Penelope Wilton
Acting
- Born:
- 1946-06-03
- Place of birth:
- 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
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Dead Hot
Murder Is Easy
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Remembers…
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Operation Mincemeat
Eternal Beauty
Summerland
Downton Abbey
After Life
Zoo
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Brexit Shorts: The End
Brief Encounters
The BFG
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Belle
The Girl
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
South Riding
Downton Abbey
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Margot
The Passion
Half Broken Things
Celebration
Five Days
The History Boys
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
Match Point
Pride & Prejudice
Doctor Who
Falling
Agatha Christie's Marple
Shaun of the Dead
Calendar Girls
Comedy Connections
Lucky Jim
Iris
Bob & Rose
Victoria & Albert
The Whistle-Blower
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Rockaby
Wives and Daughters
Tom's Midnight Garden
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Talking Heads 2
Landscape
Carrington
Kavanagh Q.C.
The Deep Blue Sea
The Return of the Borrowers
The Secret Rapture
The Borrowers
Screaming
Blame It on the Bellboy
Performance
4 Play
Talking Heads
Cry Freedom
Clockwise
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Laughterhouse
Ever Decreasing Circles
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
King Lear
Country
Othello
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Pasmore
An Audience with...
Able's Will
The Norman Conquests
Joseph Andrews
King Lear
The Song of Songs
The Pearcross Girls
Mrs. Warren's Profession
The Sullens Sisters
Country Matters
Play for Today
BBC Play of the Month
Visitation
Mavis Eccleston