Person Details

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Aliases: Miriam Margolyes, OBE

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Oxford, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 68

TV Involvements: 36


Most Famous Work

Biography

Miriam Margoyles OBE (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).

Most Famous Work

Call the Midwife
Average
7

Call the Midwife

(2012) Sister Mildred
Merlin
Average
8

Merlin

(2008) Grunhilda
Play for Today
Average
6

Play for Today

(1970) Veronica
Agatha Christie's Marple
Average
8

Agatha Christie's Marple

(2004) Mrs. Price-Ridley
Tales of the Unexpected
Average
7

Tales of the Unexpected

(1979) Mary Burge
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Average
8

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

(2012) Aunt Prudence
Honest Trailers
Average
7

Honest Trailers

(2012) Pomona Sprout (archive footage)
Doctor Who
Average
7

Doctor Who

(2024) The Meep (voice)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Narrator (voice)
The Meep (voice)
Self
2023 The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
Aunt One (voice)
Granny Vera
Self – Narrator (voice)
Judy
Self
2022 N/A
Self
Self
Self - Host
Self
Self
Narrator
2021 Self
Miss Bamford
N/A
2020 Audrey
Self - Host
Herself
Self - Presenter
Prudence Stanley
Narrator (UK version)
2019 Herself
Herself - Presenter
2018 N/A
Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)
Queen Oofeefa (voice)
Herself
2017 Herself
Mrs. Fisk
Wulftrud (voice)
Self
Mim
2016 Host (Herself)
Self
Herself
Self
2015 Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
Self
2014 N/A
N/A
The Queen (voice)
Mrs. Mark
Self
Patricia
2013 Iona
Herself
2012 Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
Anita
Patricia
Mrs. Kilbride
Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
Aunt Prudence
Pomona Sprout (archive footage)
Mother Mildred
Sister Mildred
2011 Self
N/A
Pomona Sprout
Mummy Socks (voice)
2010 Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
N/A
2008 Self
Self
Mrs. Kowalski
Grunhilda
Self - Panellist
2007 Aunt Vee
Henny Leach
Self
Narrator (voice)
Narrator
2006 Joyce Midge
Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Rita's Grandma (voice)
2005 Aunt Bessie
Host
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)
2004 Mrs. Price-Ridley
Dorcas
Peg Sellers
Dolly de Vries
Gertrude Stein
Maria
2002 Thelma & Selma
Pomona Sprout
N/A
Caseworker
2001 Ester Cailingold (voice)
Sophie the Castle Maid
N/A
2000 Auntie Beth
1999 Faye Barringer (uncredited)
Mabel
Signora Caldoni
Rose Sonnenschein
1998 Sean McDuck (voice)
Fly (voice)
Miss Crawley
Edna
The Matchmaker (voice)
1997 Sugar Plum
Cook
Chloe
(voice)
1996 Nurse
Pamela
Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
1995 Grandma Rosy
Fly (voice)
Mrs. Beetle
1994 Nanette Streicherová
Old Elspeth
Narrator
1993 Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Mabel Chilton
Mother
Grandma
1992 Krupskaya
Self
Audrey
Frannie Escobar
1991 Gina
Hypnotism Patient
Shirley Finster (voice)
Narrator (voice)
1990 Mrs. Bowring
Realtor
Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
Vee Talbot
Joey's Mother
Nellie
1989 Elsa Maxwell
Laughter (voice)
Mrs. Rajzman
1988 Queen Victoria
1987 Flora Finching
Miss Amelia
Tony's Mother
1986 Dental Nurse
N/A
The Queen
N/A
1985 Jane Powell
N/A
Doctor Wallace
1984 Baroness von Lieben
Ticket Girl
1983 Sarah
Lady Whiteadder
(voice)
1982 Mother
Jones
Self
1981 Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
N/A
N/A
Melissa Tordoroff
1980 Landlady
Dr. Kadira
1979 Mary Burge
1978 N/A
Narator
Self
1977 Veronica
Elephant Ethel
Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
1976 Miriam/Miss Babberton
N/A
Tour Guide
1975 Voice
N/A
N/A
Jane Wright
1974 N/A
Anna Vyrubova
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1970 Veronica
1969 Pensione
Kathie
1967 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

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