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).

Known For

Family Guy

American Dad!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Graham Norton Show

Rugrats

Call the Midwife

Agatha Christie's Marple

All Movies (134)

• They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew2026 · as Self
• Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me2026 · as Self
• Holy Days2026 · as Sister Luke
• A Friend of Dorothy2025 · as Dorothy
• Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness2025
• Alec Guinness: A Class Act2024 · as self
• The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved2024 · as Narrator (voice)
• How To Make It In Comedy2024
• Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials2023 · as The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
• Mog's Christmas2023 · as Aunt One (voice)
• Next to You2023 · as Granny Vera
• Blackadder: A Cunning Story2023 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• My Happy Ending2023 · as Judy
• Miriam's Dickensian Christmas2022 · as Self
• David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count2022 · as Self
• The Fringe, Fame and Me2022 · as Self
• The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration2022 · as Self
• Judi Dench: Our National Treasure2022 · as Self
• imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs2022 · as Self
• H Is for Happiness2021 · as Miss Bamford
• Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall2021
• Wings2020 · as Audrey
• Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears2020 · as Prudence Stanley
• The Last Artifact2020 · as Narrator (UK version)
• Postcards from the 48%2018
• Early Man2018 · as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
• Harry Potter: A History Of Magic2017 · as Herself
• The Man Who Invented Christmas2017 · as Mrs. Fisk
• The Little Vampire 3D2017 · as Wulftrud (voice)
• Peter and the Wolf2017 · as Narrator
• Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book2016 · as Self
• The Importance of Being Miriam2015
• Spirit-ED2015 · as Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
• Mother2015 · as Maria Aponte
• The Legend of Longwood2014 · as Lady Thyrza
• Outlier2014 · as Odamee Marshall
• Maya the Bee Movie2014 · as Queen (voice)
• The Seventeenth Kind2014 · as Mrs. Mark
• Honeysuckle2014 · as Patricia
• The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas2012 · as Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
• The Guilt Trip2012 · as Anita
• The Wedding Video2012 · as Patricia
• A Closed Book2012 · as Mrs. Kilbride
• Sir Billi2012 · as Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
• When Harry Left Hogwarts2011 · as Self
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011 · as Pomona Sprout
• The Itch of the Golden Nit2011 · as Mummy Socks (voice)
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole2010 · as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
• We Are Most Amused2008 · as Self
• Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments2008 · as Self
• How to Lose Friends & Alienate People2008 · as Mrs. Kowalski
• Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British Cinema2007 · as Narrator
• The Dukes2007 · as Aunt Vee
• The 50 Greatest Television Dramas2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• What the Pythons Did Next...2007 · as Narrator
• Happy Feet2006 · as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
• Flushed Away2006 · as Rita's Grandma (voice)
• Wallis & Edward2005 · as Aunt Bessie
• Ladies in Lavender2004 · as Dorcas
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers2004 · as Peg Sellers
• Being Julia2004 · as Dolly de Vries
• The Phoenix and the Carpet2004 · as Cook
• Modigliani2004 · as Gertrude Stein
• Chasing Liberty2004 · as Maria
• Undertaking Betty2002 · as Thelma & Selma
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002 · as Pomona Sprout
• Alone2002 · as Caseworker
• In Search of Peace2001 · as Ester Cailingold (voice)
• Cats & Dogs2001 · as Sophie the Castle Maid
• Not Afraid, Not Afraid2001
• House!2000 · as Auntie Beth
• Magnolia1999 · as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
• End of Days1999 · as Mabel
• Dreaming of Joseph Lees1999 · as Signora Caldoni
• Sunshine1999 · as Rose Sonnenschein
• The First Snow of Winter1998 · as Sean McDuck (voice)
• Babe: Pig in the City1998 · as Fly (voice)
• Mulan1998 · as The Matchmaker (voice)
• Left Luggage1998 · as Mrs. Goldman
• The IMAX Nutcracker1997 · as Sugar Plum
• The Long Way Home1997 · as (voice)
• Romeo + Juliet1996 · as Nurse
• Different for Girls1996 · as Pamela
• James and the Giant Peach1996 · as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
• Balto1995 · as Grandma Rosy
• Babe1995 · as Fly (voice)
• Cold Comfort Farm1995 · as Mrs. Beetle
• Immortal Beloved1994 · as Nanette Streicherová
• Liberation1994 · as Narrator
• The Thief and the Cobbler1993 · as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
• The Age of Innocence1993 · as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
• Ed and His Dead Mother1993 · as Mabel Chilton
• Demonella1993 · as Mother
• Stalin1992 · as Krupskaya
• As You Like It1992 · as Audrey
• The Butcher's Wife1991 · as Gina
• Dead Again1991 · as Hypnotism Patient
• Echoes That Remain1991 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Fool1990 · as Mrs. Bowring
• Pacific Heights1990 · as Realtor
• The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship1990 · as Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
• Orpheus Descending1990 · as Vee Talbot
• I Love You to Death1990 · as Joey's Mother
• Old Flames1990 · as Nellie
• Unexplained Laughter1989 · as Laughter (voice)
• Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story1989 · as Mrs. Rajzman
• Blackadder's Christmas Carol1988 · as Queen Victoria
• Little Dorrit1987 · as Flora Finching
• Body Contact1987 · as Tony's Mother
• Little Shop of Horrors1986 · as Dental Nurse
• Scotch & Wry1986
• The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors1986 · as Miss N. Shortt
• The Good Father1985 · as Jane Powell
• Morons from Outer Space1985 · as Doctor Wallace
• Electric Dreams1984 · as Ticket Girl
• Yentl1983 · as Sarah
• Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti1983 · as Narrator (voice)
• Scrubbers1982 · as Jones
• Crystal Gazing1982 · as Newsreader
• Reds1981 · as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
• The Apple1980 · as Landlady
• The Awakening1980 · as Dr. Kadira
• On a Paving Stone Mounted1978
• The Thin End of the Wedge1977 · as Veronica
• Confessions from a Holiday Camp1977 · as Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
• Stand up, Virgin Soldiers1977 · as Elephant Ethel
• The Lifeswappers1976 · as Miriam/Miss Babberton
• The Battle of Billy's Pond1976 · as Tour Guide
• Naughty Girls1975 · as Voice
• Rime of the Ancient Mariner1975
• On the Game1974 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• A Nice Girl Like Me1969 · as Pensione
• The Ha-Ha1969 · as Kathie
• Angels in the Asylum—

