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Miriam Margolyes Biography (1941-)

Surname is pronounced "Margoleez"; born May 18, 1941, in Oxford, England; daughter of Joseph (a physician) and Ruth (a real estate investor; maiden name,Walters) Margoyles. Addresses: Agent: PFD, Drury House, 34-43 RussellSt., London WC2B 5HA, England.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

May 18, 1941

Oxford, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Pensione, A Nice Girl Like Me, Avco-Embassy, 1969
• Tour guide, The Battle of Billy's Pond, Children's Film Foundation, 1976
• Dorothy Wordsworth, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1976
• Elephant Ethel, Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers, Warner Bros., 1977
• On a Paving Stone Mounted, 1978
• Dr. Kadira, The Awakening, Warner Bros., 1980
• Landlady, The Apple (also known as Star Rock), Cannon, 1980
• Political activist, Reds, Paramount, 1981
• Officer Jones, Scrubbers, Orion, 1982
• Newsreader, Crystal Gazing, 1982
• Narrator, Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti, 1983
• Sarah, Yentl, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
• Ticket girl, Electric Dreams, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists,1984
• Lady scientist, Morons from Outer Space, 1985
• Dental receptionist, Little Shop of Horrors, Warner Bros., 1986
• Various, Scotch & Wry, 1986
• Jane Powell, The Good Father, Skouras, 1987
• Flora Finching, Little Dorritt (also known as Little Dorrit's Story, Nobody's Fault, Little Dorrit 1: Nobody's Fault, andLittle Dorrit 2: Little Dorrit's Story), Cannon, 1987
• Tony's mother, Body Contact, 1987
• Nellie, Old Flames, 1989
• Mrs. Browning, The Fool, 1990
• Realtor, Pacific Heights, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
• Joey's Mother, I Love You to Death, TriStar, 1990
• Gina, The Butcher's Wife, Paramount, 1991
• (Uncredited) Lady, Dead Again, 1991
• Audrey, As You Like It, 1992
• Mrs. Mingott, The Age of Innocence, Columbia, 1993
• Mother, Ed and His Dead Mother (also known as Bon Apetit, Mama and Motherhood), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
• Nanette Streicher, Immortal Beloved, Columbia/TriStar, 1994
• Narration, Liberation (documentary), Samuel Goldwyn, 1994
• Pamela, Different for Girls (also known as Crossing the Border), 1995
• Voice of Fly the female sheepdog, Babe (also known as Babe, theGallant Pig), 1995
• Voice of Grandma Rosy and other voices, Balto (animated), 1995
• Nurse, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (also known as Romeo + Juliet and Romeo and Juliet), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
• Voice, The Long Way Home, Seventh Art Releasing, 1996
• Aunt Sponge and voice of Glowworm, James and the Giant Peach (portions animated), Buena Vista, 1996
• Mrs. Goldman, Left Luggage (also known as 2 koffers vol), Castle Hill, 1997
• Sugar Plum, The IMAX Nutcracker, 1997
• Voice of Fly, Babe 2: Pig in the City, Universal, 1998
• Voice of Matchmaker, Mulan (animated), Buena Vista, 1998
• Sean Seamus Aloisious Dermot McDuck, The First Snow of Winter, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1998
• Gisella, Candy, 1998
• Rose Sonnenschein, Sunshine (also known as A Napfeny ize and Sunshine--Ein Hauch von Sonnenschein), 1999
• Signora Caldoni, Dreaming of Joseph Lees, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
• Mabel, End of Days, MCA/Universal, 1999
• (Uncredited) Fay Barringer, Magnolia (also known as mag-no'li-a), New Line Cinema, 1999
• Bet, House!, Victor Film Company, 2000
• Sophie the maid, Cats & Dogs, Warner Bros., 2001
• Not Afraid, Not Afraid, Capitol Films, 2001
• Caseworker, Alone, Bedford Entertainment, Inc., 2001
• Voice, In Search of Peace (also known as In Search of Peace--Part One: 1948-1967), Seventh Art Releasing, 2001
• Thelma & Selma, Plots with a View (also known as Plotz witha View), Miramax, 2002
• Professor Sprout, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (also known as Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens), Warner Bros., 2002
• Voice, The Water Warriors, 2003
• Being Julia, Myriad Pictures, 2003
• Also appeared in Handel--Honour, Profit, and Pleasure.
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Voice, Saiyuki (also known as Monkey Magic and Magic), 1978
• Maria, Take a Letter, Mr. Jones, Southern TV, 1981
• Various, A Kick Up the Eighties, 1981
• The Living Body, Films for the Humanities, 1985
• Wilhelmina Worlock, Mr. Majeika, 1988
• Frannie Escobar, Frannie's Turn, CBS, 1992
