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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
By the 2000s, Margoyles was openly lesbian.<ref>''Desert Island Discs'' – Miriam Margolyes. (BBC, 28 September 2008)</ref>
By the 2000s, Margoyles was openly lesbian.<ref>''Desert Island Discs'' – Miriam Margolyes. (BBC, 28 September 2008)</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1969 || ''[[A Nice Girl Like Me]]'' || Pensione 'Mama' ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Rime of the Ancient Mariner (film)|Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]'' || Dorothy Wordsworth ||
|-
| 1976 || ''The Battle of Billy's Pond'' || Tour Guide ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers]]'' || Elephant Ethel ||
|-
| 1978 || ''On a Paving Stone Mounted'' || Performer ||
|-
| rowspan=2|1980 || ''[[The Apple (1980 film)|The Apple]]'' || Landlady ||
|-
| ''[[The Awakening (1980 film)|The Awakening]]'' || Dr Kadira ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]'' || Woman writing in notebook || Uncredited role
|-
| 1982 || ''Crystal Gazing'' || Newsreader ||
|-
| rowspan=2|1983 || ''[[Yentl (film)|Yentl]]'' || Sarah ||
|-
| ''[[Scrubbers]]'' || Jones ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Electric Dreams (film)|Electric Dreams]]'' || Ticket Girl ||
|-
| rowspan=2|1985 || ''[[The Good Father]]'' || Jane Powell||
|-
| ''[[Morons from Outer Space]]'' || Doctor Wallace ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (film)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'' || Dental Nurse ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Body Contact (film)|Body Contact]]'' || Mrs. Zulu ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Little Dorrit (1987 film)|Little Dorrit]]'' || Flora Finching ||
|-
| rowspan=3|1990 || ''[[The Fool (1990 film)|The Fool]]'' || Mrs. Bowring ||
|-
| ''[[Pacific Heights (film)|Pacific Heights]]'' || Realtor ||
|-
| ''[[I Love You to Death]]'' || Mrs. Boca ||
|-
| rowspan=2|1991 || ''[[The Butcher's Wife]]'' || Gina ||
|-
| ''[[Dead Again]]'' || Lady || Uncredited role
|-
| 1992 || ''As You Like It'' || Audrey ||
|-
| rowspan=2|1993 || ''[[The Age of Innocence (1993 film)|The Age of Innocence]]'' || Mrs. Mingott ||
|-
| ''[[Ed and His Dead Mother]]'' || Mabel Chilton ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Immortal Beloved (1994 film)|Immortal Beloved]]'' || Nanette Streicherová ||
|-
| rowspan=2|1995 || ''[[Balto (film)|Balto]]'' || Grandma Rosy ||
|-
| ''[[Babe (film)|Babe]]'' || Fly the Female Sheepdog || Voice role
|-
| rowspan=3|1996 || ''[[Different for Girls (film)|Different for Girls]]'' || Pamela ||
|-
| ''[[Romeo + Juliet]]'' || The Nurse ||
|-
| ''[[James and the Giant Peach (film)|James and the Giant Peach]]'' || Aunt Sponge/Glowworm || rowspan="2" |Voice role
|-
| rowspan="5" |1998 || ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'' || The Matchmaker
|-
| ''[[Babe: Pig in the City]]'' || Fly the Female Sheepdog  ||Voice role; [[Cameo appearance|cameo]]
|-
| ''The First Snow of Winter'' || Sean the duck || rowspan="2" |Voice role
|-
| ''Left Luggage'' || Mrs. Goldman
|-
| ''Candy'' || Gisella ||
|-
| rowspan=4|1999 || ''[[Magnolia (film)|Magnolia]]'' || Faye Barringer || Uncredited role
|-
| ''[[End of Days (film)|End of Days]]'' || Mabel ||
|-
| ''Dreaming of Joseph Lees'' || Signora Caldoni ||
|-
| ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' || Rose Sonnenschein ||
|-
| 2000 || ''House!'' || Beth ||
|-
| rowspan=2|2001 || ''Not Afraid, Not Afraid'' || Performer ||
|-
| ''[[Cats & Dogs]]'' || Sophie the Castle Maid ||
