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.
Born: 03 June 1946
Played In
Fing!
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Isobel Merton
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Self
Dead Hot
Francine
Murder Is Easy
Miss Pinkerton
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Maureen Fry
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Self
Remembers…
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Isobel Merton
Operation Mincemeat
Hester Leggett
Eternal Beauty
Vivian
Summerland
Older Alice
Downton Abbey
Isobel Merton
After Life
Anne
Zoo
Denise Austin
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Amelia Maugery
Brexit Shorts: The End
Helen
Brief Encounters
Pauline
The BFG
The Queen
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
Narrator (voice)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jean Ainslie
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Delia
Belle
Lady Mary Murray
The Girl
Peggy Robertson
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jean Ainslie
South Riding
Mrs Beddows
Downton Abbey
Isobel Merton
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
Margot
B.Q.
The Passion
Mary
Half Broken Things
Jean
Celebration
Julie
Five Days
Barbara Poole
The History Boys
Mrs. Bibby
Match Point
Eleanor Hewett
Pride & Prejudice
Mrs. Gardiner
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Harriet Jones
Falling
Daisy Langrish
Shaun of the Dead
Barbara
Calendar Girls
Ruth
Comedy Connections
Lucky Jim
Celia Welch
Iris
Janet Stone
Bob & Rose
Monica Gossage
Victoria & Albert
Princess Mary Louise Victoria
The Whistle-Blower
Heather Graham
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Mrs. Cratchit
Rockaby
Old Woman
Wives and Daughters
Mrs Hamley
Tom's Midnight Garden
Aunt Melbourne
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Delfina / Paulina
Alice Through the Looking Glass
White Queen
Talking Heads 2
Landscape
Beth
Carrington
Lady Ottoline Morrell
Kavanagh Q.C.
Barbara Watkins
The Deep Blue Sea
Hester Collyer
The Return of the Borrowers
Homily
The Secret Rapture
Marion French
The Borrowers
Homily
Screaming
Blame It on the Bellboy
Patricia Fulford
Performance
Beth
Performance
Hester Collyer
Talking Heads
Rosemary
Cry Freedom
Wendy Woods
Clockwise
Pat Garden
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Laughterhouse
Alice Singleton
Ever Decreasing Circles
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter
King Lear
Regan
Country
Virginia Carlion
Othello
Desdemona
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Sonia
Pasmore
Helen
An Audience with...
Self
Able's Will
Journalist
The Norman Conquests
Annie
Joseph Andrews
Mrs. Wilton
King Lear
Regan
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Vivie Warren
The Sullens Sisters
Rachel Sullens
Country Matters
Rachel Sullens
Play for Today
Virginia Carlion
BBC Play of the Month
Regan
Visitation
Mavis Eccleston
Mavis Eccleston