Miriam Margolyes
Date of birth: 1941-05-18
Place of birth: Oxford, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Miriam Margolyes, OBE
Biography
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).
Movie Credits
Romeo + Juliet
1996-11-01
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007-02-03
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed progra
James and the Giant Peach
1996-04-12
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possess
I Love You to Death
1990-04-06
Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie d
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004-10-01
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings
Mulan
1998-06-18
To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and b
The Last Artifact
2020-01-01
Just outside Paris, France, inside a high-tech vault, requiring three independently controlled keys,
The Age of Innocence
1993-09-10
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her
Pacific Heights
1990-09-28
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately
Undertaking Betty
2002-12-04
A politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so
Scotch & Wry
1986-11-03
Video Compilation of the Scottish TV Comedy Sketch Show. Stand out characters include Supercop, an i
Cats & Dogs
2001-07-04
When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets t
Flushed Away
2006-10-22
London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for
Babe: Pig in the City
1998-11-25
Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but afte
Cold Comfort Farm
1995-01-01
In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphane
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011-07-12
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just a
End of Days
1999-11-24
Cynical bodyguard Jericho is hired by a man possessed by Satan, who is in search of his bride. When
Babe
1995-07-18
Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, lik
Happy Feet
2006-11-16
Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born wh
Immortal Beloved
1994-12-16
A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010-07-10
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the
Alone
2002-04-11
Experience the fear as you're sucked into the disturbed mind of Alex. Tormented by harrowing voices
The Dukes
2007-04-23
The Dukes,a Doo Wop group, were on top of the world at 17, now are struggling for survival in 2008.
The Good Father
1985-11-01
Bill is a man who's very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. So, when one of his
Little Dorrit
1987-12-11
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a
The Awakening
1980-07-09
When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.
The Apple
1980-11-21
In a pseudo-futuristic 1994, a square couple enter the corrupt world of the music industry, and subs
Sunshine
1999-09-13
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
Electric Dreams
1984-07-20
Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after ha
Magnolia
1999-12-17
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famo
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999-10-29
Set in rural England in the 1950s Eva (Samantha Morton) fantasises about her handsome, worldly cousi
Scrubbers
1982-09-24
Inmates fight, pair off, try suicide and attempt escape at a British reform school for girls.
Mog's Christmas
2023-12-17
Mog feels a little ignored during the Thomas family's Christmas preparations. When she spots the hug
Stalin
1992-11-21
The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of An
The First Snow of Winter
1998-12-25
Sean is a little duck with a big problem. Due to a mishap with a jet aircraft Sean misses the annual
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988-12-23
After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors
Different for Girls
1996-10-01
Paul and Kim meet when their vehicles collide. Paul is fascinated with the attractive Kim. It turns
Dead Again
1991-08-23
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a dete
The Wedding Video
2012-08-17
When the rogueish but loveable Raif is asked to be his brother Tim's best man at his wedding, he dec
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023-06-16
A look back at the making of the entire Blackadder series to commemorate its 40th anniversary, featu
My Happy Ending
2023-02-24
A famous actress goes incognito to seek treatment for a medical issue, and in a hospital waiting roo
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
2012-12-19
Marjorie the cow lives in a run-down stable in the middle of Bethlehem. Nothing exciting ever happen
The Long Way Home
1997-09-19
The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of
Body Contact
1987-12-06
In the future, around Tottenham and Hackney, taxi driver Smiley comes to the assistance of the beaut
Naughty Girls
1975-12-12
A travelogue depicting the adventures of English girls when they visit the Far East.
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
2022-04-25
Miriam Margolyes is one of Britain’s best loved and most provocative actresses. Across her eclectic
The Ha-Ha
1969-08-25
A young woman has a mental breakdown in a state institution.
