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A veteran of stage and screen, award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes has achieved success on both sides of the Atlantic. Winner of the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress award in 1993 for The Age of Innocence she also received Best Supporting Actress at the 1989 LA Critics Circle Awards for her role in Little Dorrit and a Sony Radio Award for Best Actress on "Radio" in 1993... See full bio »

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2012 Spirit-ED (short) (completed)
Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
 
2012 The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas (TV movie)
Mrs. Daniels/Mrs Rat/Judith (voice)
 
2012 The Guilt Trip
Anita
 
2012 The Wedding Video
Patricia
 
2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (TV series)
Aunt Prudence
King Memses' Curse (2012) … Aunt Prudence
Murder in the Dark (2012) … Aunt Prudence
Death by Miss Adventure (2012) … Aunt Prudence
Death at Victoria Dock (2012) … Aunt Prudence
Cocaine Blues (2012) … Aunt Prudence
 
2012 Sir Billi
Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
 
2012 In Love with Dickens (TV movie)
Mrs. Gamp
 
2011 Doc Martin (TV series)
Shirley Dunwich
 
2011 The Itch of the Golden Nit (short)
Mummy Socks (voice)
 
2010 Merlin (TV series)
Grunhilda
The Changeling (2010) … Grunhilda
 
2010 Blind Revenge
Mrs. Kilbride
 
2010 Coming of Age (TV series)
Doreen
Doreen (2010) … Doreen
 
2009 The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV series)
Leaf Blathereen / Leef Blathereen
The Gift: Part 2 (2009) … Leef Blathereen (voice)
The Gift: Part 1 (2009) … Leaf Blathereen (voice)
 
2008 Kingdom (TV series)
Henny
Episode #2.4 (2008) … Henny
 
2007 American Dad! (TV series)
Margaret Hilda Thatcher
I Can't Stan You (2007) … Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)
 
2007 The Dukes
Aunt Vee
 
2006 Clatterford (TV series)
Mrs. Joyce Midge
Episode #1.4 (2006) … Mrs. Joyce Midge
 
2006 Happy Feet
Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
 
2006 Flushed Away
Rita's Grandma (voice)
 
2006 Sir Billi the Vet
Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
 
2005 Wallis & Edward (TV movie)
Aunt Bessie
 
2005 Inconceivable (TV series)
Malva
Balls in Your Court … Malva
 
2004 Ladies in Lavender.
Dorcas
 
2004 End of the Line (short)
Bag Lady
 
2004 Chasing Liberty
Maria
 
2002 Undertaking Betty
Thelma/Selma
 
2002 Dickens (TV series)
Catherine Dickens / Cartherine Dickens
Terror to the End (2002) … Catherine Dickens
Blazing Away (2002) … Cartherine Dickens
Secrets (2002) … Catherine Dickens
 
2002 Alone
Caseworker
 
1998-2001 Rugrats (TV series)
Shirley Finster
Finsterella (2001) … Shirley Finster (voice)
The Family Tree: Part 1 (1998) … Shirley Finster (voice)
 
2000 Dharma & Greg (TV series)
Chloe
Midwife Crisis (2000) … Chloe
 
2000 House!
Beth
 
1999 Magnolia
Faye Barringer (uncredited)
 
1999 End of Days
Mabel
 
1999 Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Signora Caldoni
 
1999 Sunshine
Rose Sonnenschein
 
1998 The First Snow of Winter (short)
Sean (voice)
 
1998 Babe: Pig in the City
Fly (voice)
 
1998 Vanity Fair (TV mini-series)
Miss Crawley
Episode #1.4 (1998) … Miss Crawley
Episode #1.3 (1998) … Miss Crawley
Episode #1.2 (1998) … Miss Crawley
 
1998 Supply & Demand (TV mini-series)
Edna
Blood Ties: Part 2 (1998) … Edna
Blood Ties: Part 1 (1998) … Edna
Golden Goose: Part 2 (1998) … Edna
Golden Goose: Part 1 (1998) … Edna
Raw Recruit: Part 2 (1998) … Edna
 
