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Penelope Alice Wilton, Penelope Winton, Пенелопа Уилтон, 페네로프 윌튼
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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: 1.2
- info Birth Place Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Penelope Wilton
7.6
Shaun of the Dead
2004-04-09
0
Visitation
6.3
Clockwise
1986-03-01
6.7
The History Boys
2006-10-02
6.4
Iris
2001-12-14
6.6
Calendar Girls
2003-09-02
6.4
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981-08-28
7.1
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
7
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012-02-23
5
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
10
Landscape
1995-10-21
7.1
Belle
2013-05-01
7.6
Victoria & Albert
2001-08-26
3.5
The Secret Rapture
1993-09-12
7.4
Match Point
2005-10-26
0
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
2016-04-24
1
The Deep Blue Sea
1994-11-12
0
King Lear
1975-03-23
7
Country
1981-10-20
6.4
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015-02-26
8
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022-07-15
7
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
0
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025-09-10
6.3
The BFG
2016-06-01
0
Lucky Jim
2003-04-11
8
The Whistle-Blower
2001-04-14
6.8
Half Broken Things
2007-10-28
6
Margot
2009-11-30
6.3
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013-11-02
0
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010-01-24
7.4
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018-04-19
6.8
Zoo
2018-06-08
7.6
Summerland
2020-07-24
6.2
Eternal Beauty
2020-08-21
7.1
Downton Abbey
2019-09-12
6.3
Othello
1981-10-04
6
King Lear
1982-09-19
6.6
Operation Mincemeat
2022-04-01
8.1
Pride & Prejudice
2005-09-16
0
Mrs. Warren's Profession
1972-10-03
0
Pasmore
1980-10-21
0
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
0
Able's Will
1977-10-05
0
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
1983-01-01
0
Fing!
7.3
Ever Decreasing Circles
1984-01-29
2
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
6
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978-12-03
0
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
6
Performance
1991-10-05
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
7
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995-01-03
6
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
0
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
1982-11-01
6
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978-12-03
6
Performance
1991-10-05
5
BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19