Liberation
1994-01-01
Liberation tells the dramatic story of the battle waged on two fronts during World War II - the Alli
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016-09-04
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth, film and television personalities tak
Sir Billi
2012-04-13
An aging, skateboarding veterinarian Sir Billi goes above and beyond the call of duty fighting villa
The Seventeenth Kind
2014-07-01
Black comedy scifi about a washed up TV presenter who doesn't let small things like alien invasions
The Lifeswappers
1976-04-12
Who would you be if you could choose? Princess Anne? Linda Lovelace? The Prime Minister? Since thing
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011-06-28
Eleven-year-old Beanie's bland life is changed for ever when he is sent on a mission. Armed only wit
Unexplained Laughter
1989-04-25
Lydia is unlucky in love and retreats to the Welsh countryside with her friend Betty. But the beauti
As You Like It
1992-10-09
Hiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman, disguis
Wallis & Edward
2005-12-18
In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorce
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008-10-02
Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993-06-04
A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexp
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990-09-28
Based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could buil
A Nice Girl Like Me
1969-11-23
Candy is a fetching unwed young lady with a penchant for pregnancy. Her adventures begin when she le
Balto
1995-12-22
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
Ladies in Lavender
2004-11-12
Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard
Being Julia
2004-09-03
Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a
Modigliani
2004-05-18
Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977-04-04
Some British soldiers in Singapore are more concerned with finding sex than finding Communists.
Orpheus Descending
1990-06-01
Val Xavier is a drifter in 1940's Mississippi who brings new life to an Italian immigrant woman trap
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002-11-13
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of hi
Little Shop of Horrors
1986-12-19
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
1977-08-01
Timmy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett are working as entertainment officers at Funfrall, a
Reds
1981-12-25
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his
The Guilt Trip
2012-12-19
An inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.
Morons from Outer Space
1985-03-29
The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four
The Butcher's Wife
1991-10-25
A clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream. They
Demonella
1993-05-20
Music producer Arnold Silverstein is desperate for a song hit so when the Devil - a woman - supplies
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022-08-08
The Fringe, Fame and Me is the story of how a small Scottish arts festival that began 75 years ago t
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975-06-11
A two-part program that examines the life of Samuel Coleridge from his orphaned childhood to how his
House!
2000-05-05
A small bingo hall is threatened by the opening of the country's largest bingo centre nearby.
Maya the Bee Movie
2014-09-11
A bubbly little bumblebee rebels against the rules of the hive to make all kinds of friends—from vio
The Legend of Longwood
2014-11-16
When 12-year-old Mickey Miller moves from New York to Ireland, she soon discovers a link between her
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011-11-11
BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Morgan Matthews was given unprecedented access to the behind-the-scene
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022-11-21
The writer and comedian looks at antisemitism and the progressive left. From theatre to football, Ba
Outlier
2014-10-01
Cancer patient and successful writer Lilith Winterbottom should be dead by now. But the cynical misa
We Are Most Amused
2008-11-15
We Are Most Amused was a gala event held at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 12 November 2008 in honour
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
2022-12-20
Self-confessed Christmas Scrooge, Miriam Margolyes, turns to her love of Charles Dickens and the fes
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022-07-15
A profile of the actress from a strict Quaker upbringing in Yorkshire, through her staunch determina
Yentl
1983-11-18
In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a bo
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978-12-12
An impressionistic look at Irish emigrants in London, representing the emigrant's journey, a confusi
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989-04-22
A biographical portrayal of Simon Wiesenthal, famous Nazi Hunter. From his imprisonment in a Nazi Co
The Fool
1990-12-07
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024-06-09
Produced over four years with full access from Ken’s widow Lady Dodd, the film takes an in-depth loo
The Battle of Billy's Pond
1976-01-01
A huge chemical company pays illegal dumpers for disposal of chemical waste dangerous to the environ
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023-12-18
The Doctor finds himself with an old face and something is very wrong. How can Donna remember him an
Honeysuckle
2014-01-01
A short film about unity. This is a story about boy who finds an unlikely connection with his eccent
On the Game
1974-02-01
Comic look at the history of prostitution.
