ACTOR

Miriam Margolyes

1941 - Today

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Miriam Margolyes ( MAR-gə-leez; born 18 May 1941) is a British and Australian actress. Known for her work as a character actor across film, television, and stage, she received the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mrs. Mingott in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence (1993), and achieved international prominence with her portrayal of Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miriam Margolyes has received more than 9,146,684 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Miriam Margolyes is the 2,263rd most popular actor (up from 2,408th in 2019), the 2,110th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,230th in 2019) and the 280th most popular British Actor.

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  • 9.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Miriam Margolyes ranks 2,263 out of 13,578Before her are Édith Scob, Frederick Stafford, Gigi Proietti, Marsha Hunt, Anne Revere, and Barbara Steele. After her are Zdeněk Svěrák, Chris O'Donnell, Dee Wallace, Vernon Dobtcheff, Peter Haber, and Christina Grimmie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Miriam Margolyes ranks 220Before her are Walid Muallem, Percy Sledge, Sonny Landham, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Leonid Kizim, and Jiří Raška. After her are Helen Reddy, Mario Corso, Vlado Milunić, Chucho Valdés, Alfred Aho, and Tomaž Šalamun.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Miriam Margolyes ranks 2,110 out of 8,785Before her are Irvine Welsh (1957), Jane Digby (1807), James Connolly (1868), Anthony Horowitz (1955), Gregory Winter (1951), and Barbara Steele (1937). After her are Jodie Whittaker (1982), Peter Hammill (1948), William Bayliss (1860), William Blackstone (1723), Caratacus (15), and Roger Bannister (1929).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Miriam Margolyes ranks 280Before her are Francesca Annis (1945), Tom Courtenay (1937), Frank Finlay (1926), Anthony Dawson (1916), James Fox (1939), and Barbara Steele (1937). After her are Jodie Whittaker (1982), Michael Byrne (1943), Samantha Eggar (1939), Stephen Dillane (1957), John Hannah (1962), and Patrick Magee (1922).