
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).
Movies (122)

Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me
2026

Holy Days
2026

A Friend of Dorothy
2025

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023

Mog's Christmas
2023

Next to You
2023

My Happy Ending
2023

Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
2022

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022

The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022

Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022

imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
2022

H Is for Happiness
2021

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021

Wings
2020

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020

The Last Artifact
2020

Postcards from the 48%
2018

Early Man
2018

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017

The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017

The Little Vampire 3D
2017

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016

The Importance of Being Miriam
2015

The Legend of Longwood
2014

Maya the Bee Movie
2014

The Seventeenth Kind
2014

The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
2012

The Guilt Trip
2012

The Wedding Video
2012

A Closed Book
2012

Sir Billi
2012

When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011

The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010

We Are Most Amused
2008

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008

Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British Cinema
2007

The Dukes
2007

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007

What the Pythons Did Next...
2007

Happy Feet
2006

Flushed Away
2006

Wallis & Edward
2005

Ladies in Lavender
2004

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004

Being Julia
2004

The Phoenix and the Carpet
2004

Modigliani
2004

Chasing Liberty
2004

Undertaking Betty
2002

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002

Alone
2002

In Search of Peace
2001

Cats & Dogs
2001

Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001

House!
2000

Magnolia
1999

End of Days
1999

Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999

Sunshine
1999

The First Snow of Winter
1998

Babe: Pig in the City
1998

Mulan
1998

Left Luggage
1998

The IMAX Nutcracker
1997

The Long Way Home
1997

Romeo + Juliet
1996

Different for Girls
1996

James and the Giant Peach
1996

Balto
1995

Babe
1995

Cold Comfort Farm
1995

Immortal Beloved
1994

Liberation
1994

The Thief and the Cobbler
1993

The Age of Innocence
1993

Ed and His Dead Mother
1993

Demonella
1993

Stalin
1992

As You Like It
1992

The Butcher's Wife
1991

Dead Again
1991

Echoes That Remain
1991

Pacific Heights
1990

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990

Orpheus Descending
1990

I Love You to Death
1990

Old Flames
1990

Unexplained Laughter
1989

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988

Little Dorrit
1987

Body Contact
1987

Little Shop of Horrors
1986

Scotch & Wry
1986

The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986

The Good Father
1985

Morons from Outer Space
1985

Electric Dreams
1984

Yentl
1983

Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
1983

Scrubbers
1982

Crystal Gazing
1982

Reds
1981

The Apple
1980

The Awakening
1980

On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978

The Thin End of the Wedge
1977

Confessions from a Holiday Camp
1977

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977

The Lifeswappers
1976

The Battle of Billy's Pond
1976

Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975

On the Game
1974

A Nice Girl Like Me
1969
TV Shows (75)

Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand
2025

Badjelly
2025

Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian
2024

Irish Road Trip with Miriam Margolyes
2023

Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer
2023

Dog Squad
2022

Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked
2022

Remembers…
2022

Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
2021

Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership
2021

Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian
2020

Miriam's Big Fat Adventure
2020

Miriam's Dead Good Adventure
2019

Apple & Onion
2018

Miriam’s Big American Adventure
2018

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017

Bucket
2017

The Real Marigold on Tour
2016

John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016

The Real Marigold Hotel
2016

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

Plebs
2013

The Last Leg
2013

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012

Call the Midwife
2012

Trollied
2011

Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010

The Project
2009

Merlin
2008

Q&A
2008

The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007

Kingdom
2007

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Jam and Jerusalem
2006

Jam and Jerusalem
2006

Dickens in America
2005

American Dad!
2005

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004

Dickens
2002

Family Guy
1999

Vanity Fair
1998

Supply and Demand
1998

The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997

Dharma & Greg
1997

Frannie's Turn
1992

Rugrats
1991

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989

The Play on One
1988

Big Muzzy
1987

A Little Princess
1987

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986

Oliver Twist
1985

Freud
1984

Blackadder
1983

Blackadder
1983

Wogan
1982

A Kick Up the Eighties
1981

Take a Letter, Mr Jones
1981

The History Man
1981

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

Monkey
1978

Monkey
1978

An Audience with...
1978

Plays for Britain
1976

Kizzy
1976

Angels
1975

The Girls of Slender Means
1975

Ken Dodd's World of Laughter
1974

Fall of Eagles
1974

Play for Today
1970

Omnibus
1967

ITV Playhouse
1967

Theatre 625
1964

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962