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
2026They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew
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)
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%