Miriam Margolyes With her literary background and passion for the written word, Miriam Margolyes claims she was ‘born’ to play the part of Vera in Gloomsbury. She says: “Vera Sackcloth ...
“I’m not a comedian,” says Miriam Margolyes ... “didn’t feature funny women, only the occasional dolly bird”. I wonder if Margolyes, with her instinctive comic timing, might have ...
In the 1980s, Miriam was in a solo stage show called Dickens’ Women, in which she played 23 characters from his novels. “It was very successful, and I think it’s still some of the best work ...