Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes is proof that being a great character actor and being a great character are not the same thing; she happens to be both. The craft is unimpeachable: a BAFTA for The Age of Innocence, the warmth of Professor Sprout, and an award-winning narrating voice that has handled everything from audiobooks to Babe. But what I treasure is the person attached to it, a Cambridge-educated octogenarian who says exactly what she thinks on live television, decorum be damned. In an industry built on careful image management, her total refusal to filter herself feels almost radical. I hope she keeps scandalizing chat shows for years to come.

Name (English)

Miriam Margolyes

Name (Japanese)

ミリアム・マーゴリーズ

Reading

みりあむ・まーごりーず

Born

May 18, 1941 (age 85)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Snake

Origin

Oxford, United Kingdom

Height

155 cm

Occupation

actor / voice actor / comedian / stage actor / film actor

High school

Oxford High School

University

Newnham College

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Audie Award for Best Female Narrator

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.miriammargolyes.com
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA

Tags

• actor
• voice actor
• comedian

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.