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Miriam Margolyes

  • Actress
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IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,0002403
Miriam Margolyes
Follows a famous star who finds herself in a British hospital room with three other women who help her.
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A veteran of stage and screen, award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes has achieved success on both sides of the Atlantic. Winner of the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress award in 1993 for The Age of Innocence (1993), she received Best Supporting Actress at the 1989 LA Critics Circle Awards for her role in Little Dorrit (1987) and a Sony Radio Award for Best Actress in 1993. She voiced "Fly, the dog" in Babe (1995).

Major credits include Yentl (1983), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), I Love You to Death (1990), End of Days (1999), Sunshine (1999), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Cats & Dogs (2001), and Magnolia (1999). She played "Prof. Sprout" in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). More recently, she appeared in Stephen Hopkins', The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Modigliani (2004), István Szabó's Being Julia (2004) and Ladies in Lavender (2004) (with Dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench).

Memorable television credits include Old Flames (1990), Freud (1984), The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986), Blackadder (1982), The Girls of Slender Means (1975), Oliver Twist (1985), The History Man (1981), Vanity Fair (2004), and Supply & Demand (1997).

Stage credits include Peter Hall's Los Angeles production of "Romeo & Juliet"; "She Stoops to Conquer" and "Orpheus Descending" (both also for Peter Hall); "The Threepenny Opera" (directed by Tony Richardson); "The White Devil" at The Old Vic (for Michael Lindsay-Hogg); the Bristol Old Vic production of "The Canterbury Tales"; and her own award-winning one-woman show, "Dickens' Woman".

In the 2002 Queen's New Years Honours List, Queen Elizabeth II awarded her the OBE for her services to Drama.
BornMay 18, 1941
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BornMay 18, 1941
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  • Won 1 BAFTA Award
    • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Miriam Margolyes in Call the Midwife (2012)
Miriam Margolyes in The Apple (1980)
Miriam Margolyes in The Apple (1980)
George Gilmour and Miriam Margolyes in The Apple (1980)
George Gilmour and Miriam Margolyes in The Apple (1980)
George Gilmour and Miriam Margolyes in The Apple (1980)
George Gilmour and Miriam Margolyes in The Apple (1980)
Miriam Margolyes in The Apple (1980)
James Cromwell, Christine Cavanaugh, and Miriam Margolyes in Babe (1995)
Winona Ryder, Daniel Day-Lewis, Geraldine Chaplin, and Miriam Margolyes in The Age of Innocence (1993)
Miriam Margolyes in The Age of Innocence (1993)
Winona Ryder, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Miriam Margolyes in The Age of Innocence (1993)

Known for

Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, and Daniel Day-Lewis in The Age of Innocence (1993)
The Age of Innocence
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  • Mrs. Mingott
  • 1993
Claire Danes, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Leguizamo, Jamie Kennedy, Dash Mihok, and Harold Perrineau in Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Romeo + Juliet
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  • The Nurse
  • 1996
Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
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  • Professor Pomona Sprout
  • 2011
Kevin Bacon, Bridget Fonda, Bob Hoskins, Phil Collins, Jack Angel, Jim Cummings, Danny Mann, and Robbie Rist in Balto (1995)
Balto
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  • Grandma Rosy
  • Extra Voices(voice)
  • 1995

Credits

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Actress

  • Doctor Who
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2005
  • Pored tebe
    • Granny Vera
    • Post-production
  • Midnight Story
    • Narrator
    • Completed
    • Short
  • Mog's Christmas
    • Aunt
    • Pre-production
  • Andie MacDowell in My Happy Ending (2023)
    My Happy Ending
    • Judy
    • 2023
  • Dog Squad (2022)
    Dog Squad
    • Sylvie (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • The Sandman (2020)
    The Sandman
    • Despair (voice)
    • Podcast Series
    • 2020–2022
  • Bryony Hannah, Helen George, and Jessica Raine in Call the Midwife (2012)
    Call the Midwife
    • Mother Mildred
    • Sister Mildred
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2021
  • Wallace & Gromit: The Big Fix Up (2020)
    Wallace & Gromit: The Big Fix Up
    • BERYL (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2020
  • Rosie Day and Carla Fraser in Wings (2020)
    Wings
    • Audrey
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Haydn Gwynne, Harry Enfield, Hugh Skinner, Morgana Robinson, and Richard Goulding in The Windsors (2016)
    The Windsors
    • Queen Victoria
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Essie Davis in Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears (2020)
    Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears
    • Aunt Prudence
    • 2020
  • Elijah Baker in Ethel (2019)
    Ethel
    • Ethel
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Ella Kenion, Florrie Wilkinson, Margot Powell, Nefeli Karakosta, Agnes Peacock, Rhashan Stone, Michaela Dietz, Akia Henry, Josh Brener, Abigail Zoe Lewis, Jack Binstead, Kyle Soller, Lauren Lindsey Donzis, Rhys Isaac-Jones, Bert Davis, Maxwell Apple, Nikhil Parmar, and Rocco Wright in 101 Dalmatian Street (2018)
    101 Dalmatian Street
    • Bessie (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Daisy Axon and Wesley Patten in H is for Happiness (2019)
    H is for Happiness
    • Miss Bamford
    • 2019
  • Richard Roxburgh in Rake (2010)
    Rake
    • Huntley-Brown
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2018
  • Mirette (2018)
    Mirette
    • Meme Gateau
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Early Man (2018)
    Early Man
    • Queen Oofeefa (voice)
    • 2018
  • Bottersnikes & Gumbles (2015)
    Bottersnikes & Gumbles
    • Weather Snike
    • Weathersnike
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2017

Soundtrack

  • Essie Davis, Nathan Page, and Hugo Johnstone-Burt in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012)
    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
    • performer: "Deck The Halls" (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Atop the Fourth Wall (2008)
    Atop the Fourth Wall
    • performer: "Family"
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Topsy Turvy (1996)
    Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Topsy Turvy
    • performer: "Family"
    • Video
    • 1996
  • Paul Terry in James and the Giant Peach (1996)
    James and the Giant Peach
    • performer: "That's The Life", "Family"
    • 1996
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Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Miriam Margoles
  • Height
    • 5′ 1″ (1.55 m)
  • Born
    • May 18, 1941
    • Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
  • Spouse
    • Heather Sutherland? - present
  • Parents
      Ruth
  • Other works
    Was the voice of the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    Voiced the Cadbury's Caramel Bunny in the British adverts.
  • Quotes
    I'm not the sort of woman men boast of having slept with.

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