1998 Mulan
The Matchmaker (voice)
 
1998 Left Luggage
Mrs. Goldman
 
1998/I Candy
Gisella
 
1997 The Phoenix and the Carpet (TV mini-series)
Cook
 
1997 The Place of Lions (TV movie)
Miss Cole
 
1996 Different for Girls
Pamela
 
1996 James and the Giant Peach
Aunt Sponge / Glowworm - (voice)
 
1995 Balto
Grandma Rosy/Extra Voices
 
1995 Babe
Fly (voice)
 
1995 Cold Comfort Farm (TV movie)
Mrs. Beetle
 
1994 Just William (TV series)
Miss Polliter
William's Busy Day (1994) … Miss Polliter
 
1994 Immortal Beloved
Nanette Streicherová
 
1994 Moonacre (TV series)
Old Elspeth
 
1993 Ed and His Dead Mother
Mabel Chilton
 
1993 The Comic Strip Presents... (TV series)
Mother
Demonella (1993) … Mother
 
1993 The Princess and the Cobbler
Maiden from Mombassa (original version) (voice)
 
1992 Stalin (TV movie)
Nadezhda Krupskaya
 
1992 Frannie's Turn (TV series)
Frannie Escobar
Gentlemen, Wrap Your Guava (1992) … Frannie Escobar
How Do You Say Death in Spanish? (1992) … Frannie Escobar
Sex and Saints (1992) … Frannie Escobar
Money Talks, Olivia Walks (1992) … Frannie Escobar
Pilot (1992) … Frannie Escobar
 
1991 The Butcher's Wife
Gina
 
1991 Dead Again
Lady (uncredited)
 
1991 Tonight at 8.30 (TV series)
Mrs. Wadhurst / Nanny
Ways and Means (1991) … Nanny
Hands Across the Sea (1991) … Mrs. Wadhurst
 
1990 The Fool
Mrs. Bowring
 
1990 Pacific Heights
Realtor
 
1990 Orpheus Descending (TV movie)
Vee Talbot
 
1990 I Love You to Death
Joey's Mother
 
1990 Screen Two (TV series)
Nellie
Old Flames (1990) … Nellie
 
1990 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (TV movie)
Mother/Mrs Woodcutter (voice)
 
1989 Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (TV movie)
Mrs. Rajzman
 
1989 Muzzy Comes Back (TV series)
The Queen/Norman's Wife (voice)
 
1988 Mr. Majeika (TV series)
Wilhelmina Worlock
Bewitched, Bothered & Be-Wilhermina-d (1988) … Wilhelmina Worlock
 
1987 The Finding (TV movie)
Poll
 
1987 Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (TV movie)
Elsa Maxwell
 
1987 A Little Princess (TV mini-series)
Miss Amelia
Episode #1.6 (1987) … Miss Amelia
Episode #1.5 (1987) … Miss Amelia
Episode #1.4 (1987) … Miss Amelia
Episode #1.3 (1987) … Miss Amelia
Episode #1.2 (1987) … Miss Amelia
 
1987 Body Contact
Tony's Mother
 
1986 Muzzy in Gondoland (TV series)
The Queen
 
1986 Little Shop of Horrors
Dental Nurse
 
1986 The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (TV series)
Nurse Hopkins
Episode #1.3 (1986) … Nurse Hopkins
Episode #1.2 (1986) … Nurse Hopkins
 
1986 Black-Adder II (TV series)
Lady Whiteadder
Beer (1986) … Lady Whiteadder
 
1986 Scotch & Wry (video)
Various
 
1985 Oliver Twist (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Corney / Mrs. Bumble
Episode #1.9 (1985) … Mrs. Corney
Episode #1.8 (1985) … Mrs. Corney
Episode #1.6 (1985) … Mrs. Corney
Episode #1.5 (1985) … Mrs. Corney
 
1985 The Good Father
Jane Powell
 
1985 Morons from Outer Space
Doctor Wallace
 
1984 Freud (TV mini-series)
Baroness von Lieben
The World as Dream (1984) … Baroness von Lieben
The Secret of Dreams (1984) … Baroness von Lieben
The Hypnotist (1984) … Baroness von Lieben
 
1984 Electric Dreams
Ticket Girl
 
1983 Yentl
Sarah
 
1983 The Black Adder (TV series)
Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain
The Queen of Spain's Beard (1983) … Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain
 
