Penelope Wilton
June 3, 1946 (78 years old) in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Penelope Wilton (b. 1946) is a common name in British Theatre for which she has been nominated for the Laurence Oliver Award several times. Furthermore, she is a known name for all her work in British Television as well, most recently as a consistent part of 'Downton Abbey' on ITV.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Downton Abbey 3 as Isobel Crawley
- 2024 · Dead Hot as Francine
- 2023 · Murder Is Easy as Miss Pinkerton
- 2023 · The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry as Maureen Fry
- 2022 · Judi Dench: Our National Treasure as Self
- 2022 · Downton Abbey: A New Era as Isobel Merton
- 2022 · Operation Mincemeat as Hester Leggett
- 2020 · Eternal Beauty as Vivian
- 2020 · Summerland as Older Alice
- 2019 · Downton Abbey as Isobel Merton
- 2019 · After Life as Anne
- 2018 · Zoo as Denise Austin
- 2018 · The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society as Amelia Maugery
- 2017 · Brexit Shorts: The End as Helen
- 2016 · Brief Encounters as Pauline
- 2016 · The BFG as The Queen
- 2016 · All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Jean Ainslie
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Delia
- 2013 · Belle as Lady Mary Murray
- 2012 · The Girl as Peggy Robertson
- 2012 · The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Jean Ainslie
- 2011 · South Riding as Mrs Beddows
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Isobel Merton
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2009 · Margot as B.Q.
- 2008 · The Passion as Mary
- 2007 · Half Broken Things as Jean
- 2007 · Celebration as Julie
- 2007 · Five Days as Barbara Poole
- 2006 · The History Boys as Mrs. Bibby
- 2005 · Match Point as Eleanor Hewett
- 2005 · Pride & Prejudice as Mrs. Gardiner
- 2005 · Doctor Who as
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Harriet Jones
- 2005 · Falling as Daisy Langrish
- 2004 · Shaun of the Dead as Barbara
- 2003 · Calendar Girls as Ruth
- 2003 · Comedy Connections as
- 2003 · Lucky Jim as Celia Welch
- 2001 · Iris as Janet Stone
- 2001 · Bob & Rose as Monica Gossage
- 2001 · Victoria & Albert as Princess Mary Louise Victoria
- 2001 · The Whistle-Blower as Heather Graham
- 2000 · Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Mrs. Cratchit
- 2000 · Rockaby as Old Woman
- 1999 · Wives and Daughters as Mrs. Hamley
- 1999 · Tom's Midnight Garden as Aunt Melbourne
- 1999 · The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka as Delfina / Paulina
- 1998 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as White Queen
- 1998 · Talking Heads 2 as
- 1995 · Landscape as Beth
- 1995 · Carrington as Lady Ottoline Morrell
- 1995 · Kavanagh Q.C. as Barbara Watkins
- 1994 · The Deep Blue Sea as Hester Collyer
- 1993 · The Borrowers as Homily
- 1993 · The Return of the Borrowers as Homily
- 1993 · The Secret Rapture as Marion French
- 1992 · The Borrowers as Homily
- 1992 · Screaming as
- 1992 · Blame It on the Bellboy as Patricia Fulford
- 1991 · Performance as Beth
- 1988 · Talking Heads as Rosemary
- 1987 · Cry Freedom as Wendy Woods
- 1986 · Clockwise as Pat Garden
- 1985 · C.A.T.S. Eyes as
- 1984 · Laughterhouse as Alice Singleton
- 1984 · Ever Decreasing Circles as
- 1983 · The Tale of Beatrix Potter as Beatrix Potter
- 1982 · The Tale of Beatrix Potter as Beatrix Potter
- 1982 · King Lear as Regan
- 1981 · Country as Virginia Carlion
- 1981 · Othello as Desdemona
- 1981 · The French Lieutenant's Woman as Sonia
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1977 · Joseph Andrews as Mrs. Wilton
- 1975 · Arena as Self - Narrator
- Future · Visitation as
- 1980 · Pasmore as Helen
- 1977 · The Norman Conquests as Annie
- 1977 · Able's Will as Journalist
- 1975 · King Lear as Regan
- 1972 · Mrs. Warren's Profession as Vivie Warren
- 1970 · Play for Today as Virginia Carlion