Miriam Margolyes OBE is a British-Australian actress. Her earliest roles were in theatre; after several supporting roles in film and television, she won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence (1993) and was cast in the role of Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series (2002–2011).
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Margolyes has spent many years dividing her time between the United Kingdom, Australia and Italy.
She has starred in productions in both the United Kingdom and Australia, including her 1989 one-woman show Dickens’ Women and the Australian premiere of the 2013 play, I’ll Eat You Last. She became an Australian citizen in 2013.
Margolyes was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for Services to Drama.
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What movies has Miriam Margolyes been in?
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | A Nice Girl Like Me | Pensione ‘Mama’ | |
| 1975 | 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 | |
| 1980 | The Apple | Landlady | |
| The Awakening | Dr Kadira | ||
| 1981 | Reds | Woman writing in notebook | Uncredited role |
| 1982 | Crystal Gazing | Newsreader | |
| 1983 | Yentl | Sarah | |
| Scrubbers | Jones | ||
| 1984 | Electric Dreams | Ticket Girl | |
| 1985 | The Good Father | Jane Powell | |
| Morons from Outer Space | Doctor Wallace | ||
| 1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | Dental Nurse | |
| 1987 | Body Contact | Mrs. Zulu | |
| 1988 | Little Dorrit | Flora Finching | |
| 1990 | The Fool | Mrs. Bowring | |
| Pacific Heights | Realtor | ||
| I Love You to Death | Mrs. Boca | ||
| 1991 | The Butcher’s Wife | Gina | |
| Dead Again | Lady | Uncredited role | |
| 1992 | As You Like It | Audrey | |
| 1993 | The Age of Innocence | Mrs. Mingott | |
| Ed and His Dead Mother | Mabel Chilton | ||
| 1994 | Immortal Beloved | Nanette Streicherová | |
| 1995 | Balto | Grandma Rosy | |
| Babe | Fly the Female Sheepdog | Voice role | |
| 1996 | Different for Girls | Pamela | |
| Romeo + Juliet | The Nurse | ||
| James and the Giant Peach | Aunt Sponge/Glowworm | Voice role | |
| 1998 | Mulan | The Matchmaker | |
| Babe: Pig in the City | Fly the Female Sheepdog | Voice role; cameo | |
| The First Snow of Winter | Sean the duck | Voice role | |
| Left Luggage | Mrs. Goldman | ||
| Candy | Gisella | ||
| 1999 | Magnolia | Faye Barringer | Uncredited role |
| End of Days | Mabel | ||
| Dreaming of Joseph Lees | Signora Caldoni | ||
| Sunshine | Rose Sonnenschein | ||
| 2000 | House! | Beth | |
| 2001 | Not Afraid, Not Afraid | Performer | |
| Cats & Dogs | Sophie the Castle Maid | ||
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Professor Pomona Sprout | |
| Plots with a View | Thelma & Selma | ||
| Alone | Caseworker | ||
| 2004 | Being Julia | Dolly de Vries | |
| Ladies in Lavender | Dorcas | ||
| Modigliani | Gertrude Stein | ||
| End of the Line | Bag Lady | Short Film | |
| Chasing Liberty | Maria | ||
| 2006 | Happy Feet | Mrs. Astrakhan | Voice role |
| Flushed Away | Rita’s Grandma | ||
| Sir Billi the Vet | Baroness Chantal McToff | ||
| 2007 | The Dukes | Aunt Vee | |
| 2008 | How To Lose Friends and Alienate People | Mrs. Kowalski | |
| 2009 | 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 | |
| 2012 | The Wedding Video | Patricia | |
| The Guilt Trip | Anita | ||
| 2014 | The Legend of Longwood | Lady Thyrza | |
| Maya the Bee | The Queen | Voice role | |
| 2017 | The Little Vampire 3D | Wulftrud | |
| The Man Who Invented Christmas | Mrs. Fisk | ||
| 2018 | Early Man | Queen Oofeefa | Voice role |
| 2019 | H Is for Happiness | Miss Bamford | |
| 2020 | Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears | Prudence Stanley |
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