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

Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010 · TV

Monkey
1978 · TV

Dog Squad
2022 · TV

The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV

Badjelly
2025 · TV

Ken Dodd's World of Laughter
1974 · TV

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012 · TV

The Real Marigold on Tour
2016 · TV

A Kick Up the Eighties
1981 · TV

Trollied
2011 · TV

Family Guy
1999 · TV

Dickens in America
2005 · TV

Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
2021 · TV

The Last Leg
2013 · TV

Supply and Demand
1998 · TV

Big Muzzy
1987 · TV

A Little Princess
1987 · TV

Frannie's Turn
1992 · TV

Call the Midwife
2012 · TV

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989 · TV

Take a Letter, Mr Jones
1981 · TV

American Dad!
2005 · TV

The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997 · TV

Oliver Twist
1985 · TV

Bucket
2017 · TV

Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership
2021 · TV

Vanity Fair
1998 · TV

The Real Marigold Hotel
2016 · TV

Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian
2020 · TV

Miriam’s Big American Adventure
2018 · TV

Dickens
2002 · TV

Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked
2022 · TV

Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian
2024 · TV

Freud
1984 · TV

The History Man
1981 · TV

The Girls of Slender Means
1975 · TV

Rugrats
1991 · TV

The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 · TV

Miriam's Big Fat Adventure
2020 · TV

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986 · TV

Miriam's Dead Good Adventure
2019 · TV

Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand
2025 · TV

Kizzy
1976 · TV

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · TV

Merlin
2008 · TV

Angels
1975 · TV

Play for Today
1970 · TV

Theatre 625
1964 · TV

Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV

Blackadder
1983 · TV

Apple & Onion
2018 · TV

Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer
2023 · TV

Irish Road Trip with Miriam Margolyes
2023 · TV

ITV Playhouse
1967 · TV

Dharma & Greg
1997 · TV

Plebs
2013 · TV

Kingdom
2007 · TV

Fall of Eagles
1974 · TV

Plays for Britain
1976 · TV

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017 · TV