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Miriam Margolyes
Born 1941-05-18Oxford, 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).
Screen work
Movies & roles
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of JewSelfMiriam Margolyes Made Me MeSelfHoly DaysSister LukeA Friend of DorothyDorothyKen Dodd: A Legacy of HappinessRoleAlec Guinness: A Class ActselfThe Real Ken Dodd: The Man I LovedNarrator (voice)Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary SpecialsThe Meep (voice) (archive footage)Mog's ChristmasAunt One (voice)Next to YouGranny VeraBlackadder: A Cunning StorySelf - Narrator (voice)My Happy EndingJudyMiriam's Dickensian ChristmasSelfDavid Baddiel: Jews Don't CountSelfThe Fringe, Fame and MeSelfThe Marvellous Maggie Smith: A CelebrationSelfJudi Dench: Our National TreasureSelfimagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for GrabsSelfH Is for HappinessMiss BamfordLetters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ HallRoleWingsAudreyMiss Fisher and the Crypt of TearsPrudence StanleyThe Last ArtifactNarrator (UK version)Postcards from the 48%Role