|-
| rowspan=3|2002 || ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' || Professor Pomona Sprout ||
|-
| ''[[Plots with a View]]'' || Thelma & Selma ||
|-
| ''Alone'' || Caseworker ||
|-
| rowspan=5|2004 || ''[[Being Julia]]'' || Dolly de Vries ||
|-
| ''[[Ladies in Lavender]]'' || Dorcas ||
|-
| ''[[Modigliani (film)|Modigliani]]'' || Gertrude Stein ||
|-
| ''End of the Line'' || Bag Lady || Short Film
|-
| ''[[Chasing Liberty]]'' || Maria ||
|-
| rowspan=3|2006 || ''[[Happy Feet]]'' || Mrs. Astrakhan || rowspan=3|Voice role
|-
| ''[[Flushed Away]]'' || Rita's Grandma
|-
| ''Sir Billi the Vet'' || Baroness Chantal McToff
|-
| 2007 || ''The Dukes'' || Aunt Vee ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)|How To Lose Friends and Alienate People]]'' || Mrs. Kowalski ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[A Closed Book (film)|A Closed Book]]'' || Mrs. Kilbride ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole]]'' || Mrs. Plithiver || Voice role
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]'' || Professor Pomona Sprout ||
|-
| rowspan=2|2012 || ''[[The Wedding Video (2012 film)|The Wedding Video]]'' || Patricia ||
|-
| ''[[The Guilt Trip (film)|The Guilt Trip]]'' || Anita ||
|-
| rowspan=2|2014 || ''The Legend of Longwood'' || Lady Thyrza ||
|-
| ''[[Maya the Bee (film)|Maya the Bee]]'' || The Queen || rowspan=2|Voice role
|-
| rowspan=2|2017 || ''[[The Little Vampire 3D]]'' || Wulftrud
|-
| ''[[The Man Who Invented Christmas (film)|The Man Who Invented Christmas]]'' || Mrs. Fisk ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Early Man (film)|Early Man]]'' || Queen Oofeefa || Voice role
|-
| 2019 || ''[[H Is for Happiness]]'' || Miss Bamford ||
|-Special:Contributions/Pokemonofdark
| 2020 || ''[[Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears]]'' || Prudence Stanley ||
|}
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Theatre 625]]'' || Rita || Episode: "Enter Solly Gold"
|-
| 1967 || ''Boy Meets Girl'' || Maria || Episode: "Flight of the Kingfisher"
|-
| rowspan=2|1968 || ''[[Jackanory]]'' || Storyteller || 5 episodes
|-
| ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' || Anna || Episode: "An Ordinary Man"
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Doctor in Charge]]'' || Doris || Episode: "Men without Women"
|-
| rowspan=2|1974 || ''World of Laughter'' || Various parts || 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[Fall of Eagles]]'' || Anna Vyrubova || Episode: "Tell the King the Sky is Falling"
|-
| 1975 || ''The Girls of Slender Means'' || Jane Wright || 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan=4|1976 || ''Christmas Box'' || Mrs. Kaplan || Television film
|-
| ''Angels'' || June Morris || 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Kizzy (TV Series)|Kizzy]]'' || Mrs. Doe || 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Glittering Prizes]]'' || Olive Wise || TV serial
|-
| 1976, 1982 || ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]'' || Marilyn Munro; Mrs. King || 2 episodes
|-
| 1976 || ''[[The Water Margin (1973 TV series)|The Water Margin]]'' || Voice  || English dub of Japanese series
|-
| rowspan=2|1977 || ''Play for Today'' || Veronica || Episode: "The Thin Edge of the Wedge"
|-
| ''Spasms'' || Rose Finn || Television film
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Monkey (TV series)|Monkey]]'' || Voice  || English dub of Japanese series ''Saiyûki'' <br /> 52 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|1980 || ''The Lost Tribe'' || Queenie || TV serial
|-
| ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]'' || Mary Burge || Episode: "Fat Chance"
|-
| rowspan=3|1981 || ''[[Take a Letter, Mr. Jones]]'' || Maria || 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[A Kick Up the Eighties]]'' || Various roles || 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[The History Man (TV series)|The History Man]]'' || Melissa Tordoroff || 3 episodes
|-
| 1983 || ''[[The Black Adder]]'' || Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain || Episode: "The Queen of Spain's Beard"
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Freud (miniseries)|Freud]]'' || Baroness || TV serial
|-
| rowspan=2|1985 || ''[[Oliver Twist (1985 TV serial)|Oliver Twist]]'' || Mrs. Corney || TV serial
|-
| ''[[Honour, Profit and Pleasure]]'' || Elephant and Castle || Television film
|-
| rowspan=4|1986 || ''[[The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (miniseries)|The Life and Loves of a She-Devil]]'' || Nurse Hopkins || 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Blackadder II]]'' || Lady Whiteadder || Episode: "Beer"
|-
| ''[[A Little Princess (1986 miniseries)|A Little Princess]]'' || Miss Amelia || 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[Scotch and Wry]]'' || Various || Television film
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story|Poor Little Rich Girl: <br /> The Barbara Hutton Story]]'' || [[Elsa Maxwell]] || Television film
|-
| rowspan=2|1988 || ''[[Blackadder's Christmas Carol]]'' || [[Queen Victoria]] || Television Special
|-
| ''[[Mr Majeika]]'' || Wilhelmina Worlock || 2 episodes
|-
| 1989 || ''Murderers Among Us'' || Mrs. Rajzman || rowspan=3|Television film
|-
| rowspan=3|1990 || ''[[Orpheus Descending (film)|Orpheus Descending]]'' || Vee Talbot
|-
| ''The Finding'' || Poll
|-
| ''[[Screen Two]]'' || Nellie || Episode: "Old Flames"
|-
| 1991 || ''Tonight at 8.30'' || Mrs. Wadhurst || 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|1992 || ''[[Stalin (1992 film)|Stalin]]'' || [[Nadezhda Krupskaya]] || Television film
|-
| ''[[Frannie's Turn]]'' || Frannie Escobar || 6 episodes
|-
| 1993 || ''[[The Comic Strip Presents...]]'' || Mother || Episode: "Demonella"
|-
| rowspan=2|1994 || ''[[Just William (book series)|Just William]]'' || Miss Polliter || Episode: "William's Busy Day"
|-
| ''Moonacre'' || Old Elspeth || 6 episodes
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Cold Comfort Farm (film)|Cold Comfort Farm]]'' || Mrs. Beetle || Television film
|-
| rowspan=3|1997 || ''The IMAX Nutcracker'' || Sugar Plum || Short film
|-
| ''[[The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997 serial)|The Phoenix and the Carpet]]'' || Cook|| BBC TV serial
|-
| ''The Place of Lions'' || Miss Cole || Television film
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial)|Vanity Fair]]'' || Miss Crawley || TV serial
|-
| 1998, 2001 || ''[[Rugrats]]'' || Shirley Finster || Voice; 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|1998 || ''[[The First Snow of Winter]]'' || Sean McDuck || Voice; UK version
|-
| ''[[Supply & Demand (TV series)|Supply & Demand]]'' || Chief Superintendent Edna Colley || TV serial
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Dharma & Greg]]'' || Chloe || Episode: "Midwife Crisis"
|-
| rowspan=2|2004 || ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]'' || Mrs. Price-Ridley || Episode: The Murder at the Vicarage
|-
| ''[[The Life and Death of Peter Sellers]]'' || Peg Sellers || Television film, [[HBO]]
|-
| rowspan=3|2005 || ''[[Wallis & Edward]]'' || Bessie Merryman || Television film
|-
| ''[[Dickens in America]]'' || Herself || 10 episodes
