Penelope Wilton

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1946-06-03
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 1.7
  • info Birth Place Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Shaun of the Dead

2004-04-09

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Visitation

6.2

Clockwise

1986-03-01

6.4

Iris

2001-12-14

6.7

The History Boys

2006-10-02

6.6

Calendar Girls

2003-09-02

6.4

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981-08-28

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Cry Freedom

1987-11-06

5.4

Blame It on the Bellboy

1992-01-24

4.7

Joseph Andrews

1977-03-09

5.1

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1998-12-26

6.2

Carrington

1995-05-25

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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012-02-23

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Laughterhouse

1984-09-01

5.9

Tom's Midnight Garden

1999-07-02

4.8

Rockaby

2000-01-01

10

Brexit Shorts: The End

2017-06-26

6.1

The Girl

2012-10-22

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Landscape

1995-10-21

7.1

Belle

2013-05-01

7.6

Victoria & Albert

2001-08-26

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The Secret Rapture

1993-09-12

7.4

Match Point

2005-10-26

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All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film

2016-04-24

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The Deep Blue Sea

1994-11-12

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King Lear

1975-03-23

7

Country

1981-10-20

6.5

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2015-02-26

8

Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

2022-07-15

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Talking Heads 2

1998-10-06

6.5

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000-12-25

6.8

Falling

2005-03-06

6.3

Celebration

2007-02-26

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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

2025-09-10

6.3

The BFG

2016-06-01

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Lucky Jim

2003-04-11

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The Whistle-Blower

2001-04-14

6.8

Half Broken Things

2007-10-28

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Margot

2009-11-30

6.3

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

2013-11-02

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Harold Pinter: A Celebration

2010-01-24

7.4

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

2018-04-19

6.7

Zoo

2018-06-08

7.5

Summerland

2020-07-24

6.2

Eternal Beauty

2020-08-21

7.1

Downton Abbey

2019-09-12

6.3

Othello

1981-10-04

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King Lear

1982-09-19

6.6

Operation Mincemeat

2022-04-01

8.1

Pride & Prejudice

2005-09-16

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Mrs. Warren's Profession

1972-10-03

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Pasmore

1980-10-21

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The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

1999-01-01

7.3

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022-04-27

6.6

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

2023-04-27

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Able's Will

1977-10-05

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The Tale of Beatrix Potter

1983-01-01

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Fing!

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Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion

2005-12-25

7.3

Ever Decreasing Circles

1984-01-29

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Comedy Connections

2003-06-09

5.7

C.A.T.S. Eyes

1985-04-12

5.7

Five Days

2007-01-23

6.3

Bob & Rose

2001-09-10

6.5

The Return of the Borrowers

1993-11-14

5.4

The Passion

2008-03-16

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The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978-12-03

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Screaming

1992-03-15

8.1

Downton Abbey

2010-09-26

7.6

Doctor Who

2005-03-26

6.4

The Borrowers

1992-11-08

7.6

Doctor Who

2005-03-26

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Performance

1991-02-22

6.8

South Riding

2011-02-20

6.2

Talking Heads

1988-04-19

6.7

Brief Encounters

2016-07-04

6.2

Murder Is Easy

2023-12-27

5.3

An Audience with...

1978-01-08

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Kavanagh Q.C.

1995-01-03

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The Norman Conquests

1977-10-05

7.3

Wives and Daughters

1999-11-28

7.8

Dead Hot

2024-03-01

7.9

After Life

2019-03-08

6.4

Play for Today

1970-10-15

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The Tale of Beatrix Potter

1982-11-01

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The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978-12-03