Miriam Margolyes facts for kids
Miriam Margolyes OBE (born 18 May 1941) is an English-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
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
- Flushed Away - Rita's Grandma
- Happy Feet - Mrs. Astrakhan
- James and the Giant Peach - Glowworm (speaking)
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole - Mrs. Plithiver
- Maya the Bee Movie - Queen
- Mulan - Matchmaker
- Mulan II - Matchmaker
- The Thief and the Cobbler - Maiden from Mombassa
- Valhalla - Elda, Mother, Sif
Images for kids
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Margolyes reading Oliver Twist in 2006
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Margolyes shortly after being presented with her Australian citizenship certificate by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, 2013
