Penelope Wilton
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.
Pride & Prejudice
as Mrs. GardinerA story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is...
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The BFG
as The QueenThe BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for...
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Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and,...
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Match Point
as Eleanor HewettChris, a former tennis player, looks for work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a wealthy...
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Downton Abbey
as Isobel MertonThe beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their...
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Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Isobel MertonThe Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the...
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Belle
as Lady Mary MurrayDido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an...
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Summerland
as Older AliceA woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to...
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In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to...
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Eternal Beauty
as VivianWhen Jane is rejected by life, she spirals into a chaotic, schizophrenic world where love and...
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Zoo
as Denise AustinYoung Tom and his misfit friends fight to save 'Buster' the baby elephant during the German air...
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Iris
as Janet StoneTrue story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley,...
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Cry Freedom
as Wendy WoodsA dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling...
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Jean AinslieBritish retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored...
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
as Maureen FryHarold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a...
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Jean AinslieAs the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming...
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Calendar Girls
as RuthMembers of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for...
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
as SoniaIn this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about...
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Director Alfred Hitchcock is revered as one of the greatest creative minds in the history of...
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The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
as Amelia MaugeryFree-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric...
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Carrington
as Lady Ottoline MorrellPainter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton...
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Clockwise
as Pat GardenAn uncompromising British school headmaster finds himself beset by one thing going wrong after...
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Joseph Andrews
as Mrs. WiltonLady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty...
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King Lear
as ReganKing Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to...
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Victoria & Albert
as Princess Mary Louise VictoriaThe passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage....
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Country
as Virginia CarlionIn 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the...
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Othello
as DesdemonaIago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet...
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The History Boys
as Mrs. BibbyThe story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in...
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Falling
as Daisy LangrishTelevision drama based on the novel by Elizabeth Jane Howard. Author Daisy Langrish buys a...
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Laughterhouse
as Alice SingletonA farmer becomes an unintentional celebrity when, because of a strike, he has to walk his 5000...
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Blame It on the Bellboy
as Patricia FulfordMike Lawton, Maurice Horton, and Melvin Orton are three men who come to Venice. One of them is a...
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The Borrowers
as HomilyThe Borrowers are small, fifteen-centimeter-high humans, who live in the English hinterland....
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Margot
as B.Q.At the age of forty Dame Margot Fonteyn is considered to be past her best as a prima ballerina...
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King Lear
as ReganKing Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to...
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
as White QueenA modern adaptation of the classic children's story 'Alice through the Looking Glass', which...
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as uncreditedThe comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
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Pasmore
as HelenColin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever...
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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as DeliaTo celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National...
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Tom's Midnight Garden
as Aunt MelbourneWhen Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a...
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The Whistle-Blower
as Heather GrahamA bank employee, Laura Tracey, places herself and her family in mortal danger after reporting...
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Harold Pinter: A Celebration
as SelfIn June 2009, a group Britain's leading actors gathered for one night only to perform a...
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Rockaby
as Old WomanAn old woman in a rocking chair listens to a disembodied voice (her own) that recounts her life...
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Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
as Harriet JonesIt's Christmas Eve, but this is to be a far from silent night - the cruel Sycorax have come to...
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The Deep Blue Sea
as Hester CollyerHester Collyer is rescued by a neighbor after attempting suicide in the flat she shares with her...
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The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
as Delfina / PaulinaIn 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A...
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Half Broken Things
as JeanA middle aged house-sitter meets two tearaways, and together they form a surrogate family
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Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
as SelfA profile of the actress from a strict Quaker upbringing in Yorkshire, through her staunch...
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All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
as Narrator (voice)An exploration into the history of Shakespeare's plays, from the silent era to the modern day...
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Brexit Shorts: The End
as HelenAfter 43 years together, Helen finds out her husband is leaving.
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Doctor Who
as uncreditedThe Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...
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Doctor Who
as Harriet JonesThe Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...
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Downton Abbey
as Isobel CrawleyA chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the...
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Play for Today
as Virginia CarlionPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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An Audience with...
as SelfAn Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...
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BBC Television Shakespeare
as uncreditedThe BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...
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Kavanagh Q.C.
as Barbara WatkinsJames Kavanagh QC is one of the top flight barristers in Britain. Each episode has him handling...
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After Life
as AnneTony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After...
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Performance
as BethAn anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Five Days
as Barbara PooleThriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
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C.A.T.S. Eyes
as uncreditedC.A.T.S. Eyes is a British television series made by TVS for ITV between 1985 and 1987.
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Wives and Daughters
as Mrs. HamleyWives and Daughters is a 1999 four part BBC serial adapted from the novel Wives and Daughters:...
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Ever Decreasing Circles
as uncreditedMartin Bryce lives in a quiet suburban close with his wife Anne. He does his best to "organise"...
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Arena
as Self - NarratorArena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by...
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Talking Heads
as RosemaryA series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by the acclaimed British playwright...
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South Riding
as Mrs BeddowsThe lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small...
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Murder Is Easy
as Miss PinkertonEngland, 1954. On a train to London, Fitzwilliam meets Miss Pinkerton, who tells him that a...
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The Passion
as MaryThe Passion is a television drama serial that tells the story of the last week in the life of Jesus.
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Dead Hot
as Francine5 years ago, Elliot came home to find his soulmate Peter had vanished—with nothing left behind...
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Comedy Connections
as uncreditedComedy Connections was a BBC One documentary series produced by BBC Scotland that aired from...
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Bob & Rose
as Monica GossageBob Gossage is a thirtysomething teacher who has been gay all his life. Now, however, he quite...
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Brief Encounters
as PaulineIn the early 1980s the lives of four ordinary women, their husbands, mothers, families and...
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The Borrowers
as HomilyThe Borrowers are small, 15cm high humans who live in the English hinterland. They live out...
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Screaming
as uncreditedAn 8 episode BBC One sitcom from 1992. Written by Carla Lane, it follows three middle-aged...
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The Norman Conquests
as AnnieThe trilogy presents a comically fraught weekend from three different perspectives, as family...
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