Penelope Wilton
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday3 June 1946 (80 years old)
Place of birthScarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Known credits93
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 co…
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2027
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025 · Isobel Merton
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025 · Self
Dead Hot
2024 · Francine
Murder Is Easy
2023 · Miss Pinkerton
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023 · Maureen Fry
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022 · Self
Remembers…
2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022 · Isobel Merton
Operation Mincemeat
2022 · Hester Leggett
Eternal Beauty
2020 · Vivian
Summerland
2020 · Older Alice
Downton Abbey
2019 · Isobel Merton
After Life
2019 · Anne
Zoo
2018 · Denise Austin
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018 · Amelia Maugery
Brexit Shorts: The End
2017 · Helen
Brief Encounters
2016 · Pauline
The BFG
2016 · The Queen
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
2016 · Narrator (voice)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015 · Jean Ainslie
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 · Delia
Belle
2013 · Lady Mary Murray
The Girl
2012 · Peggy Robertson
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012 · Jean Ainslie
South Riding
2011 · Mrs Beddows
Downton Abbey
2010 · Isobel Merton
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010 · Self
Margot
2009 · B.Q.
The Passion
2008 · Mary
Half Broken Things
2007 · Jean
Celebration
2007 · Julie
Five Days
2007 · Barbara Poole
The History Boys
2006 · Mrs. Bibby
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
2005 · Harriet Jones
Match Point
2005 · Eleanor Hewett
Pride & Prejudice
2005 · Mrs. Gardiner
Doctor Who
2005
Doctor Who
2005 · Harriet Jones
Falling
2005 · Daisy Langrish
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Carrie Louise Serrocold
Shaun of the Dead
2004 · Barbara
Calendar Girls
2003 · Ruth
Comedy Connections
2003
Lucky Jim
2003 · Celia Welch
Iris
2001 · Janet Stone
Bob & Rose
2001 · Monica Gossage
Victoria & Albert
2001 · Princess Mary Louise Victoria
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