Miriam Margolyes

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Nationality: English
Birthdate: 05/18/1941
Birthplace: Oxford, England, United Kingdom

biography

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 delivery could be heard everywhere in radio spots and TV commercial voiceovers, including a stint as a seductive rabbit plugging Cadbury's Carmel Bunny candy and as a charwoman chimp for a tea ad.

Margolyes did not act regularly in film until the mid-1970s, and for a time most of her roles were in Continued

Credits

Aunt Vee
2008
Dorcas
2005
Dolly de Vries
2004
Sophie
2001
Mrs Goldman
2000
Rose Sonnenschein
2000
Beth
2000
Mabel
1999
Signora Caldoni
1999
Sugar Plum
1997
Voice
1997
Pamela
1997
Mrs Beetle
1996
Aunt Sponge
1996
of Fly
1995
Dr Kadira
Ticket Girl
Landlady
Gertrude Stein
Jane Powell
Nanette Streicher
Nellie
Narration
Actor

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Oxford, England
1963 
Got a job after graduating from college with the BBC's radio repertory company (date approximate)
1969 
Made feature film debut in a small role in "A Nice Girl Like Me"
1980 
Made first American films, "The Apple" and "The Awakening"
1987 
First major appearance on US TV, in a three-part adaptation of "The Little Princess", which aired on PBS
Continued

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