Acting

Miriam Margolyes

Born 1941-05-18 · Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK72 series161 films

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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Acting

2026Miriam Margolyes Made Me MeSelf1 ep.
2025Miriam Margolyes Discovers New ZealandSelf - Presenter2 ep.
2025BadjellyBadjelly (voice)13 ep.
2024Miriam Margolyes Impossibly AustralianSelf3 ep.
2023Irish Road Trip with Miriam MargolyesSelf2 ep.
2023Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social InfluencerSelf2 ep.
2022Dog SquadSylvie (voice)36 ep.
2022Miriam Margolyes: Australia UnmaskedSelf - Host3 ep.
2022Remembers…Self1 ep.
2021Miriam and Alan: Lost in ScotlandSelf7 ep.
2021Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And LeadershipNarrator3 ep.
2020Miriam Margolyes: Almost AustralianSelf - Host3 ep.
2020Miriam's Big Fat AdventureSelf - Presenter2 ep.
2019Comedy National Treasures: Stanley BaxterHerself1 ep.
2019Miriam's Dead Good AdventureHerself - Presenter2 ep.
2019Let's Talk About SexSelf3 ep.
2018Apple & OnionQueen Victoria Sponge (voice)1 ep.
2018Miriam’s Big American AdventureHerself3 ep.
2017Tate Britain's Great Art WalksSelf1 ep.
2017BucketMim4 ep.
2016The Real Marigold on TourSelf - Host10 ep.
2016John Bishop: In Conversation with...Self1 ep.
2016The Real Marigold HotelSelf3 ep.
2015The Weekly with Charlie PickeringSelf1 ep.
2013PlebsIona1 ep.
2013The Last LegSelf6 ep.
2012Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesAunt Prudence12 ep.
2012Call the MidwifeMother Mildred4 ep.
2011Trollied8 ep.
2010Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga52 ep.
2009The Project1 ep.
2008MerlinGrunhilda1 ep.
2007The Sarah Jane AdventuresLeaf Blathereen (voice)2 ep.
2007KingdomHenny Leach1 ep.
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf12 ep.
2006Jam and JerusalemMrs. Joyce Midge1 ep.
2005InconceivableMalva1 ep.
2005Dickens in AmericaHost10 ep.
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleMrs. Price-Ridley1 ep.
2002DickensCatherine Dickens3 ep.
1998Vanity FairMiss Crawley3 ep.
1998Supply and DemandCS Edna Colley6 ep.
1997The Phoenix and the CarpetCook6 ep.
1997Dharma & GregChloe1 ep.
1994MoonacreOld Elspeth6 ep.
1993Magic GrandadGrandma3 ep.
1992Terry Wogan's Friday NightSelf1 ep.
1992Frannie's TurnFrannie Escobar6 ep.
1991RugratsShirley Finster (voice)2 ep.
1991Tonight at 8.30Nanny2 ep.
1989Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton StoryElsa Maxwell6 ep.
1987Big MuzzyThe Queen (voice)6 ep.
1987A Little PrincessMiss Amelia Minchin6 ep.
1986The Life and Loves of a She-DevilNurse Hopkins2 ep.
1986Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures3 ep.
1985Oliver TwistMrs Bumble5 ep.
1984FreudBaroness von Lieben3 ep.
1983BlackadderInfanta Maria Escalosa of Spain2 ep.
1981A Kick Up the Eighties10 ep.
1981Take a Letter, Mr JonesMaria6 ep.
1981The History ManMelissa Tordoroff3 ep.
1979Tales of the UnexpectedMary Burge1 ep.
1978MonkeyNarator27 ep.
1977ChildhoodMademoiselle1 ep.
1976Plays for BritainMiriam / Miss Babberton1 ep.
1976KizzyMrs Doe2 ep.
1975Angels2 ep.
1975The Girls of Slender MeansJane Wright3 ep.
1974Ken Dodd's World of Laughter19 ep.
1974Fall of EaglesAnna Vyrubova1 ep.
1967At the Eleventh Hour10 ep.
1967Boy Meets GirlMaria1 ep.

Guest appearances

2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf13 ep.
2017The Last LegSelf7 ep.
2024The Project1 ep.
2024The Weekly with Charlie PickeringSelf1 ep.
2024Remembers…Self1 ep.
2023Doctor WhoThe Meep (voice)1 ep.
2018Call the MidwifeMother Mildred, Sister Mildred7 ep.
2021Apple & OnionQueen Victoria Sponge (voice)1 ep.
2021Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest1 ep.
2017Family GuyRight Eyeball (voice)1 ep.
2017Tate Britain's Great Art WalksSelf1 ep.
2016John Bishop: In Conversation with...Self1 ep.
2016PlebsIona1 ep.
2012Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesAunt Prudence12 ep.
2012Q&ASelf - Panellist1 ep.
2010MerlinGrunhilda1 ep.
2009The Sarah Jane AdventuresLeaf Blathereen (voice)2 ep.
2008KingdomHenny Leach1 ep.
2007American Dad!Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)1 ep.
2006Jam and JerusalemMrs. Joyce Midge1 ep.
2005InconceivableMalva1 ep.
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleMrs. Price-Ridley1 ep.
2002An Audience with...Self1 ep.
1998RugratsShirley Finster (voice)2 ep.
2000Dharma & GregChloe1 ep.
1999Omnibus1 ep.
1998Vanity FairMiss Crawley3 ep.
1997The Phoenix and the CarpetCook6 ep.
1993Terry Wogan's Friday NightSelf1 ep.
1991Tonight at 8.30Mrs. Wadhurst, Nanny2 ep.
1990Screen TwoNellie1 ep.
1989The Play on OneLaughter (voice)1 ep.
1989The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf1 ep.
1983BlackadderInfanta Maria Escalosa of Spain, Lady Whiteadder, Queen Victoria3 ep.
1986The Life and Loves of a She-DevilNurse Hopkins2 ep.
1986Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures3 ep.
1985Oliver TwistMrs Bumble, Mrs Corney5 ep.
1985WoganSelf1 ep.
1984FreudBaroness von Lieben3 ep.
1981The History ManMelissa Tordoroff3 ep.
1980Tales of the UnexpectedMary Burge1 ep.
1980MonkeyDemon (voice)1 ep.
1977Play for TodayVeronica1 ep.
1976Angels2 ep.
1977ChildhoodMademoiselle1 ep.
1976Plays for BritainMiriam / Miss Babberton1 ep.
1976KizzyMrs Doe2 ep.
1974Fall of EaglesAnna Vyrubova1 ep.
1969ITV PlayhouseKathie1 ep.
1969Thirty-Minute TheatreVoice1 ep.
1967Boy Meets GirlMaria1 ep.
1965Theatre 625Rita1 ep.

Also known as: Miriam Margolyes, OBE