Miriam Margolyes
- 83 years old
- English
- Actor
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Fringe Comedy Big Names 2024: Here are 13 famous faces appearing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year
Everybody from Steve Coogan to Richard Gadd had their big break at the Festival Fringe and many big names return years after initially finding fame.
David Hepburn, The Scotsman, 17th July 2024Pleasance announces first Edinburgh Fringe shows
The Pleasance Theatre Trust is back for another summer with a fantastic programme of theatre, comedy, cabaret and family productions.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th February 2024Miriam Margolyes plays the Edinburgh Fringe
The 82-year-old actress is performing Margolyes & Dickens: The Best Bits at the EICC for nine days, starting on August 7.
Chortle, 19th February 2024The Real Ken Dodd film lobbies for creation of national comedy museum
Ken Dodd is to be the subject of a major new documentary celebrating his life and legacy, with hopes that the film will help realise his dream for a national comedy museum. The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved will premiere at the City Varieties Music Hall in Leeds on 9th June, when the performing space in the Victorian theatre is renamed The Sir Ken Dodd Auditorium in honour of his many appearances at the venue.
British Comedy Guide, 30th January 2024Spike Milligan's Badjelly The Witch being made into animated TV series
Spike Milligan's children's story Badjelly The Witch: A Fairy Story is being turned into an animated television series 50 years after he wrote it. An all-star comedy cast is led by Miriam Margolyes and also features Rhys Darby, Julian Barratt, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Roisin Conaty, Katherine Parkinson and Joe Wilkinson.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd November 2023Miriam Margolyes, 82, confirms she's undergone major heart surgery
Miriam Margolyes confirmed she's had heart surgery and shared a health update on Wednesday.
Amelia Wynne, Daily Mail, 18th October 2023Miriam Margolyes scathingly criticises 'poisonous' John Cleese: 'He's an irrelevance'
'Cleese is a puny tadpole of a person,' actor said of Monty Python star.
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 9th September 2023Miriam Margolyes: 'I don't just want to be a foul-mouthed old biddy'
She may be our naughtiest national treasure, but Miriam Margolyes still wants to be admired for her acting. She talks about the joy of later-life fame and the many men - from Jagger to Beatty to Schwarzenegger - who have appalled her.
Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian, 9th September 2023Comedy shows cancelled amid concrete crisis
RAAC found in theatres, prompting fears of crumbling ceilings.
Chortle, 4th September 2023Off Menu Podcast With Ed Gamble & James Acaster: the best episodes
Comedians Ed Gamble and James Acaster on the Off Menu podcast are especially good company because they're funny gluttons.
Louisa Mellor and Elizabeth Donoghue, Den Of Geek, 27th March 2023