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.
88 acting credits
Acting · 88
Doctor Who
2005
Play for Today
1970
Downton Abbey
2010
BBC Play of the Month
1965
An Audience with...
1978
Pride & Prejudice
2005
Performance
1991
Remembers…
2022
Shaun of the Dead
2004
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
After Life
2019
Five Days
2007
The BFG
2016
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
Match Point
2005
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
The Borrowers
1992
Downton Abbey
2019
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Murder Is Easy
2023
Country Matters
1972
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
Wives and Daughters
1999
Comedy Connections
2003
Operation Mincemeat
2022
The Passion
2008
Talking Heads
1988
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
The Return of the Borrowers
1993
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
Belle
2013
Iris
2001
South Riding
2011
Brief Encounters
2016
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Bob & Rose
2001
Summerland
2020
Cry Freedom
1987
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
Calendar Girls
2003
Ever Decreasing Circles
1984
Zoo
2018
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023
Fing!
2026
The History Boys
2006
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
Dead Hot
2024
Eternal Beauty
2020
Carrington
1995
Clockwise
1986
Country
1981
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
Falling
2005
The Girl
2012
Joseph Andrews
1977
Screaming
1992
King Lear
1982
Celebration
2007
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
Margot
2009
The Norman Conquests
1977
Laughterhouse
1984
Victoria & Albert
2001
Othello
1981
The Whistle-Blower
2001
Pasmore
1980
The Deep Blue Sea
1994
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025
The Secret Rapture
1993
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
Half Broken Things
2007
Lucky Jim
2003
Visitation
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The Tale of Beatrix Potter
1982
Landscape
1995
King Lear
1975
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
2016
Rockaby
2000
Mavis Eccleston
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The Tale of Beatrix Potter
1983
Talking Heads 2
1998
Brexit Shorts: The End
2017
Mrs. Warren's Profession
1972
Able's Will
1977
The Sullens Sisters
1972