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).
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Movies (31)
Holy Days
2026
A Friend of Dorothy
as Dorothy
2025
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
2024
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
as Narrator (voice)
2024
How To Make It In Comedy
2024
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
as The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
2023
Mog's Christmas
as Aunt One (voice)
2023
Hilda: The Fairy Isle
as Aunt Astrid (Voice)
2023
Next to You
as Granny Vera
2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
My Happy Ending
as Judy
2023
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
as Self
2022
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
as Self
2022
The Fringe, Fame and Me
as Self
2022
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
as Self
2022
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
as Self
2022
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
as Self
2022
H Is for Happiness
as Miss Bamford
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
Wings
as Audrey
2020
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
as Prudence Stanley
2020
The Last Artifact
as Narrator (UK version)
2020
Postcards from the 48%
2018
Early Man
as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
2018
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
as Herself
2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mrs. Fisk
2017
The Little Vampire 3D
as Wulftrud (voice)
2017
Peter and the Wolf
as Narrator
2017
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
as Self
2016
The Importance of Being Miriam
2015
TV Shows (19)
Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand
as Self - Presenter
2025
Badjelly
as Badjelly (voice)
2025
Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian
as Self
2024
Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer
as Self
2023
Dog Squad
as Sylvie (voice)
2022
Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked
as Self - Host
2022
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
as Self
2021
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership
as Narrator
2021
Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian
as Self - Host
2020
Miriam's Big Fat Adventure
as Self - Presenter
2020
Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter
as Herself
2019
Miriam's Dead Good Adventure
as Herself - Presenter
2019
Apple & Onion
as Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)
2018
Miriam’s Big American Adventure
as Herself
2018
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
as Self
2017
Bucket
as Mim
2017
The Real Marigold on Tour
as Host (Herself)
2016
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
as Self
2016
The Real Marigold Hotel
as Self
2016