Born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK — May 18 1941

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).
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Right Eyeball (voice)

Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)

Shirley Finster (voice)

Veronica

Mother Mildred

Mrs. Price-Ridley

Grunhilda

Mary Burge

Pomona Sprout

Rita

Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)

Pomona Sprout

Lady Whiteadder

Chloe

Leaf Blathereen (voice)

The Matchmaker (voice)

Henny Leach

Iona


Narator

Aunt Prudence


Anna Vyrubova

Nurse

Joyce Midge

Faye Barringer (uncredited)

Rita's Grandma (voice)

Miss Crawley

Fly (voice)

Sylvie (voice)

Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Grandma

Dental Nurse

Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)


Grandma Rosy

Mrs. Catherine Mingott

Queen Oofeefa (voice)

Sophie the Castle Maid

Mrs. Plithiver (voice)

Woman with Notebook (uncredited)

Elsa Maxwell

Badjelly (voice)

Miss Amelia Minchin

Mim

Self

Baroness von Lieben

Anita

Sister Luke

Mabel

Fly (voice)

Mrs. Fisk

Self - Host

Nanette Streicherová

Rose Sonnenschein

Catherine Dickens

Self

Melissa Tordoroff

Maria

Mrs. Kowalski

Ticket Girl

Sarah

The Queen (voice)

Krupskaya

Realtor

Maria


Self

Dolly de Vries

Wulftrud (voice)

Prudence Stanley

Host

Hypnotism Patient

Mrs Doe

Dorcas

Cook

Gertrude Stein

Flora Finching

Jane Wright

Landlady

Joey's Mother
Old Elspeth

Peg Sellers

Narrator (voice)


Gina

Narrator

Mrs. Rajzman

Edna

Jane Powell

Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
Mrs. Bowring

Nurse Hopkins

Queen (voice)

Dorothy

Patricia

Herself

Mother

Aunt Bessie

Dr. Kadira

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Meep (voice) (archive footage)

Mrs. Beetle



Thelma & Selma

Self - Narrator (voice)

Audrey

Self

Granny Vera

Pamela

Self

Tony's Mother

Vee Talbot

Self

Caseworker

Nellie

Jones

Mabel Chilton

Signora Caldoni

Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)

Self

Laughter (voice)

Self

Self
Odamee Marshall

Narrator (voice)

Narrator

Queen Victoria

Frannie Escobar

Self

Aunt Vee

Sugar Plum

Auntie Beth

Self

Herself

Self

Judy

Aunt One (voice)

(voice)

Self - Presenter


Ester Cailingold (voice)

Miss Bamford

Mummy Socks (voice)

Self - Host

Newsreader

self


Herself - Presenter

Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter

Kathie
Patricia

Doctor Wallace

Sean McDuck (voice)

Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
Maria Aponte

Mrs. Mark

Pensione


Cook


Miriam/Miss Babberton

Narrator
Voice

Audrey

Self


Lady Thyrza
Herself

Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)

Veronica

Elephant Ethel

Miss N. Shortt

Self - Presenter

Tour Guide

Narrator (voice)
Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup

Narrator (UK version)

Mrs. Kilbride

Narrator (voice)

Narrator

Self - Host

Self

Self

Self