Miriam Margolyes is a British-Australian actress and voice artist She has gained prominence as a character actor on stage and screen.
She received a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role as Mrs Mingott in Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence (1993), and portrayed Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series (2002–2011).
Margolyes was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for Services to Drama.
Miriam Margolyes Biography
Early life
Miriam Margolyes was born in Oxford on 18 May 1941, the only child of Joseph Margolyes, a Scottish physician and general practitioner from the Gorbals area of Glasgow, and property-developer Ruth (née Sandeman;).
The maternal family surname changed from Sandeman to Walters before Margolyes’ birth. She grew up in a Jewish family. Her ancestors moved to the UK from Belarus and Poland.
Her maternal great-grandfather, Symeon Sandmann, was born in the Polish town of Margonin, which Margolyes visited in 2013.
Her grandfather Margolyes was born in a small shtetl called Amdur (now Indura) in Belarus, which at that time was part of the Russian Empire.
Miriam Margolyes attended Oxford High School and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she read English.
There, in her 20s, she began acting and appeared in productions by the Cambridge Footlights.
She represented Newnham College in the first series of University Challenge, where she may have been one of the first people to say “fuck” on British television; she claims to have used the word in frustration on the show in 1963.
Miriam Margolyes Career
Miriam Margolyes started her career in theatre and appeared in productions by the Cambridge Footlights.
She also gained recognition for her work as a voice artist, voicing characters in films such as Babe, James and the Giant Peach, and Mulan. Some of her career highlights are:
She received a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role as Mrs Mingott in Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence (1993).
She portrayed Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series (2002–2011).
She starred in productions such as Yentl (1983), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Being Julia (2004).
She appeared in television shows such as Blackadder, The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, Vanity Fair, and Call the Midwife.
She performed her own one-woman show, Dickens’ Women, inspired by the females in Charles Dickens’ works.
She became an Australian citizen in 2013 and has tackled taboo subjects such as death and obesity as a documentary presenter.
She has also written three books, Dickens’ Women (2012), her autobiography This Much is True (2021) and Oh Miriam (2023). She is known for her versatile voice, her humour, and her outspokenness.
Miriam Margolyes Husband
Miriam Margolyes is a lesbian, Shes does not have a husband, but she has a long-term partner named Heather Sutherland. They have been together since 1968.
Miriam Margolyes Children
Miriam Margolyes does not have any children. She has stated that she is glad that she does not have children because she thinks they are a “nuisance”.
She also said that she does not regret not having kids and that she is “delighted” to be childless.
Miriam Margolyes Parents
Miriam Margolyes is the only child of Joseph Margolyes and Ruth Walters.
Miriam Margolyes Siblings
Miriam Margolyes does not have any siblings. She is the only child of Joseph Margolyes and Ruth Walters.
Miriam Margolyes Family
Margolyes is the only child of Joseph Margolyes and Ruth Walters, who were both Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe.
She has a long-term partner named Heather Sutherland, whom she met in 1969 and had a civil partnership with in 2005. She does not have any children or siblings.
Miriam Margolyes Net worth
Miriam Margolyes is a British-Australian actress and voice artist who has a net worth of $6 million.
Her wealth primarily comes from her prolific acting career, which has spanned over five decades and included roles in theatre, film, television, and voice-over work.
She has also written three books and hosted several documentaries.
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