Miriam Margolyes
Acting
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
2026Holy Days
Sister Luke
2026Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me
Self
2025Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025A Friend of Dorothy
Dorothy
2024The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
Narrator (voice)
2024Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
2023Mog's Christmas
Aunt One (voice)
2023Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023My Happy Ending
Judy
2023Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
2023Next to You
Granny Vera
2022imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
Self
2022The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
2022David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
Self
2022Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
Self
2022Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Self
2022The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Self
2021H Is for Happiness
Miss Bamford
2021Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasonsā Hall
2020The Last Artifact
Narrator (UK version)
2020Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Prudence Stanley
2020Wings
Audrey
2018Early Man
Queen Oofeefa (voice)
2018Postcards from the 48%