All TV Shows (86)

• Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me2026 · as Self
• Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand2025 · as Self - Presenter
• Badjelly2025 · as Badjelly (voice)
• Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian2024 · as Self
• Irish Road Trip with Miriam Margolyes2023 · as Self
• Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer2023 · as Self
• Dog Squad2022 · as Sylvie (voice)
• Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked2022 · as Self - Host
• Remembers…2022 · as Self
• Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland2021 · as Self
• Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership2021 · as Narrator
• Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian2020 · as Self - Host
• Miriam's Big Fat Adventure2020 · as Self - Presenter
• Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter2019 · as Herself
• Miriam's Dead Good Adventure2019 · as Herself - Presenter
• Let's Talk About Sex2019 · as Self
• Apple & Onion2018 · as Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)
• Miriam’s Big American Adventure2018 · as Herself
• Tate Britain's Great Art Walks2017 · as Self
• Bucket2017 · as Mim
• The Real Marigold on Tour2016 · as Self - Host
• John Bishop: In Conversation with...2016 · as Self
• The Real Marigold Hotel2016 · as Self
• The Weekly with Charlie Pickering2015 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Plebs2013 · as Iona
• The Last Leg2013 · as Self
• Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries2012 · as Aunt Prudence
• Call the Midwife2012 · as Mother Mildred
• Trollied2011
• Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga2010
• The Project2009
• Merlin2008 · as Grunhilda
• Q&A2008 · as Self - Panellist
• The Sarah Jane Adventures2007 · as Leaf Blathereen (voice)
• Kingdom2007 · as Henny Leach
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Jam and Jerusalem2006 · as Joyce Midge
• Jam and Jerusalem2006 · as Mrs. Joyce Midge
• Dickens in America2005 · as Host
• American Dad!2005 · as Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Mrs. Price-Ridley
• Dickens2002 · as Catherine Dickens
• Family Guy1999 · as Right Eyeball (voice)
• Vanity Fair1998 · as Miss Crawley
• Supply and Demand1998 · as CS Edna Colley
• The Phoenix and the Carpet1997 · as Cook
• Dharma & Greg1997 · as Chloe
• Moonacre1994 · as Old Elspeth
• Magic Grandad1993 · as Grandma
• Terry Wogan's Friday Night1992 · as Self
• Frannie's Turn1992 · as Frannie Escobar
• Rugrats1991 · as Shirley Finster (voice)
• Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story1989 · as Elsa Maxwell
• The Play on One1988 · as Laughter (voice)
• Big Muzzy1987 · as The Queen (voice)
• A Little Princess1987 · as Miss Amelia Minchin
• The Life and Loves of a She-Devil1986 · as Nurse Hopkins
• Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures1986
• Oliver Twist1985
• Screen Two1985 · as Nellie
• Freud1984 · as Baroness von Lieben
• Blackadder1983 · as Lady Whiteadder
• Blackadder1983 · as Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• A Kick Up the Eighties1981
• Take a Letter, Mr Jones1981 · as Maria
• The History Man1981 · as Melissa Tordoroff
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Mary Burge
• Monkey1978 · as Narator
• Monkey1978 · as Demon (voice)
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• Childhood1977 · as Mademoiselle
• Plays for Britain1976 · as Miriam / Miss Babberton
• Kizzy1976 · as Mrs Doe
• Angels1975
• The Girls of Slender Means1975 · as Jane Wright
• Ken Dodd's World of Laughter1974
• Fall of Eagles1974 · as Anna Vyrubova
• Play for Today1970 · as Veronica
• At the Eleventh Hour1967
• Omnibus1967
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Kathie
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Voice
• Theatre 6251964 · as Rita
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self