Miriam Margolyes

Premiere: Miriam Margolyes at the London premiere of Warner Brothers' Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone - 11/4/2001 Photo: Gerallt Radcliff/Wireimage.com

Biography

Born 05/18/1941

A short, heavy-set British character actress, Margolyes has performed primarily on the stage and radio, generally in eccentric comedy roles often requiring her to play older than her years. After studies at Cambridge, she began acting in radio with the BBC. Over the next decade Margolyes' ripe...
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Highlights

  • In 2006, Cast in the Australian-produced computer-animated film, "Happy Feet"
  • In 2005, Cast in "Modigliani," a story of Amedeo Modigliani's bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso
  • In 2004, Co-starred as Peg Sellers in "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" with Geoffrey Rush and Charlize Theron

Family & Companions

  • has been in a relationship since 1970; Margolyes does not live with the individual and refuses to identify the person or even to specify whether it is a man or woman; she did tell the London Times (September 17, 1999): "I used to sleep around and be silly because I thought I was an ugly fat little person and couldn't believe that anybody would want me. ... I've had episodes that I'me ashamed of."
  • Joseph Margolyes: father (died in 1995 at age 96)
  • Ruth Margolyes: mother (died in 1974 after a stroke)

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