Filmography144 titles
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 in 2Movie | — | 85 |
| 2026 | They Call Us The Wrong Kind of JewMovie | Self | 85 |
| 2025 | Ken Dodd: A Legacy of HappinessMovie | — | 84 |
| 2025 | BadjellySeries | Badjelly (voice) | 84 |
| 2024 | The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I LovedMovie | Narrator (voice) | 83 |
| 2023 | Next to YouMovie | Granny Vera | 82 |
| 2023 | Blackadder: A Cunning StoryMovie | Self - Narrator (voice) | 82 |
| 2023 | My Happy EndingMovie | Judy | 82 |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary SpecialsMovie | The Meep (voice) (archive footage) | 82 |
| 2022 | Remembers…Series | Self | 81 |
| 2022 | Judi Dench: Our National TreasureMovie | Self | 81 |
| 2022 | The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A CelebrationMovie | Self | 81 |
| 2022 | David Baddiel: Jews Don't CountMovie | Self | 81 |
| 2022 | Miriam's Dickensian ChristmasMovie | Self | 81 |
| 2021 | H Is for HappinessMovie | Miss Bamford | 80 |
| 2018 | Postcards from the 48%Movie | — | 77 |
| 2017 | The Man Who Invented ChristmasMovie | Mrs. Fisk | 76 |
| 2017 | Tate Britain's Great Art WalksSeries | Self | 76 |
| 2017 | Harry Potter: A History Of MagicMovie | Herself | 76 |
| 2016 | The Real Marigold HotelSeries | Self | 75 |
| 2015 | The Weekly with Charlie PickeringSeries | Self | 74 |
| 2015 | Spirit-EDMovie | Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup | 74 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSeries | Self | 73 |
| 2014 | Maya the Bee MovieMovie | Queen (voice) | 73 |
| 2013 | The Last LegSeries | Self | 72 |
| 2012 | Call the MidwifeSeries | Mother Mildred | 71 |
| 2012 | The Guilt TripMovie | Anita | 71 |
| 2012 | Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesSeries | Aunt Prudence | 71 |
| 2012 | The Wedding VideoMovie | Patricia | 71 |
| 2012 | A Closed BookMovie | Mrs. Kilbride | 71 |
| 2012 | Sir BilliMovie | Baroness Chantal McToff (voice) | 71 |
| 2012 | The Cow That Almost Missed ChristmasMovie | Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice) | 71 |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Movie | Pomona Sprout | 70 |
| 2011 | The Itch of the Golden NitMovie | Mummy Socks (voice) | 70 |
| 2011 | When Harry Left HogwartsMovie | Self | 70 |
| 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleMovie | Mrs. Plithiver (voice) | 69 |
| 2009 | The ProjectSeries | — | 68 |
| 2008 | MerlinSeries | Grunhilda | 67 |
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleMovie | Mrs. Kowalski | 67 |
| 2008 | Q&ASeries | Self - Panellist | 67 |
| 2008 | We Are Most AmusedMovie | Self | 67 |
| 2008 | Blackadder's Most Cunning MomentsMovie | Self | 67 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSeries | Self | 66 |
| 2007 | The Sarah Jane AdventuresSeries | Leaf Blathereen (voice) | 66 |
| 2007 | KingdomSeries | Henny Leach | 66 |
| 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television DramasMovie | Narrator (voice) | 66 |
| 2007 | The DukesMovie | Aunt Vee | 66 |
| 2006 | Happy FeetMovie | Mrs. Astrakhan (voice) | 65 |
| 2006 | Flushed AwayMovie | Rita's Grandma (voice) | 65 |
| 2006 | Jam and JerusalemSeries | Mrs. Joyce Midge | 65 |
| 2005 | American Dad!Series | Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice) | 64 |
| 2005 | Dickens in AmericaSeries | Host | 64 |
| 2005 | InconceivableSeries | Malva | 64 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries | Mrs. Price-Ridley | 63 |
| 2004 | Being JuliaMovie | Dolly de Vries | 63 |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter SellersMovie | Peg Sellers | 63 |
| 2004 | ModiglianiMovie | Gertrude Stein | 63 |
| 2004 | Ladies in LavenderMovie | Dorcas | 63 |
| 2004 | The Phoenix and the CarpetMovie | Cook | 63 |
| 2002 | Undertaking BettyMovie | Thelma & Selma | 61 |
| 2002 | DickensSeries | Catherine Dickens | 61 |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsMovie | Pomona Sprout | 61 |
| 2001 | Cats & DogsMovie | Sophie the Castle Maid | 60 |
| 2001 | In Search of PeaceMovie | Ester Cailingold (voice) | 60 |
| 2000 | House!Movie | Auntie Beth | 59 |
| 1999 | Family GuySeries | Right Eyeball (voice) | 58 |
| 1999 | End of DaysMovie | Mabel | 58 |
| 1999 | SunshineMovie | Rose Sonnenschein | 58 |
