Latest Guest Announcement: Miriam Margolyes

[showmasters]

We are pleased to announce our latest guest for Collectormania 14:

 

Miriam Margalyes: Prof Sprout in the Harry Potter Movies, The Nurse in Romeo & Juliet, Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain in Blackadder.

 

Miriam is also a veteran Theatre actor, her most recent playing Madame Morrible in both the Broadway & West End productions of Wicked and Miss Prism in the Broadway production of The Importance of Being Ernest

 

She has also lent her voice to characters including Fly from Babe, The Watchmaker in Mulan and also in Flushed Away and Happy Feet.

 

 

 

 

Showmasters

 

 

# The Water Warriors (2009) (filming)

 

# "Kingdom" .... Henny (1 episode, 2008)

- Episode #2.4 (2008) TV episode .... Henny

# The Dukes (2007) .... Aunt Vee

# "Jam & Jerusalem" .... Mrs. Midge (1 episode, 2006)

... aka Clatterford (USA)

- Episode #1.4 (2006) TV episode .... Mrs. Midge

# Happy Feet (2006) (voice) .... Mrs. Astrakhan

# Flushed Away (2006) (voice) .... Rita's Grandma

# Sir Billi the Vet (2006) (voice) .... Baroness Chantal McToff

# Wallis & Edward (2005) (TV) .... Aunt Bessie

... aka Her Royal Affair (Canada: English title)

# "Inconceivable" .... Malva (1 episode)

- Balls in Your Court (????) TV episode .... Malva

# Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (2004) (TV) .... Mrs. Price-Ridley

# Being Julia (2004) .... Dolly de Vries

... aka Csodálatos Júlia (Hungary)

# Ladies in Lavender. (2004) .... Dorcas

# The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) .... Peg Sellers

# Modigliani (2004) .... Gertrude Stein

... aka Colori dell'anima I - Modigliani (Italy)

... aka Modigliani - Ein Leben in Leidenschaft (Germany: DVD title)

# End of the Line (2004) .... Bag Lady

# Chasing Liberty (2004) .... Maria

# Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) .... Professor Pomona Sprout

... aka Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens (Germany)

# Plots with a View (2002) .... Thelma & Selma

... aka Grabgeflüster (Germany: video title)

... aka Grabgeflüster - Liebe versetzt Särge (Germany)

... aka Plotz with a View (UK)

... aka Undertaking Betty (USA)

# Alone (2002) .... Caseworker

# Cats & Dogs (2001) .... Sophie the Castle Maid

# Not Afraid, Not Afraid (2001)

# "Dharma & Greg" .... Chloe (1 episode, 2000)

- Midwife Crisis (2000) TV episode .... Chloe

# House! (2000) .... Beth

 

# Magnolia (1999) (uncredited) .... Faye Barringer

... aka mag-no'li-a (USA: promotional title)

# End of Days (1999) .... Mabel

# Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999) .... Signora Caldoni

# Sunshine (1999) .... Rose Sonnenschein

... aka A Napfény íze (Hungary)

... aka Sunshine - Ein Hauch von Sonnenschein (Germany)

# Babe: Pig in the City (1998) (voice) .... Fly the Female Sheepdog

# "Vanity Fair" (1998) TV mini-series .... Miss Crawley (unknown episodes)

# "Rugrats" .... Shirley Finster (1 episode, 1998)

- The Family Tree: Part 1 (1998) TV episode (voice) .... Shirley Finster

# Mulan (1998) (voice) .... The Matchmaker

# Left Luggage (1998) .... Mrs. Goldman

... aka 2 koffers vol (Netherlands)

# Candy (1998/I) .... Gisella

# "Supply & Demand" (1998) TV mini-series .... Edna

# The First Snow of Winter (1998) .... Sean Seamus Aloisious Dermot McDuck

# The IMAX Nutcracker (1997) .... Sugar Plum

# "The Phoenix and the Carpet" (1997) TV mini-series .... Cook (unknown episodes)

# The Place of Lions (1997) (TV) .... Miss Cole

# Different for Girls (1996) .... Pamela

... aka Crossing the Border

# Romeo + Juliet (1996) .... The Nurse

... aka Romeo and Juliet

... aka William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (USA: complete title)

# James and the Giant Peach (1996) (voice) .... Aunt Sponge / The Glowworm

# Balto (1995) .... Grandma Rosy/Extra Voices

# Babe (1995) (voice) .... Fly the Female Sheepdog

... aka Babe, the Gallant Pig

# Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV) .... Mrs. Beetle

# "Just William" .... Miss Polliter (1 episode, 1994)

- William's Busy Day (1994) TV episode .... Miss Polliter

# Immortal Beloved (1994) .... Nanette Streicherová

# "Moonacre" (1994) TV series .... Old Elspeth

# The Age of Innocence (1993) .... Mrs. Mingott

# "The Comic Strip Presents..." .... Mother (1 episode, 1993)

- Demonella (1993) TV episode .... Mother

# The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) (voice) .... Maiden from Mombassa

... aka Arabian Knight (USA: recut version)

