Miriam Margolyes

Margolyes in January 2013

Miriam Margolyes OBE (born 18 May 1941) is an English people-Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter movie series. She also appeared appeared in the movies The Age of Innocence (1993), which won her a BAFTA Award, Babe (1995), and Babe: Pig in the City (1998). She has appeared in television series such as Merlin, Doc Martin and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Margolyes was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire. She was the daughter of Ruth (née Walters; 1905–1974), a property investor and developer, and Joseph Margolyes (1899–1996), a Scottish physician from Glasgow. She was grew up in a Jewish family and her ancestors are from Poland and Belarus. She is a lesbian and has been with her partner Heather for over forty years. She has also been an Australian citizen since 2013.

Filmography

Animated roles

• American Dad! - Margaret Thatcher
• Family Guy - Maggie Smith's Right Eye
• The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship - Mother, Mrs. Forester
• Tinga Tinga Tales - Giraffe and Squirrel

Live action roles

• The Water Margin - Hu San-niang

Film roles

• Babe - Fly
• Babe: Pig in the City - Fly
• Balto - Additional Voices
• Early Man - Queen Oofeefa
• Electric Dreams - Ticket Girl
• Flushed Away - Rita's Grandma
• Happy Feet - Mrs. Astrakhan
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Professor Pomona Sprout
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 - Professor Pomona Sprout
• Immortal Beloved - Nanette Streicherová
• James and the Giant Peach - Glowworm (speaking)
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole - Mrs. Plithiver
• Little Shop of Horrors - Dental Nurse
• The Man Who Invented Christmas - Mrs. Fisk
• Maya the Bee Movie - Queen
• Mulan - Matchmaker
• Pacific Heights - Realtor
• Romeo + Juliet - The Nurse
• Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island - Mrs. Krepnick
• The Thief and the Cobbler - Maiden from Mombassa
• Valhalla - Elda, Mother, Sif
• Yentl - Sarah

Other websites

• Miriam Margolyes on IMDb