
Patricia Hodge
Patricia Ann Hodge OBE (born 29 September 1946) is an English actress. She is known on-screen for playing Phyllida Erskine-Brown in Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992), Jemima Shore in Jemima Shore Investigates (1983), Penny in Miranda (2009–2015) and Mrs Pumphrey in All Creatures Great and Small (2021–present). Hodge made her West End debut in 1972, and the next year, starred in the West End production of Pippin directed by Bob Fosse. Hodge has received two nominations for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, and in 2000, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the play Money. Her other screen credits include the 1983 film Betrayal, the 1986 TV adaptation of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, and the TV film Hotel du Lac (1986). For her role in Hotel du Lac, Hodge received a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Pippin 50th Anniversary Concert as Berthe
- 2024 · Arthur's Whisky as Joan
- 2023 · Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh as Self (Narrator)
- 2023 · The Laureate as Amy Graves
- 2022 · Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning as Self- Narrator
- 2022 · Murder in Provence as Florence Bonnet
- 2020 · Roadkill as Lady Roche
- 2020 · All Creatures Great & Small as Mrs Pumphrey
- 2020 · Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration as Self
- 2018 · Surviving Christmas with the Relatives as Aunt Peggy
- 2018 · A Very English Scandal as Ursula Thorpe
- 2015 · Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Miranda Hart’s Maracattack as
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Mrs. Pelham
- 2009 · Miranda as Penny
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Maxwell as Betty Maxwell
- 2006 · Great British Menu as Self - Guest Judge
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Mrs. Evadne Willett
- 2004 · Hustle as Veronica Powell
- 2002 · Before You Go as Vi
- 2002 · The Falklands Play as Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
- 2001 · Waking the Dead as Lady Alice Beatty
- 1998 · Jilting Joe as Gwennie
- 1998 · Prague Duet as Olivia Walton
- 1996 · The Moonstone as Lady Julia Verinder
- 1996 · The Leading Man as Delvene
- 1996 · The Legacy of Reginald Perrin as
- 1995 · Good Morning Summer as
- 1992 · The Cloning of Joanna May as Joanna May
- 1991 · Rich Tea And Sympathy as
- 1990 · The Secret Life of Ian Fleming as Lady Evelyn
- 1989 · The Shell Seekers as Olivia
- 1989 · Victoria Wood as Moira
- 1989 · Thieves in the Night as Lady Joyce
- 1989 · The Heat of the Day as Stella
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Madame Olivier
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · Just Ask for Diamond as Betty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg
- 1988 · Sunset as Christina Alperin
- 1987 · The Death of the Heart as Anna Quayne
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Lady Hanbury
- 1986 · The Life and Loves of a She-Devil as Mary Foster
- 1986 · Vilde, the Wild One as Edward's Wife
- 1986 · Hotel du Lac as Monica
- 1985 · Time for Murder as Margaret Tutting
- 1984 · Hay Fever as Myra Arundel
- 1984 · Robin of Sherwood as Queen Hadwisa
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
- 1983 · Betrayal as Emma
- 1981 · Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years as Lady Londonderry
- 1981 · Six Fifty-Five Special as Self
- 1981 · Riding High as Miss Hemmings
- 1981 · Charlotte as Teacher
- 1980 · The Elephant Man as Screaming Mum
- 1980 · Holding the Fort as
- 1980 · The Other 'Arf as
- 1978 · Edward and Mrs Simpson as Lady Diana Cooper
- 1978 · Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Lady Diana Cooper
- 1978 · The One and Only Phyllis Dixey as Maisie
- 1978 · Disraeli as Rosina Bulwer
- 1978 · Jemima Shore Investigates as
- 1978 · Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse as Sister Belter
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1977 · The Professionals as Ann Holly
- 1977 · The Disappearance as Young Wife
- 1975 · Great Big Groovy Horse as
- 1975 · Rumpole of the Bailey as Phyllida Trant
- 1975 · The Naked Civil Servant as Ballet Teacher
- 1975 · The Girls of Slender Means as Anne Baberton
- 1969 · Softly Softly: Task Force as Chris Stroud
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Olivia