the HBO network in the US. Stage Awards and nominations Margolyes was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for Services to Drama. Notes References External links Dickens' Women tour site Miriam Margolyes at Women in Comedy 1941 births Living people 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses 20th-century LGBT people 21st-century LGBT people Actors from Oxford Actresses from Oxfordshire Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge Anti-Zionist Jews Audiobook narrators Australian lesbian actresses Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire Australian people of Belarusian-Jewish descent Australian people of British-Jewish descent Australian people of Polish-Jewish descent Australian people of Scottish descent Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award winners Contestants on University Challenge English emigrants to Australia English film actresses English lesbian actresses English people of Belarusian-Jewish descent English people of Polish-Jewish descent English people of Scottish descent English radio actresses English Shakespearean actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English voice actresses Jewish anti-Zionism Jewish Australian actresses Jewish English actresses Labour Party (UK) people English LGBT actors Naturalised citizens of Australia People educated at Oxford High School, England Australian expatriates in England LGBT Jews