Miriam Margolyes

Acting · Born 1941-05-18 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK

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).

Filmography

• Mulan as The Matchmaker (voice)
• The Age of Innocence as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Pomona Sprout
• Immortal Beloved as Nanette Streicherová
• Magnolia as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
• Modigliani as Gertrude Stein
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Pomona Sprout
• Little Shop of Horrors as Dental Nurse
• Balto as Grandma Rosy
• Romeo + Juliet as Nurse

TV

• Blackadder as Lady Whiteadder
• Rugrats as Shirley Finster (voice)
• Agatha Christie's Marple as Mrs. Price-Ridley
• Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries as Aunt Prudence
• Merlin as Grunhilda
• Blackadder as Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain
• Jam and Jerusalem as Joyce Midge
• Tales of the Unexpected as Mary Burge
• Dharma & Greg as Chloe
• Take a Letter, Mr Jones as Maria