• Old Elspeth, Moonacre, 1994
• Edna, Supply & Demand, ITV, 1998
• Movies
• Melissa Todoroff, The History Man (also known as Malcolm Bradbury's The History Man), BBC, 1981
• Mrs. Rajzman, Murderers among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story, HBO,1989
• Vee Talbot, Orpheus Descending (also known as Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending), TNT, 1990
• Krupskaya, Stalin, HBO, 1992
• Mrs. Beetle, Cold Comfort Farm, BBC, 1995
• Miss Cole, The Place of Lions, 1997
• Miniseries
• Anna Vyrubova, A Fall of Eagles, BBC, 1974
• Mrs. Corney/Mrs. Bumble, Oliver Twist, BBC, 1985
• Elsa Maxwell, Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story, NBC, 1987
• Nurse Hopkins, The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, Arts and Entertainment, 1987
• Cook, The Phoenix and the Carpet, 1997
• Miss Crawley, Vanity Fair, BBC, 1998
• Catherine Dickens, Dickens, 2002
• Specials
• Queen Victoria, Blackadder's Christmas Carol, BBC, 1988
• Voice, The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, 1990
• Narrator, One Fat Lady, One Large Life, Food Network, 2000
• Herself, Another Audience with Ken Dodd, 2002
• Herself, 40 Years of University Challenge, 2002
• Made television debut in Enter Solly Gold; also appeared as Queenie, The Lost Tribe, BBC; as Mrs. King, Crown Court, Granada; Baroness, Freud, BBC; Alice, Strange But True: Flights of Fancy, TVS; Hoffman, A Rough Stage: The Mexican Rebels, Channel Four; Mrs. Bumble and Mrs. Goko, Rates of Exchange, BBC; in You Tell Such Dreadful Lies, Granada; Girls of Slender Means, BBC; Kizzy, BBC; The Eleventh Hour, BBC; The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, BBC; Glittering Prizes, BBC, then PBS; Angels, BBC; The First Schlemiel, Channel Four; Secret Diaries of Film Censors, Limehouse Productions; The Chip Show, BBC.
• Episodic
• Doris, "Men without Women," Doctor in Charge, 1973
• Wife, "Fat Chance," Tales of the Unexpected, Anglia, 1980
• Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain, "The Queen of Spain's Beard," The Black Adder, BBC, rebroadcast on Arts and Entertainment and PBS, 1983
• Lady Whiteadder, "Beer," Blackadder II, 1986
• Miss Amelia, "The Little Princess," WonderWorks, PBS, 1987
• Poll, "The Finding," WonderWorks, PBS, 1990
• "Collins Meets Coward," A&E Stage, Arts and Entertainment, 1992
• Mother, "Demonella," The Comic Strip Presents, 1993
• Chloe, "Midwife Crisis," Dharma & Greg, ABC, 2000
• Herself, "Hattie Jacques," Heroes of Comedy, 2002
• Herself, V Graham Norton, Channel 4, 2003
• Also appeared in The Stanley Baxter Christmas Show, London WeeklyTelevision; The Ken Dodd Show, BBC.
• Stage Appearances
• (London debut) Nelly, The Threepenny Opera, Prince of Wales Theatre, then Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1972
• Rona, Kennedy's Children, Arts Theatre, London, 1975
• Zanche, The White Devil, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1976
• Mercedes Mordecai, Flaming Bodies, Institute of Contemporary ArtsTheatre, London, 1979
• Wooman, Lovely Wooman, Tiffany Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, 1990
• Title roles, Dickens' Women (one-woman show), Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1991
• Mrs. Hardcastle, She Stoops to Conquer, Queen's Theatre, London, 1993
• June Buckridge/Sister George, The Killing of Sister George, Ambassador's Theatre, London, 1995
• Mme. Ranevskaya, The Cherry Orchard, York, England, 1999
• The Vagina Monologues, London, 2001
• Also appeared as wife of Bath, The Canterbury Tales, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England; Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein and a Companion, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, then Tron Theatre, Glasgow,Scotland, later Bush Theatre; Helen Hanff, 84 Charing Cross Road, Mercury Theatre; Widow Begbick, Man Equals Man, Almeida Theatre.
• Radio Appearances
• Appeared in The Queen and I, 1993.
• Major Tours
• Toured as the Matchmaker, Fiddler on the Roof, U.K. cities; Cloud Nine, U.K. cities.
• RECORDINGS
• Taped Readings
• Miriam Margolyes Reads a Bad Spell for the Worst Witch, Cover to Cover, 1984
• Anna Hawes' Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera,Where Every Month Is Enchanted, Harper Audio, 2001
• Edith Velmans' Edith's Story, Audio Partners, 2001
• Videos
• Echoes That Remain, Simon Weisenthal Center, 1991

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• New York Times, October 17, 1993, pp. 2, 21
• People Weekly, November 8, 1993, p. 77