Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom on May 18th, 1941 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 83, Miriam Margolyes biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Miriam Margolyes (born 18 May 1941) is a British-Australian actress and voice artist.
Her first roles in theatre and television followed her BAFTA Award for her role in The Age of Innocence (1993) and was cast in the role of Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series. She has split her time between England and Australia for many years, including in the Australian premiere of the 2013 play I'll Eat You Last.
She became a resident of Australia in 2013 and has dual British and Australian citizenship.
Early life
Margolyes was born in Oxford on 18 May 1941, the only child of Joseph Margolyes (1899–1995), a Scottish physician and general practitioner from Glasgow's Gorbals neighborhood, and property developer Ruth (née Sandman) (1905-1974), daughter of a second-hand furniture dealer and auctioneer who later relocated to London. Sandeman to Walters, according to Margolyes' birth. She grew up in a Jewish family, with ancestors who immigrated to the United Kingdom from Belarus and Poland. Symeon Sandmann, her maternal great-grandfather, was born in Margonin, Poland, which Margolyes visited in 2013. Her grandfather Margolyes was born in Amdur (now Indura) in Belarus, which at the time was part of the Russian Empire.
Margolyes read English at Oxford High School and Newnham College, Cambridge. She began acting and appeared in Cambridge Footlights productions in her twenties. She appeared on Newnham College in the first series of the University Challenge, where she may have been one of the first people to say "fuck" on British television; she appears to have used the word in annoyance on the program in 1963.
Personal life
Margolyes is a lesbian. On Australia Day 2013, she referred to herself as a "dyke" live on national television and in front of Julia Gillard, the then Prime Minister. Heather Sutherland, a now-retired Australian professor of Indonesian studies, has been in a relationship since 1968. They divide their time between London and Kent, Robertson in Australia, and Montisi in Italy.
Margolyes is a Patron of My Death My Decision, a UK charity that seeks a more compassionate approach to death, which includes the right to a medically assisted death if desired by a person's persistent wish.
Career
Margolyes' debut as a voice artist was noted for her versatility as a vocalist. Sexy Sonia: Leaves from My Schoolgirl Notebook, a soft-porn video from the 1970s. In the dubbed Japanese action TV series Monkey, she portrayed the majority of the supporting female characters. She has worked with the theatre company Gay Sweatshop and appeared in the Japanese television show The Water Margin (credited as Mirium Margolyes).
In 1974, she appeared alongside Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray in the BBC Radio 2 comedy film The Betty Witherspoon Show.
In Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977), Margolyes' first major role in a film was as Elephant Ethel. In the 1980s, she appeared in Blackadder's opposite Rowan Atkinson, The Spanish Infanta in The Black Adder, Lady Whiteadder in Blackadder II, and Queen Victoria in Blackadder's Christmas Carol. She appeared in a major supporting role in the BBC drama The Life and Loves of a She-Devil in 1986. Flora Finching's role in the film Little Dorrit (1988) won the Best Support Actress Award in 1989 LA. She anchored Frannie's Turn, a short-lived 1992 CBS sitcom on American television. She received the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1994 for her role as Mrs Mingott in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence (1993).
Margolyes co-wrote and performed Dickens' Women, a one-woman performance in which she played 23 characters from Dickens' novels. Dickens in America, a ten-part BBC Four documentary that retraced Dickens' journey around the United States of America in 2005, was broadcast by Margolyes.
In James and the Giant Peach (1996), Margolyes played Aunt Sponge and voiced the Glow-Worm. In Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996), she played the Nurse. In Cadbury's Caramel bars' animated ads, she portrayed the rabbit and portrayed Fly the dog, and she appeared in the Australian-American family film Babe (1995).
She appeared in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002, as Professor Sprout. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011), she resurrects her role as Professor Sprout. Margolyes said in a 2011 interview with Graham Norton on her Potter costars that she enjoyed, but she later admitted that she "didn't like the one that died" referring to Richard Harris.
In the Golden Globe award-winning film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Margolyes played Peg Sellers, Peter Sellers' mother.
In 2006, she appeared in Madame Morrible's role on Broadway, becoming one of the original cast of the London production of Wicked opposite Idina Menzel opposite Idina Menzel.
In 2009, she appeared in a new Endgame by Samuel Beckett at the Duchess Theatre in the West End.
In the 3D-animated-epic film Legend of the Guardians: Mrs. Plithiver, a blind snake, was portrayed by Margolyes.
Prudence Stanley, a recurring character in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries from 2012 to 2015.
Nana appeared in the Disney Junior animated film Nina Needs to Go!
In January 2016, she appeared in The Real Marigold Hotel, a travel documentary in which a group of eight celebrities travelled to India to see if retirement would be more rewarding there than in the United Kingdom. Two Christmas Specials were reimagined. The Real Marigold On Tour, from Florida and Kyoto, was reprised. Lady C and the Castle, she narrated the ITV documentary about Lady Colin Campbell, titled Lady C and the Castle.
Margolyes appeared on the second season of The Real Marigold On Tour to Chengdu and Havana in December 2017. In the first episode of the third series, she appeared with Bobby George, Sheila Ferguson, and Stanley Johnson.
Margolyes hosted a three-part series on the BBC in January 2018 titled Miriam's Big American Adventure, highlighting the citizens of the United States and the country's challenges. In the film Early Man, she played Queen Oofeefa.
In the BBC One drama Call The Midwife, Margolyes has played Mother Mildred since 2018.
Miss Shepherd appeared in The Lady in the Van, the Melbourne Theatre Company's 2019 production.
In 2021, she appeared Lillian opposite Helen Monks in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Charlotte and Lillian, where she unveiled her autobiography This Much Is True. She appeared on BBC One's The Graham Norton Show on November 5, 2021, where she introduced her autobiography This Much Is True that it was only published because she "was paid an enormous sum of money."