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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).
The roles that explain the career.
75 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew | Self | Film |
| 2026 | Holy Days | Sister Luke | Film |
| 2025 | A Friend of Dorothy | Dorothy | Film |
| 2022 | David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count | Self | Film |
| 2022 | Judi Dench: Our National Treasure | Self | Film |
| 2019 | Let's Talk About Sex | Self | TV |
| 2018 | Early Man | Queen Oofeefa (voice) | Film |
| 2017 | The Man Who Invented Christmas | Mrs. Fisk | Film |
| 2017 | Harry Potter: A History Of Magic | Herself | Film |
| 2014 | Maya the Bee Movie | Queen (voice) | Film |
| 2012 | The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas | Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice) | Film |
| 2012 | The Wedding Video | Patricia | Film |
| 2012 | The Guilt Trip | Anita | Film |
| 2012 | A Closed Book | Mrs. Kilbride | Film |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Pomona Sprout | Film |
| 2010 | Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga | TV | |
| 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Mrs. Plithiver (voice) | Film |
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Mrs. Kowalski | Film |
| 2007 | The Dukes | Aunt Vee | Film |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | Mrs. Astrakhan (voice) | Film |
| 2006 | Flushed Away | Rita's Grandma (voice) | Film |
| 2005 | Wallis & Edward | Aunt Bessie | Film |
| 2004 | Chasing Liberty | Maria | Film |
| 2004 | Being Julia | Dolly de Vries | Film |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender | Dorcas | Film |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Peg Sellers | Film |
| 2004 | Modigliani | Gertrude Stein | Film |
| 2002 | Dickens | Catherine Dickens | TV |
| 2002 | Alone | Caseworker | Film |
| 2002 | Undertaking Betty | Thelma & Selma | Film |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Pomona Sprout | Film |
| 2001 | In Search of Peace | Ester Cailingold (voice) | Film |
| 2001 | Cats & Dogs | Sophie the Castle Maid | Film |
| 1999 | Sunshine | Rose Sonnenschein | Film |
| 1999 | End of Days | Mabel | Film |
| 1999 | Dreaming of Joseph Lees | Signora Caldoni | Film |
| 1998 | The First Snow of Winter | Sean McDuck (voice) | Film |
| 1998 | Babe: Pig in the City | Fly (voice) | Film |
| 1998 | Left Luggage | Mrs. Goldman | Film |
| 1998 | Mulan | The Matchmaker (voice) | Film |
| 1997 | The Long Way Home | (voice) | Film |
| 1996 | Romeo + Juliet | Nurse | Film |
| 1996 | Different for Girls | Pamela | Film |
| 1996 | James and the Giant Peach | Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice) | Film |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort Farm | Mrs. Beetle | Film |
| 1995 | Babe | Fly (voice) | Film |
| 1995 | Balto | Grandma Rosy | Film |
| 1994 | Immortal Beloved | Nanette Streicherová | Film |
| 1994 | Liberation | Narrator | Film |
| 1993 | The Thief and the Cobbler | Maiden from Mombassa (voice) | Film |
| 1993 | Ed and His Dead Mother | Mabel Chilton | Film |
| 1993 | The Age of Innocence | Mrs. Catherine Mingott | Film |
| 1992 | Stalin | Krupskaya | Film |
| 1992 | As You Like It | Audrey | Film |
| 1991 | The Butcher's Wife | Gina | Film |
| 1991 | Dead Again | Hypnotism Patient | Film |
| 1990 | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter | Film |
| 1990 | I Love You to Death | Joey's Mother | Film |
| 1990 | Orpheus Descending | Vee Talbot | Film |
| 1990 | Pacific Heights | Realtor | Film |
| 1989 | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | Mrs. Rajzman | Film |
| 1987 | A Little Princess | Miss Amelia Minchin | TV |
| 1987 | Little Dorrit | Flora Finching | Film |
| 1987 | Big Muzzy | The Queen (voice) | TV |
| 1987 | Body Contact | Tony's Mother | Film |
| 1985 | The Good Father | Jane Powell | Film |
| 1985 | Morons from Outer Space | Doctor Wallace | Film |
| 1984 | Electric Dreams | Ticket Girl | Film |
| 1983 | Yentl | Sarah | Film |
| 1982 | Scrubbers | Jones | Film |
| 1981 | Take a Letter, Mr Jones | Maria | TV |
| 1980 | The Awakening | Dr. Kadira | Film |
| 1980 | The Apple | Landlady | Film |
| 1977 | Stand up, Virgin Soldiers | Elephant Ethel | Film |
| 1969 | A Nice Girl Like Me | Pensione | Film |
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