Miriam Margolyes

Movie Actress

Miriam Margolyes was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom on May 18th, 1941 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 82, 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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Other Names / Nick Names
Miriam
Date of Birth
May 18, 1941
Nationality
United Kingdom, Australia
Place of Birth
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Age
82 years old
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
Networth
$6 Million
Profession
Actor, Comedian, Film Actor, Stage Actor, Voice Actor
Miriam Margolyes Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 82 years old, Miriam Margolyes has this physical status:

Height
155cm
Weight
80kg
Hair Color
Gray
Eye Color
Hazel
Build
Large
Measurements
Not Available
Miriam Margolyes Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
She was raised in a Jewish household.
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Oxford High School, Newnham College, Cambridge
Miriam Margolyes Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Heather Sutherland (1968-Present)
Children
Not Available
Dating / Affair
Heather Sutherland (1968-Present)
Parents
Joseph Margolyes, Ruth
Siblings
She is an only child.
Other Family
Philip Margolyes (Paternal Grandfather), Rebecca Turiansky (Paternal Grandmother), Sigismund/Sidney Sandeman/Walters (Maternal Grandfather), Flora Posner (Maternal Grandmother), Symeon Sandmann (Maternal Great-Grandfather)
Miriam Margolyes Career

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."

Source

Hilarious moment Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes brutally mocks Byron Bay influencer and her shock reaction to how he makes money

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 16, 2024
Miriam Margolyes never minces her words. And the Harry Potter star, 82, left a Byron Bay influencer stunned when she questioned his line of work during an ABC special on Tuesday night. Appearing on TV series Impossibly Australian, the British actress came face-to-face with Jade Kevin Foster, a young man who earns a living on social media.

According to GYLES BRANDRETH, I'm so jealous of my celebrity chums' sexual adventures... One-and-a-half Shades Of Beige will be the story of my love life

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 8, 2024
Spring has arrived. The sap is rising. And I am a jumbled mess of regrets. In recent months, I've been hosting Rosebud, in which I talk to people about their early memories. I talk to them about their youth love lives, their adolescent adventures, the fun and games they played in their 20s. This week, as the distinguished guests arrive, I am finding myself increasingly dissatisfied that they have lived lives of high anticipation even though I haven't lived at all. They've done stuff that I never dared do.

Jessie Cave, a Harry Potter actress, retaliates against Miriam Margolyes' 'terrible' derogatory remarks towards adult fans of the fantasy series

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 25, 2024
After being told by Miriam Margolyes that they should'get over it,' diehard Harry Potter followers have erupted.' Jessie Cave, the actress who portrayed Lavender Brown in JK Rowling's seven-part series, has retaliated against her co-star's 'terrible' derogatory remarks about adult fans. The actress, 82, who played Professor Sprout, did not know' the books' effect on people's lives,' the British actress, 36, said.