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
1983-01-01
An unconventional portrait of painter Frida Kahlo and photographer Tina Modotti. Simple in style but
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017-10-12
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts h
Echoes That Remain
1991-06-01
Echoes That Remain combines hundreds of rare archival photos and previously unseen film footage with
Spirit-ED
2015-12-01
What if Angels went to school too? Spirit-ED is a magical, fantasy adventure set in Divinity, a scho
A Closed Book
2012-07-13
Jane appears to be ideal: attractive, intelligent, unruffled by her employer's abrupt eccentricities
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017-10-28
A thrilling journey through legends, belief and folklore, this film goes behind the scenes with the
The Little Vampire 3D
2017-10-04
Tony, a thirteen-year-old boy on vacation in rural Germany, is fascinated by the idea of vampires. M
Early Man
2018-01-26
Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being sp
Old Flames
1990-01-14
Daniel is an obeying and high-flying barrister with the good life on his side. Nathaniel Quass is a
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993-09-23
It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the
Postcards from the 48%
2018-07-06
This is a film made by the some of the 48% who voted Remain. The film is of the 48% and for the 48%.
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020-02-27
After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventur
H Is for Happiness
2021-06-24
A twelve-year-old girl with boundless optimism and a unique view of the world is inspired by the str
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007-01-01
A look at the careers of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terr
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977-12-20
A student faced with an ultimatum to find £5 by morning - or lose his girlfriend - searches for frie
Wings
2020-10-06
A heartwarming love story that spans over six decades, between two Land Army girls during World War
The IMAX Nutcracker
1997-11-27
This 37-minute 3-D Imax film adaptation from E.T.A. Hoffman's story is a straight narrative fantasy
In Search of Peace
2001-09-21
In Search of Peace: 1948-1967 chronicles Israel's first two decades, offering new insights on the or
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021-03-15
Inspired by "Letters of Note", the bestselling anthology compiled by Shaun Usher, and "To the Letter
Next to You
2023-09-06
Set five years on from the school days of director Stevan Filipovic's previous film Next to Me, a st
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001-01-01
After being abandoned by her husband after 28 years, an overbearing, self-centered psychologist emba
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008-10-16
A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 1
Chasing Liberty
2004-01-09
The President's daughter, unable to experience life like a normal 18 year-old, escapes from her ento
How To Make It In Comedy
2024-01-03
Told by the stars who first found fame at the Edinburgh Fringe, this the inside story of what it tak
Holy Days
Three quirky older nuns hit the road looking for miracles but end up learning to drive like demons i
The Importance of Being Miriam
2015-12-18
Actress Miriam Margolyes reflects on the influences that shaped her career and shares her love of cl
Angels in the Asylum
In early 1900s Surrey, fifty women labeled as typhoid carriers face unjust confinement at Long Grove
Mother
2015-01-01
Lara has always lived in the shadow of her mother. That is, until the morning of one life-changing d
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024-09-03
The story of one of Britain's most celebrated actors of the 20th century, told by those who knew and
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025-03-23
A star-studded documentary revealing the private man behind one of Britain’s greatest comic geniuses
A Friend of Dorothy
2025-05-01
A poignant short film that delves into the unexpected bond between Dorothy, an elderly woman living
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022-07-23
A look at Dame Maggie Smith's life from a two-up two-down in Essex to Broadway and Hollywood. Starri
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986-03-31
A dramatized documentary looking at how the British Board of Film Censors imposed an extraordinary s
The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997-11-16
Four Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a
Peter and the Wolf
2017-03-12
Gorgeous tunes and orchestral thrills for the young and young at heart: with a twinkle in her eye, t
Crystal Gazing
1982-09-15
Experimental drama set in London during the Thatcher administration involving four characters: Neil,
Hilda: The Fairy Isle
2023-12-07
Hilda journeys into the fairy mound to look for her father, unravelling surprising family secrets al