... aka The Thief and the Cobbler (USA: recut version)

# Ed and His Dead Mother (1993) .... Mabel Chilton

... aka Bon Appetit, Mama (UK)

... aka Motherhood (UK: video title)

# Stalin (1992) (TV) .... Krupskaya

... aka Sztálin (Hungary)

# As You Like It (1992) .... Audrey

# "Frannie's Turn" (1992) TV series .... Frannie Escobar

# The Butcher's Wife (1991) .... Gina

# Dead Again (1991) (uncredited) .... Lady

# "Tonight at 8.30" .... Mrs. Wadhurst / ... (2 episodes, 1991)

- Ways and Means (1991) TV episode .... Nanny

- Hands Across the Sea (1991) TV episode .... Mrs. Wadhurst

# The Fool (1990) .... Lady Isabel

# Pacific Heights (1990) .... Realtor

# Orpheus Descending (1990) (TV) .... Vee Talbot

... aka Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending

# The Finding (1990) (TV) .... Poll

# I Love You to Death (1990) .... Joey's Mother

# Old Flames (1990) (TV) .... Nellie

# The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1990) (TV) (voice)

 

# Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989) (TV) .... Mrs. Rajzman

... aka Recht, nicht Rache (West Germany)

# Little Dorrit (1988) .... Flora Finching

... aka Little Dorrit 1: Nobody's Fault (UK: first part title)

... aka Little Dorrit 2: Little Dorrit's Story (UK: second part title)

... aka Little Dorrit's Story

... aka Nobody's Fault

# Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (TV) .... Queen Victoria

# "Mr. Majeika" (1988) TV series .... Wilhelmina Worlock (Seasons 1 and 2)

# "Muzzy" (1987) TV series (voice) .... Queen Ezra/Mary (1987)

# Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987) (TV) .... Elsa Maxwell

# Body Contact (1987) .... Tony's Mother

# Little Shop of Horrors (1986) .... Dental Nurse

# "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil" .... Nurse Hopkins (2 episodes, 1986)

- Episode #1.3 (1986) TV episode .... Nurse Hopkins

- Episode #1.2 (1986) TV episode .... Nurse Hopkins

# "Blackadder II" .... Lady Whiteadder (1 episode, 1986)

... aka Black-Adder II

- Beer (1986) TV episode .... Lady Whiteadder

# A Little Princess (1986) (TV) .... Miss Amelia

# Scotch & Wry (1986) (V) .... Various

# "Oliver Twist" .... Mrs. Corney / ... (5 episodes, 1985)

- Episode #1.12 (1985) TV episode .... Mrs. Corney / Mrs. Bumble

- Episode #1.9 (1985) TV episode .... Mrs. Corney

- Episode #1.8 (1985) TV episode .... Mrs. Corney

- Episode #1.6 (1985) TV episode .... Mrs. Corney

- Episode #1.5 (1985) TV episode .... Mrs. Corney

# The Good Father (1985) .... Jane Powell

# Morons from Outer Space (1985) .... Doctor Wallace

# "Freud" (1984) TV mini-series .... Baroness

# Electric Dreams (1984) .... Ticket Girl

# Yentl (1983) .... Sarah

# "The Black Adder" .... Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain (1 episode, 1983)

... aka Blackadder

- The Queen of Spain's Beard (1983) TV episode .... Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain

# Scrubbers (1983) .... Jones

# Crystal Gazing (1982) .... Newsreader

# "Crown Court" .... Marilyn Munro / ... (2 episodes, 1976-1982)

- Resurrection Woman (1982) TV episode .... Mrs. King

- Auld Lang Syne (1976) TV episode .... Marilyn Munro

# Reds (1981) (uncredited) .... Woman writing in notebook

# "Take a Letter Mr. Jones" .... Maria (6 episodes, 1981)

- Business Before Pleasure (1981) TV episode .... Maria

- The Trade Fair (1981) TV episode .... Maria

- The Japanese Contract (1981) TV episode .... Maria

- The Holiday (1981) TV episode .... Maria

- The Protector (1981) TV episode .... Maria

(1 more)

# "A Kick Up the Eighties" (1981) TV series .... Various Roles

# The History Man (1981) (TV) .... Melissa Tordoroff

... aka Malcolm Bradbury's The History Man

# The Apple (1980) .... Landlady

... aka Star Rock (UK) (West Germany)

# "The Lost Tribe" (1980) TV mini-series .... Queenie (unknown episodes)

# The Awakening (1980) .... Dr. Kadira

... aka The Wakening (UK)

# "Tales of the Unexpected" .... Mary Burge (1 episode, 1980)

... aka Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected

- Fat Chance (1980) TV episode .... Mary Burge

 

# "Saiyûki" (1978) TV series (unknown episodes)

... aka Monkey

... aka Monkey Magic

# On a Paving Stone Mounted (1978)

... aka Aisling (UK)