| 1999 | MagnoliaMovie | Faye Barringer (uncredited) | 58 |
| 1999 | Dreaming of Joseph LeesMovie | Signora Caldoni | 58 |
| 1998 | MulanMovie | The Matchmaker (voice) | 57 |
| 1998 | Babe: Pig in the CityMovie | Fly (voice) | 57 |
| 1998 | Vanity FairSeries | Miss Crawley | 57 |
| 1998 | Left LuggageMovie | Mrs. Goldman | 57 |
| 1998 | The First Snow of WinterMovie | Sean McDuck (voice) | 57 |
| 1997 | Dharma & GregSeries | Chloe | 56 |
| 1997 | The Phoenix and the CarpetSeries | Cook | 56 |
| 1996 | Romeo + JulietMovie | Nurse | 55 |
| 1996 | Different for GirlsMovie | Pamela | 55 |
| 1996 | James and the Giant PeachMovie | Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice) | 55 |
| 1995 | BaltoMovie | Grandma Rosy | 54 |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort FarmMovie | Mrs. Beetle | 54 |
| 1995 | BabeMovie | Fly (voice) | 54 |
| 1994 | Immortal BelovedMovie | Nanette Streicherová | 53 |
| 1994 | LiberationMovie | Narrator (voice) | 53 |
| 1994 | MoonacreSeries | Old Elspeth | 53 |
| 1993 | The Age of InnocenceMovie | Mrs. Catherine Mingott | 52 |
| 1993 | Magic GrandadSeries | Grandma | 52 |
| 1993 | Ed and His Dead MotherMovie | Mabel Chilton | 52 |
| 1992 | StalinMovie | Krupskaya | 51 |
| 1992 | Terry Wogan's Friday NightSeries | Self | 51 |
| 1992 | Frannie's TurnSeries | Frannie Escobar | 51 |
| 1991 | RugratsSeries | Shirley Finster (voice) | 50 |
| 1991 | The Butcher's WifeMovie | Gina | 50 |
| 1991 | Tonight at 8.30Series | Nanny | 50 |
| 1990 | The Fool of the World and the Flying ShipMovie | Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter | 49 |
| 1990 | Orpheus DescendingMovie | Vee Talbot | 49 |
| 1990 | The FoolMovie | Mrs. Bowring | 49 |
| 1990 | I Love You to DeathMovie | Joey's Mother | 49 |
| 1990 | Old FlamesMovie | Nellie | 49 |
| 1989 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton StorySeries | Elsa Maxwell | 48 |
| 1989 | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryMovie | Mrs. Rajzman | 48 |
| 1989 | Unexplained LaughterMovie | Laughter (voice) | 48 |
| 1988 | The Play on OneSeries | Laughter (voice) | 47 |
| 1988 | Blackadder's Christmas CarolMovie | Queen Victoria | 47 |
| 1987 | A Little PrincessSeries | Miss Amelia Minchin | 46 |
| 1987 | Little DorritMovie | Flora Finching | 46 |
| 1987 | Body ContactMovie | Tony's Mother | 46 |
| 1987 | Big MuzzySeries | The Queen (voice) | 46 |
| 1986 | Fifties Features - The Women behind the PicturesSeries | — | 45 |
| 1986 | Little Shop of HorrorsMovie | Dental Nurse | 45 |
| 1986 | The Life and Loves of a She-DevilSeries | Nurse Hopkins | 45 |
| 1986 | Scotch & WryMovie | — | 45 |
| 1986 | The Secret Diaries of the Film CensorsMovie | Miss N. Shortt | 45 |
| 1985 | The Good FatherMovie | Jane Powell | 44 |
| 1985 | Morons from Outer SpaceMovie | Doctor Wallace | 44 |
| 1984 | FreudSeries | Baroness von Lieben | 43 |
| 1983 | BlackadderSeries | Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain | 42 |
| 1983 | Frida Kahlo & Tina ModottiMovie | Narrator (voice) | 42 |
| 1982 | Crystal GazingMovie | Newsreader | 41 |
| 1981 | RedsMovie | Woman with Notebook (uncredited) | 40 |
| 1981 | Take a Letter, Mr JonesSeries | Maria | 40 |
| 1981 | The History ManSeries | Melissa Tordoroff | 40 |
| 1981 | A Kick Up the EightiesSeries | — | 40 |
| 1980 | The AwakeningMovie | Dr. Kadira | 39 |
| 1979 | Tales of the UnexpectedSeries | Mary Burge | 38 |
| 1978 | An Audience with...Series | Self | 37 |
| 1978 | MonkeySeries | Narator | 37 |
| 1978 | On a Paving Stone MountedMovie | — | 37 |
| 1977 | Stand up, Virgin SoldiersMovie | Elephant Ethel | 36 |
| 1976 | Plays for BritainSeries | Miriam / Miss Babberton | 35 |
| 1976 | The Battle of Billy's PondMovie | Tour Guide | 35 |
| 1976 | The LifeswappersMovie | Miriam/Miss Babberton | 35 |
| 1975 | AngelsSeries | — | 34 |
| 1974 | Fall of EaglesSeries | Anna Vyrubova | 33 |
| 1974 | Ken Dodd's World of LaughterSeries | — | 33 |
| 1970 | Play for TodaySeries | Veronica | 29 |
| 1969 | A Nice Girl Like MeMovie | Pensione | 28 |
| 1969 | The Ha-HaMovie | Kathie | 28 |
| 1967 | ITV PlayhouseSeries | Kathie | 26 |
| 1967 | OmnibusSeries | — | 26 |
| 1967 | Boy Meets GirlSeries | Maria | 26 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625Series | Rita | 23 |
| 0 | Gods of TennisMovie | Herself | — |