1941Born, Oxford
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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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Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsPomona Sprout
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Pomona Sprout
Happy FeetMrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Family GuyRight Eyeball (voice)
Flushed AwayRita's Grandma (voice)2026Holy DaysSister LukeMovie
2025A Friend of DorothyDorothyMovie
2025Ken Dodd: A Legacy of HappinessMovie
2025BadjellyBadjelly (voice) · 13 episodesShow
2024The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I LovedNarrator (voice)Movie
2023Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary SpecialsThe Meep (voice) (archive footage)Movie
2023Mog's ChristmasAunt One (voice)Movie
2023Next to YouGranny VeraMovie
2023My Happy EndingJudyMovie
2022Dog SquadSylvie (voice) · 36 episodesShow
2021H Is for HappinessMiss BamfordMovie
2021Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ HallMovie
2021Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And LeadershipNarrator · 3 episodes · CreatorShow
2020WingsAudreyMovie
2020The Last ArtifactNarrator (UK version)Movie
2020Miss Fisher and the Crypt of TearsPrudence StanleyMovie
2018Postcards from the 48%Movie
2018Apple & OnionQueen Victoria Sponge (voice) · 1 episodeShow
2018Early ManQueen Oofeefa (voice)Movie
2017The Man Who Invented ChristmasMrs. FiskMovie
2017The Little Vampire 3DWulftrud (voice)Movie
2017BucketMim · 4 episodesShow
2017Peter and the WolfNarratorMovie
2015The Importance of Being MiriamMovie
2015Spirit-EDHeadmistress - Ms Ursula GressupMovie
2015MotherMaria AponteMovie
2014The Legend of LongwoodLady ThyrzaMovie
2014OutlierOdamee MarshallMovie
2014Maya the Bee MovieQueen (voice)Movie
2014The Seventeenth KindMrs. MarkMovie
2014HoneysucklePatriciaMovie
2013PlebsIona · 1 episodeShow
2012The Cow That Almost Missed ChristmasMme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)Movie
2012The Guilt TripAnitaMovie
2012The Wedding VideoPatriciaMovie
2012A Closed BookMrs. KilbrideMovie
2012Sir BilliBaroness Chantal McToff (voice)Movie
2012Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesAunt Prudence · 12 episodesShow
2012Call the MidwifeMother Mildred · 4 episodesShow
2011Trollied8 episodesShow
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Pomona SproutMovie
2011The Itch of the Golden NitMummy Socks (voice)Movie
2010Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleMrs. Plithiver (voice)Movie
2010Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga52 episodesShow
2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleMrs. KowalskiMovie
2008MerlinGrunhilda · 1 episodeShow
2007The Sarah Jane AdventuresLeaf Blathereen (voice) · 2 episodesShow
2007Flames of Passion: The Other Side of British CinemaNarratorMovie
2007The DukesAunt VeeMovie
2007KingdomHenny Leach · 1 episodeShow
2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasNarrator (voice)Movie
2007What the Pythons Did Next...NarratorMovie
2006Jam and JerusalemJoyce Midge, Mrs. Joyce Midge · 1 episodeShow
2006Happy FeetMrs. Astrakhan (voice)Movie
2006Flushed AwayRita's Grandma (voice)Movie
2005Wallis & EdwardAunt BessieMovie
2005InconceivableMalva · 1 episodeShow
2005Dickens in AmericaHost · 10 episodesShow
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleMrs. Price-Ridley · 1 episodeShow
2004Ladies in LavenderDorcasMovie
2004The Life and Death of Peter SellersPeg SellersMovie
2004Being JuliaDolly de VriesMovie
2004The Phoenix and the CarpetCookMovie
2004ModiglianiGertrude SteinMovie
2004Chasing LibertyMariaMovie
2002Undertaking BettyThelma & SelmaMovie
2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsPomona SproutMovie
2002DickensCatherine Dickens · 3 episodesShow
2002AloneCaseworkerMovie
2001In Search of PeaceEster Cailingold (voice)Movie
2001Cats & DogsSophie the Castle MaidMovie
2001Not Afraid, Not AfraidMovie
2000House!Auntie BethMovie
1999MagnoliaFaye Barringer (uncredited)Movie
1999End of DaysMabelMovie
1999Dreaming of Joseph LeesSignora CaldoniMovie
1999SunshineRose SonnenscheinMovie
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