|-
| ''Inconceivable'' || Malva || Episode: "Balls in Your Court"
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Jam & Jerusalem]]'' || Mrs. Midge || Season 2, Episode 6
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Kingdom (UK TV series)|Kingdom]]'' || Henny || Episode 2.04
|-
| 2009 || ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' || Leef Slitheen-Blathereen || Voice; 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2010 || ''[[Tinga Tinga Tales]]'' || Giraffe and Squirrel || Voice; Recurring Role
|-
| ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]'' || Grunhilda || Episode: "The Changeling"
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Doc Martin]]'' || Shirley || Episode: Born with a Shotgun
|-
| 2012–2015 || ''[[Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries]]'' || Prudence Elizabeth Stanley || 12 episodes
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Hebburn (TV series)|Hebburn]]'' || Millie || Christmas special
|-
| rowspan=2|2014 || ''[[Nina Needs to Go!]]'' || Nana Sheila || Voice; 15 episodes
|-
| ''[[Trollied]]'' || Rose || Series 4
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Plebs (TV series)|Plebs]]'' || Iona || Episode: "The Cupid"
|-
| 2016–2018 ||''[[Rake (Australian TV series)|Rake]]'' || Huntley-Brown || 3 episodes
|-
| 2016 || ''[[The Real Marigold Hotel]]'' || Herself || BBC TV documentary series
|-
| 2016–2017 || ''[[Bottersnikes and Gumbles (TV series)|Bottersnikes and Gumbles]]'' || Weathersnike || 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2017 || ''[[Bucket (TV series)|Bucket]]'' || Mim || 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[Family Guy]]'' || Right Eyeball || Voice; Episode: "[[Emmy-Winning Episode]]"
|-
| 2018 || ''Miriam's Big American Adventure'' || Herself || BBC TV documentary series
|-
| 2018–2021 || ''[[Call the Midwife]]'' || Sister Mildred/Mother Mildred || 7 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2019 || ''Miriam's Dead Good Adventure'' || Herself || BBC TV documentary series
|-
| ''[[101 Dalmatian Street]]'' || Bessie || Voice; Episode: "A Summer to Remember"
|-
| rowspan=3|2020 || ''[[The Windsors]]'' || [[Queen Victoria]] || Episode #3.01
|-
| ''Miriam's Big Fat Adventure'' || rowspan=2|Herself || BBC TV documentary series
|-
| ''Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian'' || ABC TV documentary series
|-
| 2021, 2022 || ''Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland'' || Herself || C4 TV documentary series
|-
| rowspan=3| 2022 || ''[[Imagine (TV series)|Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs]]'' || Herself || An Alan Yentob ''[[Imagine (TV series)|imagine...]]''
|-
|''Miriam Margolyes Australia Unmasked'' || Herself || ABC TV documentary series
|-
|''Miriam's Dickensian Christmas'' || Herself || C4 TV documentary
|-
| TBD || ''Rex & Fly's Doggy Penthouse'' || Fly || Voice, Animated TV Series based on the movie ''[[Babe (film)]]''{{cn|date=June 2022}}
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Doctor Who]]'' || [[Beep the Meep]] || 60th Anniversary Special
|}
'''Notes'''
*''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]'' (1993) – the voice of the Maiden from Mombasa (original version only; the character was not heard at all in the re-edited versions and another actor was never available in all the re-edited versions)
*''[[The Life and Death of Peter Sellers]]'' (2004) – Peg Sellers – note this film was shown in cinemas in the UK, Ireland, and Australia – it aired on cable television on the [[HBO]] network in the US.
