Miriam Margolyes

Acting · Born 1941-05-18 · Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK

Biography

Miriam Margolyes (born May 18, 1941) is a British-Australian actress, writer, political activist and television personality, most prominent as a character actor on stage and screen. Her earliest roles were in theatre and, following a transition to film and television, she won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Age of Innocence (1993).

Known for

• Holy Days (2026)
• Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me (2026)
• They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew (2026)
• Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness (2025)
• A Friend of Dorothy (2025)
• The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved (2024)
• How To Make It In Comedy (2024)
• Alec Guinness: A Class Act (2024)
• Blackadder: A Cunning Story (2023)
• My Happy Ending (2023)
• Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials (2023)
• Next to You (2023)
• imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs (2022)
• The Fringe, Fame and Me (2022)
• David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count (2022)
• Miriam's Dickensian Christmas (2022)
• Judi Dench: Our National Treasure (2022)
• The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration (2022)
• H Is for Happiness (2021)
• Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall (2021)
• The Last Artifact (2020)
• Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020)
• Wings (2020)
• Postcards from the 48% (2018)