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Miriam Margolyes

British-Australian actress · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1941 · age 85

Miriam Margolyes is a British and Australian comedian, writer, and actress. Known for her work as a character actor across film, television, and stage, she received the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mrs Mingott in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence (1993), and achieved international prominence...

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A life in dates

2020“For 11 years they must have had intercourse but never complete[ly], but in the air raid, in the heat of the terror, I was created.”In their words7 March 2020The Spectator

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of TearsFilm, 2020Prudence Stanley2018Apple & OnionSeries, Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)2017The Little Vampire 3DFilm, Wulftrud (voice)2013The Last LegSeries2012“The umbilical cord was never completely cut, metaphorically speaking, so I still feel massively connected to them long after their deaths.”In their words2 June 2012The Guardian

The Guilt TripFilm, 2012Anita2010Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleFilm, Mrs. Plithiver (voice)2009“[On mortality] If you are a Jew, and I am, it is not a subject that is ever far away. The Holocaust, in which I lost no one I knew, scarred me forever.”In their words11 October 2009The Telegraph

2008MerlinSeries, GrunhildaHow to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleFilm, 2008Mrs. Kowalski2004Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries, Mrs. Price-RidleyBeing JuliaFilm, 2004Dolly de Vries2001Cats & DogsFilm, Sophie the Castle Maid1998Babe: Pig in the CityFilm, Fly (voice)1997Dharma & GregSeries, Chloe1995BabeFilm, Fly (voice)1993The Age of InnocenceFilm, Mrs. Catherine Mingott1991Dead AgainFilm, Mrs. Tupper (uncredited)1986Little Shop of HorrorsFilm, Dental Nurse1985Screen TwoSeries, Nellie1983YentlFilm, Sarah1982WoganSeries1980The AwakeningFilm, Dr. Kadira1970Play for TodaySeries, Veronica1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries, Voice1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1941Born18 May 1941

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  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011
  • Mulan 1998
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002
  • Magnolia 1999
  • Balto 1995

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Filmography 40

228 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

In their own words 4

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4 statements, newest first

  1. I was in my late twenties when I told my mother. [...] I spoke to her about an affair with a woman and three days later she had this stroke.

    , Own words

  2. I now regret it because it caused the person I loved the most pain she could not bear. I should have been aware that to tell her was very wrong.

    Interviewed on Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio 4), as cited in "Margolyes's gay confession led to mother's stroke", The Sunday Times (28, Own words

  3. [On the TV series Miriam's Big Fat Adventure] I've always been fat and you're not supposed to be fat, so my built-in rebellion starts with the very flesh that I inhabit.

    , Own words

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Awards

Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Audie Award for Best Female Narrator

About this person

Known for her work as a character actor across film, television, and stage, she received the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mrs Mingott in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence (1993), and achieved international prominence with her portrayal of Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series (2001-2011). Margolyes was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for Services to Drama.

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United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1941 · age 85

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