | |
| 1967 | Unknown character | ||
| 1967 |
OmnibusOmnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the... |
Unknown character | |
| 1967 |
ITV PlayhouseITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such... |
Kathie | |
| 1964 |
Theatre 625Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to... |
Rita | |
| 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from... |
Self | |
| TBA |
Angels in the AsylumIn early 1900s Surrey, fifty women labeled as typhoid carriers face unjust confinement at Long Grove Asylum. Isolated and stigmatized,... |
Unknown character |
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Got a question about Miriam Margolyes?
Miriam Margolyes is well-known for her roles in 'The Age of Innocence', 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', and 'Babe'.
Yes, Miriam Margolyes has received several awards, including a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 'The Age of Innocence'.
Miriam Margolyes made her film debut in 'The Killing of Sister George' (1968), marking the start of her notable film career.
Miriam Margolyes has an estimated net worth of around $6 million, reflecting her extensive career in acting and voice work.
Miriam Margolyes is known for her strong character work and distinctive voice, which she often uses to enhance her performances.
Yes, Miriam Margolyes has appeared in various television series, including 'Call the Midwife' and 'The Real Marigold Hotel'.
Miriam Margolyes was born in Australia and later moved to the UK, where she developed her successful acting career.
Miriam Margolyes often acts in comedy and drama, showcasing her versatility across different genres and character types.