Biography of Miriam Margolyes -

Miriam Margolyes (born May 18, 1941 in
Oxford|Oxford, England) is a United
Kingdom|British character actress. The short,
grey-haired, heavy-set actor|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 Sellars, and Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons
and Michael Gambon in Being Julia (as Dolly de
Vries), Margolyes also featured as Dorcas, the
comic relief 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.

===Select Filmography:===
*The Awakening - Dr. Kadira
*Little Dorrit (1988) - Flora
*The Age of Innocence (1993) - Mrs. Mingott
*Dead Again
*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
*Romeo and Juliet (1996 film)|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
(movie)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(2002) - Professor Sprout
*The Life and Death of Peter Sellers - Peg Sellers

===Television:===
*The Black Adder - Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain
*Blackadder | Blackadder II - Lady Whiteadder
*Blackadder's Christmas Carol - Queen Victoria

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Biography of Miriam Margolyes -