Penelope Wilton
Acting
1946-06-03 · Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
TheatersFING!
2027 · Movie
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025 · Movie
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025 · Movie
Dead Hot
2024 · Series
Murder Is Easy
2023 · Series
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023 · Movie
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022 · Movie
Remembers…
2022 · Series
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022 · Movie
Operation Mincemeat
2022 · Movie
Eternal Beauty
2020 · Movie
Summerland
2020 · Movie
Downton Abbey
2019 · Movie
After Life
2019 · Series
Zoo
2018 · Movie
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018 · Movie
Brexit Shorts: The End
2017 · Movie
Brief Encounters
2016 · Series
The BFG
2016 · Movie
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
2016 · Movie
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015 · Movie
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 · Movie
Belle
2013 · Movie
The Girl
2012 · Movie
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012 · Movie
South Riding
2011 · Series
Downton Abbey
2010 · Series
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010 · Movie
Margot
2009 · Movie
The Passion
2008 · Series
Half Broken Things
2007 · Movie
Celebration
2007 · Movie
Five Days
2007 · Series
The History Boys
2006 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
2005 · Movie
Match Point
2005 · Movie
Pride & Prejudice
2005 · Movie
Doctor Who
2005 · Series
Falling
2005 · Movie
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Series
Shaun of the Dead
2004 · Movie
Calendar Girls
2003 · Movie
Comedy Connections
2003 · Series
Lucky Jim
2003 · Movie
Iris
2001 · Movie
Bob & Rose
2001 · Series
Victoria & Albert
2001 · Movie
The Whistle-Blower
2001 · Movie
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Movie
Rockaby
2000 · Movie
Wives and Daughters
1999 · Series
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999 · Movie
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999 · Movie
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998 · Movie
Talking Heads 2
1998 · Movie
Landscape
1995 · Movie
Carrington
1995 · Movie
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · Series
The Deep Blue Sea
1994 · Movie
The Return of the Borrowers
1993 · Series
The Secret Rapture
1993 · Movie
The Borrowers
1992 · Series
Screaming
1992 · Series
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992 · Movie
Performance
1991 · Series
4 Play
1989 · Series
Talking Heads
1988 · Series
Cry Freedom
1987 · Movie
Clockwise
1986 · Movie
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985 · Series
Laughterhouse
1984 · Movie
Ever Decreasing Circles
1984 · Series
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
1983 · Movie
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
1982 · Series
King Lear
1982 · Movie
Country
1981 · Movie
Othello
1981 · Movie
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981 · Movie
Pasmore
1980 · Movie
An Audience with...
1978 · Series
The Norman Conquests
1977 · Series
Able's Will
1977 · Movie
Joseph Andrews
1977 · Movie
King Lear
1975 · Movie
The Song of Songs
1973 · Series
The Pearcross Girls
1973 · Series
Mrs. Warren's Profession
1972 · Movie
The Sullens Sisters
1972 · Movie
Country Matters
1972 · Series
Play for Today
1970 · Series
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
Mavis Eccleston
Series
Visitation
Movie