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Miriam Margolyes

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).

Filmography

2026
Holy Days
Movie
2025
A Friend of Dorothy

as Dorothy

Movie
2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas

as Mrs. Fisk

Movie
2017
The Little Vampire 3D

as Wulftrud (voice)

Movie
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

as Pomona Sprout

Movie
2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)

Movie
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

as Mrs. Kowalski

Movie
2006
Happy Feet

as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)

Movie
2006
Flushed Away

as Rita's Grandma (voice)

Movie
2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

as Pomona Sprout

Movie
1998
Babe: Pig in the City

as Fly (voice)

Movie
1998
Mulan

as The Matchmaker (voice)

Movie
1996
Romeo + Juliet

as Nurse

Movie
1996
James and the Giant Peach

as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)

Movie
1995
Babe

as Fly (voice)

Movie
1993
The Age of Innocence

as Mrs. Catherine Mingott

Movie
1991
Dead Again

as Hypnotism Patient

Movie
2007
The Graham Norton Show

as Self

TV Show
1983
Blackadder

as Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain

TV Show