1982 Crystal Gazing
Newsreader
 
1976-1982 Crown Court (TV series)
Marilyn Munro / Mrs. King
Resurrection Woman: Part 1 (1982) … Mrs. King
Auld Lang Syne: Part 1 (1976) … Marilyn Munro
 
1982 Scrubbers
Jones
 
1981 Reds
Woman writing in notebook (uncredited)
 
1981 Take a Letter Mr. Jones (TV series)
Maria
Business Before Pleasure (1981) … Maria
The Trade Fair (1981) … Maria
The Japanese Contract (1981) … Maria
The Holiday (1981) … Maria
The Protector (1981) … Maria
 
1981 A Kick Up the Eighties (TV series)
Various Roles
 
1981 The History Man (TV series)
Melissa Tordoroff
Gross Moral Turpitude (1981) … Melissa Tordoroff
Part 3: October 3nd 1972 (P.M.) (1981) … Melissa Tordoroff
Part 1: October 2nd 1972 (1981) … Melissa Tordoroff
 
1980 The Lost Tribe (TV mini-series)
Queenie
Whaur's the Milk and Honey (1980) … Queenie
Judgement of Solomon (1980) … Queenie
Even a Holiday (1980) … Queenie
 
1980 The Apple
Landlady
 
1980 The Awakening
Dr. Kadira
 
1980 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Mary Burge
Fat Chance (1980) … Mary Burge
 
1978 Monkey (TV series)
 
1977 Play for Today (TV series)
Veronica
The Thin End of the Wedge (1977) … Veronica
 
1977 Spasms (TV movie)
Rose Finn
 
1977 Chalk and Cheese (TV series)
Rose Finn
Pilot (1977) … Rose Finn
 
1977 Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers
Elephant Ethel
 
1977 Confessions of a Summer Camp Councillor
Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
 
1976 Christmas Box (TV movie)
 
1976 Angels (TV series)
June Morris
Challenges (1976)
Walkabout (1976) … June Morris
 
1976 Plays for Britain (TV series)
Miriam / Miss Babberton
The Life-Swappers (1976) … Miriam/Miss Babberton
 
1976 The Glittering Prizes (TV mini-series)
Olive Wise
A Past Life (1976) … Olive Wise
 
1976 Kizzy (TV series)
Mrs. Doe
What Shall We Do with Kizzy? (1976) … Mrs. Doe
The Wagon (1976) … Mrs. Doe
 
1976 The Battle of Billy's Pond
Tour Guide
 
1975 Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Dorothy Wordsworth
 
1975 The Girls of Slender Means (TV movie)
Jane Wright
 
1975 Naughty Girls
Girls' voices (voice) (uncredited)
 
1974 World of Laughter (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (1974)
 
1974 Fall of Eagles (TV mini-series)
Anna Vyrubova
 
1974 Childhood (TV series)
Mademoiselle
Easter Tells Such Dreadful Lies (1974) … Mademoiselle
 
1974 Sex Through the Ages
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1973 Doctor in Charge (TV series)
Doris
Men Without Women (1973) … Doris
 
1972 Jackanory Playhouse (TV series)
The Witch
The Wily Wizard and the Wicked Witch (1972) … The Witch
 
1969 A Nice Girl Like Me
Pensione
 
1969 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Kathie
The Ha Ha (1969) … Kathie
 
1968 Dixon of Dock Green (TV series)
Anna
An Ordinary Man (1968) … Anna
 
1967 Boy Meets Girl (TV series)
Maria
Flight of the Kingfisher (1967) … Maria
 
1967 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Heidi
 
1965 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Rita
Enter Solly Gold (1965) … Rita
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
2011 Atop the Fourth Wall (TV series)
Superman: Distant Fires (2011) (performer: "Family")
 
1996 James and the Giant Peach (performer: "That's The Life", "Family")
 
Show ShowSelf (46 titles)
2013 Mark Lawson Talks to... (TV series)
Herself
Miriam Margolyes (2013) … Herself
 
2009-2012 Loose Women (TV series)
Herself
Episode #17.17 (2012) … Herself
Episode #15.8 (2010) … Herself
Episode #14.135 (2010) … Herself
Episode #14.53 (2009) … Herself
 
