Penelope Wilton
- Acting
- June 3, 1946 · Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
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
Filmography
- FING!
- The Twelfth Night Reunion · Self
- 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
- Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion · Harriet Jones
- Match Point · Eleanor Hewett
- Pride & Prejudice · Mrs. Gardiner
- Doctor Who · Harriet Jones
- Falling · Daisy Langrish
- Agatha Christie's Marple · Carrie Louise Serrocold
- 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, Hester Collyer
- 4 Play · Julia
- 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