About
| Birth Notes: | 18 May 1941, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
| Height: | 5' 0" |
| Biography: | 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 also received Best Supporting Actress at the 1989 LA Critics Circle Awards for her role in Little Dorrit (1988) and a Sony Radio Award for Best Actress on "Radio" in 1993. She was the voice of Fly the dog in Babe (1995). Major credits during her long and celebrated career include Yentl (1983), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), I Love You to Death (1990), End of Days (1999), Sunshine (1999), Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV), Cats & Dogs (2001), Magnolia (1999) and she was Prof. Sprout in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). Most recently Margolyes 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), which is opening at the NY Tribeca Festival on April 23rd. Most memorable TV credits include "Screen Two" (1985) {Old Flames (#6.1)}, "Freud" (1984), "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil" (1986), "The Black Adder" (1983), The Girls of Slender Means (1975) (TV), _Oliver Twist (1982) (TV)_, "The History Man" (1981), Vanity Fair (2004) , Supply & Demand (1997) (TV). She was Franny in the CBS sitcom "Frannie's Turn" (1992) and starred recently in the Miss Marple episode, "Murder at the Vicarage". Stage credits include "The Vagina Monologues", Sir Peter Hall 's Los Angeles production of "Romeo & Juliet", "She Stoops to Conquer" and "Orpheus Descending" (all for Sir Peter Hall ), "The Killing of Sister George", "The Threepenny Opera" ('Tony Richardson (I)' (qv)), Michael Lindsay-Hogg's "The White Devil" at The Old Vic, 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, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II awarded her the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British) Empire for her services to Drama. |
Filmography
| A Closed Book (2010) as Mrs. Kilbride |
| Cats & Dogs (2001) as Sophie the Castle Maid |
| Chasing Liberty (2004) as Maria |
| Ed and His Dead Mother (1993) as Mabel Chilton |
| Electric Dreams (1984) as Ticket Girl |
| End of Days (1999) as Mabel |
| Flushed Away (2006) as Rita's Grandma |
| Happy Feet (2006) as Mrs. Astrakhan |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) as Professor Pomona Sprout |
| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) as Mrs. Kowalski |
| I Love You to Death (1990) as Joey's Mother |
| Immortal Beloved (1994) as Nanette Streicherová |
| Ladies in Lavender. (2004) as Dorcas |
| Little Shop of Horrors (1986) as Dental Nurse |
| Pacific Heights (1990) as Realtor |
| Sunshine (1999) as Rose Sonnenschein |
| The Age of Innocence (1993) as Mrs. Mingott |
| The Awakening (1980) as Dr. Kadira |
| The Good Father (1985) as Jane Powell |
| The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) as Peg Sellers |
| The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) as Maiden from Mombassa (original version) |
| Yentl (1983) as Sarah |
| Alone (2002) as Caseworker |
| As You Like It (1992) as Audrey |
| Babe (1995) as Fly |
| Babe: Pig in the City (1998) as Fly the Female Sheepdog |
| Balto (1995) as Grandma Rosy/Extra Voices |
| Being Julia (2004) as Dolly de Vries |
| Body Contact (1987) as Tony's Mother |
| Candy (1998) as Gisella |
| Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977) as Blackbird |
| Crystal Gazing (1982) as Newsreader |
| Dead Again (1991) as Lady |
| Different for Girls (1996) as Pamela |
| Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999) as Signora Caldoni |
| End of the Line (2004) as Bag Lady |
| Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti (1983) as Narrator |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011) as Pomona Sprout |
| House! (2000) as Beth |
| In Search of Peace (2001) |
| James and the Giant Peach (1996) as Aunt Sponge/The Glowworm |
| Left Luggage (1998) as Mrs. Goldman |
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) as Mrs. Plithiver |
| Liberation (1994) as Narrator |
| Little Dorrit (1988) as Flora Finching |
| Magnolia (1999) as Faye Barringer |
| Modigliani (2004) as Gertrude Stein |
| Morons from Outer Space (1985) as Doctor Wallace |
| Moving Pictures (2011) as Miss Hughes |
| Mulan (1998) as The Matchmaker |
| Not Afraid, Not Afraid (2001) |
| On a Paving Stone Mounted (1978) |
| On the Game (1974) as Narrator |
| Plots with a View (2002) as Thelma & Selma |
| Reds (1981) as Woman writing in notebook |
| Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1975) as Dorothy Wordsworth |
| Romeo + Juliet (1996) as The Nurse |
| Scrubbers (1983) as Jones |
| Sir Billi (2010) as Baroness Chantal McToff |
| Sir Billi the Vet (2006) as Baroness Chantal McToff |
| Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977) as Elephant Ethel |
| The Apple (1980) as Landlady |
| The Battle of Billy's Pond (1976) as Tour Guide |
| The Butcher's Wife (1991) as Gina |
| The Dukes (2007) as Aunt Vee |
| The First Snow of Winter (1998) as Sean |
| The Fool (1990) as Mrs. Bowring |
| The IMAX Nutcracker (1997) as Sugar Plum |
| The Long Way Home (1997) |
| The Water Warriors (2011) |
Trivia
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* She was awarded O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2002 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to drama. * Works and has homes in the US, UK and Australia. * Is of Belarussian descent. * In the Independent on Sunday [UK] 2006 Pink List - a list of the most influential gay men and women - Margolyes came no. 93, down from last year's no. 29. * Attended Oxford High School GDST. |
Quotes
| * "I'm not the sort of woman men boast of having slept with." |
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