Miriam Margolyes Biography
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Miriam Margolyes (born May 18, 1941 in
Oxford, England) is a British character actress. The short, grey-haired,
heavy-set actress is one of Britain's most sought after supporting
players, and has appeared in a number of successful feature films.
Ms. Margolyes' first major role in a film
was as character called Elephant Ethel. She has since become a familiar
face in the world of film and television.
Margolyes received critical acclaim for her
portrayal of Flora Finching in the 1988 movie, Little Dorrit. In 1993,
she won a Best Supporting Actress, BAFTA for her role as Mrs. Mingott,
the only comic relief in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence, a
performance which jump started her career.
Margolyes was recently seen alongside
Geoffrey Rush and Charlize Theron in The Life and Death of Peter
Sellers, and Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons and Michael Gambon in Being
Julia (as Dolly de Vries), Margolyes also featured as Dorcas the
housekeeper in Ladies in Lavender. with Dames Judi Dench and Maggie
Smith, and cropped up in a guest role in ITV mystery drama Miss Marple,
a new series transmitted in the UK in 2004, and featuring Geraldine
McEwan in the title role.
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Select Filmography
Yentl (1983) - Sarah
A Little Princess (1986)
Little Dorrit (1988) - Flora
The Age of Innocence (1993) - Mrs. Mingott
Cold Comfort Farm (1996) - Mrs Beetle.
Babe and Babe: Pig in the City - the voice
of Fly the Sheepdog
James and the Giant Peach - Aunt Sponge,
and the voice of the Glowworm
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (1996)
- The Nurse
Vanity Fair - Miss Crawley
Magnolia - Faye Barringer
Cats & Dogs (2001) - Sophie
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(2002) - Professor Sprout
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
(TV) - Peg Sellers
Television
The Black Adder - Infanta Maria Escalosa of
Spain
Blackadder II - Lady Whiteadder
Blackadder's Christmas Carol - Queen
Victoria
Take a Letter, Mr. Jones - Maria
Documentary
Dickens in America - writer/presenter
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