Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton

Dame Penelope Alice Wilton DBE(born 3 June 1946) is an English actress. She was formerly married to fellow actor Sir Ian Holm, and as she has not remarried, she retains her married style of Lady Holm. Wilton is known for starring opposite Richard Briers in the BBC sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989), playing Homily in The Borrowers (1992) and The Return of the Borrowers(1993), and for her role as the widowed Isobel Crawley in the ITV drama Downton Abbey (2010–2015). She also played the recurring role of Harriet Jones in Doctor Who (2005–2008) and Anne in Ricky Gervais' Netflix dark comedy After Life. Wilton has had an extensive career on stage, receiving six Olivier Award nominations. She was nominated for Man and Superman (1981), The Secret Rapture (1988), The Deep Blue Sea(1994), John Gabriel Borkman (2008) and The Chalk Garden (2009) before winning the 2015 Olivier Award for Best Actress for Taken at Midnight. Her film appearances include Clockwise (1986), Cry Freedom (1987), Blame It on the Bellboy (1992), Calendar Girls (2003), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Match Point (2005), Pride & Prejudice (2005), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), The Girl (2012), The BFG (2016) and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Penelope Wilton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK, 1946-06-03

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2004	Shaun of the Dead	Barbara	75
2		Visitation		0
3	1972	Mrs. Warren's Profession	Vivie Warren	0
4	1975	King Lear	Regan	0
5	1977	Joseph Andrews	Mrs. Wilton	47
6	1977	Able's Will	Journalist	0
7	1980	Pasmore	Helen	0
8	1981	The French Lieutenant's Woman	Sonia	64
9	1981	Othello	Desdemona	62
10	1981	Country	Virginia Carlion	70
11	1982	King Lear	Regan	60
12	1983	The Tale of Beatrix Potter	Beatrix Potter	0
13	1984	Laughterhouse	Alice Singleton	50
14	1986	Clockwise	Pat Garden	62
15	1987	Cry Freedom	Wendy Woods	70
16	1992	Blame It on the Bellboy	Patricia Fulford	54
17	1993	The Secret Rapture	Marion French	35
18	1994	The Deep Blue Sea	Hester Collyer	10
19	1995	Carrington	Lady Ottoline Morrell	62
20	1995	Landscape	Beth	100
21	1998	Talking Heads 2		70
22	1998	Alice Through the Looking Glass	White Queen	51
23	1999	The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka	Delfina / Paulina	0
24	1999	Tom's Midnight Garden	Aunt Melbourne	59
25	2000	Rockaby	Old Woman	48
26	2000	Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings	Mrs. Cratchit	65
27	2001	The Whistle-Blower	Heather Graham	80
28	2001	Victoria & Albert	Princess Mary Louise Victoria	76
29	2001	Iris	Janet Stone	64
30	2003	Lucky Jim	Celia Welch	0
31	2003	Calendar Girls	Ruth	65
32	2005	Falling	Daisy Langrish	68
33	2005	Pride & Prejudice	Mrs. Gardiner	81
34	2005	Match Point	Eleanor Hewett	74
35	2006	The History Boys	Mrs. Bibby	67
36	2007	Celebration	Julie	63
37	2007	Half Broken Things	Jean	68
38	2009	Margot	B.Q.	60
39	2010	Harold Pinter: A Celebration	Self	0
40	2012	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Jean Ainslie	69
41	2012	The Girl	Peggy Robertson	61
42	2013	Belle	Lady Mary Murray	71
43	2013	National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage	Delia	63
44	2015	The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Jean Ainslie	64
45	2016	All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film	Narrator (voice)	0
46	2016	The BFG	The Queen	63
47	2017	Brexit Shorts: The End	Helen	100
48	2018	The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society	Amelia Maugery	74
49	2018	Zoo	Denise Austin	67
50	2019	Downton Abbey	Isobel Merton	71
51	2020	Summerland	Older Alice	76
52	2020	Eternal Beauty	Vivian	61
53	2022	Operation Mincemeat	Hester Leggett	65
54	2022	Downton Abbey: A New Era	Isobel Merton	72
55	2022	Judi Dench: Our National Treasure	Self	80
56	2023	The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry	Maureen Fry	66
57	2025	Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale	Isobel Crawley	0
58		Fing!		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Regan	50
2	1970	Play for Today	Virginia Carlion	63
3	1977	The Norman Conquests	Annie	60
4	1978	An Audience with...	Self	53
5	1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Regan	60
6	1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Desdemona	60
7	1982	The Tale of Beatrix Potter	Beatrix Potter	0
8	1984	Ever Decreasing Circles		73
9	1985	C.A.T.S. Eyes		57
10	1988	Talking Heads	Rosemary	62
11	1991	Performance	Beth	60
12	1991	Performance	Hester Collyer	60
13	1992	Screaming		0
14	1992	The Borrowers	Homily	64
15	1993	The Return of the Borrowers	Homily	65
16	1995	Kavanagh Q.C.	Barbara Watkins	70
17	1999	Wives and Daughters	Mrs. Hamley	73
18	2001	Bob & Rose	Monica Gossage	63
19	2003	Comedy Connections		20
20	2005	Doctor Who		76
21	2005	Doctor Who	Harriet Jones	76
22	2007	Five Days	Barbara Poole	57
23	2008	The Passion	Mary	54
24	2010	Downton Abbey	Isobel Merton	81
25	2011	South Riding	Mrs Beddows	68
26	2016	Brief Encounters	Pauline	67
27	2019	After Life	Anne	79
28	2023	Murder Is Easy	Miss Pinkerton	62
29	2024	Dead Hot	Francine	78

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