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Miriam Margolyes
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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).
Notable films
Where to start
Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
Romeo + Juliet
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Babe
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
As Pomona Sprout
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
As Pomona Sprout
Mulan
As The Matchmaker (voice)
Cats & Dogs
As Sophie the Castle Maid
Happy Feet
As Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
End of Days
As Mabel
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Darkness Beyond the Gate
A wordless lamb, a talking pig and a band of rabbits walk the same fence line: the moment a gentle countryside turns strange.
6 films
The Verse Will Outlive the Stage
Eight films that take Shakespeare's words into new weather, new cities and new blood, proving the plays were never meant to stay indoors.
8 films
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Acted
Early Man
2018 · Queen Oofeefa (voice)
The Little Vampire 3D
2017 · Wulftrud (voice)
Maya the Bee Movie
2014 · Queen (voice)
Sir Billi
2012 · Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Pomona Sprout
Happy Feet
2006 · Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Undertaking Betty
2002 · Thelma & Selma
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Pomona Sprout
Cats & Dogs
2001 · Sophie the Castle Maid
End of Days
1999 · Mabel
Babe: Pig in the City
1998 · Fly (voice)
Mulan
1998 · The Matchmaker (voice)
The Long Way Home
1997 · (voice)
Romeo + Juliet
1996 · Nurse
James and the Giant Peach
1996 · Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
Babe
1995 · Fly (voice)
Liberation
1994 · Narrator (voice)
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993 · Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
The Age of Innocence
1993 · Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Dead Again
1991 · Mrs. Tupper (uncredited)
Pacific Heights
1990 · Realtor
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989 · Elsa Maxwell
Electric Dreams
1984 · Ticket Girl
Yentl
1983 · Sarah
The Apple
1980 · Landlady