# "Play for Today" .... Veronica (1 episode, 1977)

- The Thin End of the Wedge (1977) TV episode .... Veronica

# Spasms (1977) (TV) .... Rose Finn

# Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977) .... Elephant Ethel

# Christmas Box (1976) (TV)

... aka Stanley Baxter's Christmas Box (UK: complete title)

# "Angels" .... June Morris (2 episodes, 1976)

- Challenges (1976) TV episode

- Walkabout (1976) TV episode .... June Morris

# "Kizzy" .... Mrs. Doe (2 episodes, 1976)

- What Shall We Do with Kizzy? (1976) TV episode .... Mrs. Doe

- The Wagon (1976) TV episode .... Mrs. Doe

# "The Glittering Prizes" (1976) TV mini-series .... Olive Wise (unknown episodes)

# The Battle of Billy's Pond (1976) .... Tour Guide

# Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1975) .... Dorothy Wordsworth

... aka The Strangest Voyage (USA: TV title)

# The Girls of Slender Means (1975) (TV) .... Jane Wright

# "World of Laughter" (1974) TV series .... Various parts (unknown episodes, 1974)

... aka Ken Dodd's World of Laughter (UK: complete title)

# "Fall of Eagles" .... Anna Vyrubova (1 episode, 1974)

- Tell the King the Sky Is Falling (1974) TV episode .... Anna Vyrubova

# "Doctor in Charge" .... Doris (1 episode, 1973)

- Men Without Women (1973) TV episode .... Doris

 

# "Jackanory" .... Storyteller (5 episodes, 1968)

- Albert the Dragon and the Centaur: Wishes Come True (1968) TV episode .... Storyteller

- Albert the Dragon and the Centaur: An Eventful Journey (1968) TV episode .... Storyteller

- Albert the Dragon and the Centaur: A Plan Is Hatched (1968) TV episode .... Storyteller

- Albert the Dragon and the Centaur: The Problem Child (1968) TV episode .... Storyteller

- Albert the Dragon and the Centaur: Albert Finds a Curious Creature (1968) TV episode .... Storyteller

# "Dixon of Dock Green" .... Anna (1 episode, 1968)

- An Ordinary Man (1968) TV episode .... Anna

# "Boy Meets Girl" .... Maria (1 episode, 1967)

- Flight of the Kingfisher (1967) TV episode .... Maria

# "Theatre 625" .... Rita (1 episode, 1965)

- Enter Solly Gold (1965) TV episode .... Rita

[nikstar1989]

wow cool!

[Avengers7]

Another excellent guest - we are being spoilt now.

[leanne marie barden]

Shes awesome, I'd love to meet her, so YAY!

[UserFormerlyKnownAsMondasant63]

Excellent, The Queen Of Spain's Beard is one of my favourite Blackadder episodes

[maegurwen]

ooo! Yay...thats five now...Love to meet her.

[werank]

she was also the voice of the Cadburys caramel bunny many years ago!!

 

she was great in wicked!

[Lennybear]

Great, Lady Whiteadder and her thingy shaped Turnip

Edited September 8, 2008 by Lennybear

[pez]

wow thats a heck of a resume.....nice guest

[TurkFox]

*hunts for Scotch & Wry video/dvd in the cupboard*

 

And then there's Blackadder, too.

[Laurenx]

Another great guest, my budget is being seriously stretched now

[Count Fooku]

As long as she doesn't bring the Earl of Doncaster!

[rain]

WICKED!!!!

 

 

[kirsty_]

curse you jason

[nicky]

She beat the crap outta Arnie in End of Days (1999)

[theoden_of_rohan]

No, no, no, nooooooooo! This is TOO good. ROMEO + JULIET! Oh nooooo, I'm so gutted I can't make this now. Too many good guests all of a sudden, lol.

 

SM, you kill me!

[Tracy Jane]

She's amazing! I met her at the stage door in London and she was so funny and pleasant and charming. She's already signed my Grimmerie (I'm only missing two of the original London cast) but my goodness, she's a fantastic guest!

[Big_Pants]

Flippin' awesome!

[Gandalfia]

YAY!

 

I met her with Davey and others a few years ago after we saw Wicked, and she was ace. She loved Davey lots

 

I can't wait to meet her again!

[RainbowDisney]

WICKED!!!!

 

 

I knew that would please you hehe xx

[vash-chan]

Wow this is cool!! She was brilliant in Wicked and HP.

[rain]

WICKED!!!!

 

 

I knew that would please you hehe xx

 

 

Just a little bit hahaha

[snot182]

she was also the voice of the Cadburys caramel bunny many years ago!!

 

she was great in wicked!

 

i was about to write the following...

 

was she in the stage show of wicked? if so she was the voice of the cadburys caramel bunny.

 

great minds!

[nomi-noo]

for any that will get this refrence:

 

"Miss Elphaba!!" (While Glinda and Fiero share a confused look in dancing through life)

 

Gotta love that shes coming! Thank you SM!

Edited September 9, 2008 by nomi-noo

[Tiggsy]

Oh man I miss Miriam the muck up Queen!I miss her telling us to go home and shouting at us.I love her funniest Morrible ever...

Edited September 9, 2008 by Tiggsy