===Stage===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! scope="col" | Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Venue
|-
|1970 || ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' || Matchmaker || UK Tour
|-
|1972 || ''[[Threepenny Opera]]'' || Nelly || Piccadilly Theatre, London
|-
|1974 || ''[[Canterbury Tales (musical)|Canterbury Tales]]'' || Wife of Bath || Bristol Old Vic
|-
|1975 || ''Kennedy's Children'' || Performer || Arts Theatre, London
|-
|1976 || ''[[The White Devil]]'' || Zanche the Moor || Old Vic Theatre, London
|-
|1978 || ''[[Cloud Nine (play)|Cloud Nine]]'' || Performer || Joint Stock/Royal Court Tour
|-
|1979 || ''Flaming Bodies'' || Psychiatrist || ICA
|-
|1984 || ''[[84 Charing Cross Road]]'' || Helen Hanff || Colchester
|-
|1985-87 || ''Gertrude Stein and a Companion'' || [[Gertrude Stein]]|| Edinburgh Festival <br /> Hampstead Theatre <br /> Australian Tour
|-
|1986 || ''[[Man Equals Man]]'' || Widow Begbick || Almeida Theatre, London
|-
|1988 || ''[[Orpheus Descending]]'' || Vee Talbot || Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
|-
|1989–91 || ''[[Dickens' Women]]'' || Performer || Edinburgh Festival <br /> Hampstead Theatre <br /> Duke of York's Theatre, London
|-
|1993 || ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' || Mrs. Hardcastle || Queen's Theatre, London
|-
|1995 || ''[[The Killing of Sister George]]'' || June Buckridge || Ambassadors Theatre, London
|-
|1999 || ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' || Madame Ranevskaya || Theatre Royal, York
|-
|2001 || ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' || Nurse || Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles
|-
|2001 || ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'' || Performer || Arts Theatre, London
|-
|2003 || ''[[The Way of the World]]'' || Lady Wishfort || Sydney Theatre Company
|-
|2004 || ''[[Blithe Spirit (play)|Blithe Spirit]]'' || Madame Arcati || Melbourne Theatre Company
|-
|2006 || ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' || Miss Prism ||  Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles <br /> Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
|-
|2006 || rowspan=2|''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]'' || rowspan=2|Madame Morrible || Apollo Victoria Theatre, London
|-
|2008 || George Gershwin Theater, New York
|-
|2009 || ''Realism'' || Performer || Melbourne Theatre Company
|-
|2009 || ''[[Endgame (play)|Endgame]]'' || Nell || Duchess Theatre, London
|-
|2010 || ''[[Me and My Girl]]'' || The Duchess || Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
|-
|2011 || ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'' || Grace || Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow
|-
|2012 || ''[[Dickens' Women]]'' || Performer || World Tour
|-
|2014 || ''Neighbourhood Watch'' || Ana || Adelaide State Theatre
|-
|2014 || ''[[I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers|I'll Eat You Last]]'' || Sue Mengers || Melbourne Theatre Company
|-
|2015 || ''The Importance of Being Miriam'' || Performer || Australian Tour
|-
|2017 || ''Madame Rubinstein'' || [[Helena Rubinstein]] || Park Theatre, London
|-
|2019 || ''[[The Lady in the Van]]'' || [[Margaret Fairchild|Miss Shepherd]] || Melbourne Theatre Company
|-
|2019 || ''Sydney & The Old Girl'' || Nell Stock || Park Theatre, London
|-
|}


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 03:00, 27 December 2022

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Miriam Margolyes OBE (born on 18 May 1941 in Oxford, England, UK)[1] is a British-Australian actress who voiced Leef Apple Glyn Slitheen-Blathereen in The Sarah Jane Adventures television story The Gift and Frau Tod in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story The Beast of Orlok.

Personal life

By the 2000s, Margoyles was openly lesbian.[2]

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ BFI
  2. ↑ Desert Island Discs – Miriam Margolyes. (BBC, 28 September 2008)
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