2012 The First Fagin (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2012 Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.12 (2012) … Herself
 
2007-2012 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.11 (2007) … Herself
Episode #1.13 (2007) … Herself
 
2012 Q&A (TV series)
Herself - Panelist
Barry Humphries joins Q&A (2012) … Herself - Panelist
 
2012 First Tuesday Book Club (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panellist
The Submission/Great Expectations (2012) … Herself - Guest Panellist
 
2011 Late Review (TV series)
Herself - Commentator
Episode dated 28 October 2011 (2011) … Herself - Commentator
 
2011 Blue Peter (TV series)
Herself
How We Itched the Golden Nit (2011) … Herself
 
2006-2011 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself - Actress / Herself
Episode dated 30 May 2011 (2011) … Herself - Actress
Episode dated 10 January 2011 (2011) … Herself - Actress
Episode dated 15 February 2010 (2010) … Herself - Actress
Episode dated 12 December 2006 (2006) … Herself
Episode dated 24 July 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2008 Blackadder Rides Again (TV documentary)
Herself (also archive footage)
 
2008 Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2007 Roald Dahl's Revolting Rule Book (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2007 Arena (TV series documentary)
Herself - Narrator
Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British Cinema (2007) … Herself - Narrator (voice)
 
2007 Greatest Ever Romantic Movies (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2007 A Tribute to John Inman (TV documentary short)
Herself (as Miriam Margolyes OBE)
 
2007 The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2007 What the Pythons Did Next... (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2006 The Royal Variety Performance 2006 (TV movie)
Performer
 
2006 University Challenge: The Story So Far (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Greatest Ever Blockbuster Movies (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Girls Who Do: Comedy (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #1.1 (2006) … Herself
 
2005 Top 50 Greatest Celebrity Animals (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Dickens in America (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
1995-2004 This Morning (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 8 October 2004 (2004) … Herself
Episode dated 12 May 1995 (1995) … Herself
 
2004 Art of the Garden (TV series documentary)
Gertrude Jekyll
 
2003 V Graham Norton (TV series)
Herself
Episode #4.22 (2003) … Herself
 
2003 Interviews with Professors & More (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 From Hollywood to Borehamwood (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Britain's Finest (TV series documentary)
Herself
Castles (2003) … Herself
 
2002 40 Years of University Challenge (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
Herself
Hattie Jacques (2002) … Herself
 
2002 Another Audience with Ken Dodd (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
2001 In Search of Peace (documentary) (voice)
 
1998 Reputations (TV series documentary)
Herself
Kenneth Williams: Desperately Funny (1998) … Herself
 
1997 The Long Way Home (documentary) (voice)
 
1997 Q.E.D. (TV series documentary)
Herself - Narrator
Move Over 'Babe'! (1997) … Herself - Narrator
 
1997 Richard and Judy Exclusive (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.5 (1997) … Herself
 
1994 Liberation (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.72 (1992) … Herself
 
1992 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Herself
Episode #9.10 (1992) … Herself
 
1991 Echoes That Remain (documentary)
Narrator
 
1988 The Media Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.1 (1988) … Herself
 
1984 The Living Body (TV series documentary)
Herself - Narrator (1984) (voice)
 
1984 Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1979 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Herself / Vic (Act Two 'Cloud Nine')
Beryl Cook and Joint Stock Theatre Group (1979) … Herself/Vic (Act Two 'Cloud Nine')
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2008-2012 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
 
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (TV documentary)
Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain/Queen Victoria (uncredited)
 
2003 Build a Scene (video documentary short)
Prof. Pomona Sprout (uncredited)
 
1993 Monkey Business (video documentary short)
PG Tips Chimp (voice) (archive sound)
 

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Other Works:

Narrator of 'Mars' (2007). A short 23-minute movie shown at the space theatre in Leicester's National Space Centre, England. See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Miriam Margolyes OBE

Height:

5' (1.52 m)
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Personal Quote:

As you certainly know, Queen Victoria did not believe in lesbianism. So that was why it was never a criminal offense, in the way homosexuality was, because she thought it was impossible. See more »

Trivia:

Was offered the role of Professor Laird in Doctor Who: Resurrection of The Daleks. Chole Ashcroft took the role. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus