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...
Movie pageShaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and,...
Movie pageThe BFG
as The QueenThe BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for...
Movie pageMatch Point
as Eleanor HewettChris, a former tennis player, looks for work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a wealthy...
Movie pageDownton 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...
Movie pageDownton Abbey
as Isobel MertonThe beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their...
Movie pageThe Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
as Amelia MaugeryFree-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric...
Movie pageBelle
as Lady Mary MurrayDido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an...
Movie pageThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Jean AinslieAs the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming...
Movie pageThe French Lieutenant's Woman
as SoniaIn this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about...
Movie pageThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Jean AinslieBritish retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored...
Movie pageIn 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to...
Movie pageIris
as Janet StoneTrue story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley,...
Movie pageCry Freedom
as Wendy WoodsA dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling...
Movie pageThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
as Maureen FryHarold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a...
Movie pageThe History Boys
as Mrs. BibbyThe story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in...
Movie pageCalendar Girls
as RuthMembers of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for...
Movie pageSummerland
as Older AliceA woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to...
Movie pageDirector Alfred Hitchcock is revered as one of the greatest creative minds in the history of...
Movie pageZoo
as Denise AustinYoung Tom and his misfit friends fight to save 'Buster' the baby elephant during the German air...
Movie pageAlice Through the Looking Glass
as White QueenA modern adaptation of the classic children's story 'Alice through the Looking Glass', which...
Movie pageClockwise
as Pat GardenSchool headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian...
Movie pageJoseph Andrews
as Mrs. WiltonLady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty...
Movie pageCarrington
as Lady Ottoline MorrellPainter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton...
Movie pageNational Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as DeliaTo celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National...
Movie pageBlame 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...
Movie pageLaughterhouse
as Alice SingletonA farmer becomes an unintentional celebrity when, because of a strike, he has to walk his 5000...
Movie pageHalf Broken Things
as JeanA middle aged house-sitter meets two tearaways, and together they form a surrogate family
Movie pageEternal Beauty
as VivianWhen Jane is rejected by life, she spirals into a chaotic, schizophrenic world where love and...
Movie pageThe Borrowers
as HomilyThe Borrowers are small, fifteen-centimeter-high humans, who live in the English hinterland....
Movie pageThe Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
as Delfina / PaulinaIn 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A...
Movie pageKing Lear
as ReganKing Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to...
Movie pageAll 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...
Movie pageVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Mrs. CratchitThe comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
Movie pageThe Deep Blue Sea
as Hester CollyerHester Collyer is rescued by a neighbor after attempting suicide in the flat she shares with her...
Movie pageVictoria & Albert
as Princess Mary Louise VictoriaThe passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage....
Movie pageOthello
as DesdemonaIago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet...
Movie pageJudi Dench: Our National Treasure
as SelfA profile of the actress from a strict Quaker upbringing in Yorkshire, through her staunch...
Movie pageMargot
as B.Q.At the age of forty Dame Margot Fonteyn is considered to be past her best as a prima ballerina...
Movie pageFalling
as Daisy LangrishTelevision drama based on the novel by Elizabeth Jane Howard. Author Daisy Langrish buys a...
Movie pageTom'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...
Movie pageCountry
as Virginia CarlionIn 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the...
Movie pageMrs. Warren's Profession
as Vivie WarrenPerformed in 1902, after being banned by the censor for eight years, Shaw's indictment of the...
Movie pagePasmore
as HelenColin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever...
Movie pageThe Tale of Beatrix Potter
as Beatrix PotterBiography based on the life of the author Beatrix Potter.
Movie pageThe Whistle-Blower
as Heather GrahamA bank employee, Laura Tracey, places herself and her family in mortal danger after reporting...
Movie pageKing Lear
as ReganKing Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to...
Movie pageHarold Pinter: A Celebration
as SelfIn June 2009, a group Britain's leading actors gathered for one night only to perform a...
Movie pageRockaby
as Old WomanAn old woman in a rocking chair listens to a disembodied voice (her own) that recounts her life...
Movie pageBrexit Shorts: The End
as HelenAfter 43 years together, Helen finds out her husband is leaving.
Movie pageAble's Will
as JournalistThomas Able, once a successful writer, has not written since the war. He lies paralysed and...
Movie pageDoctor Who
as uncreditedThe Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...
TV Show pageDoctor Who
as Harriet JonesThe Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...
TV Show pageDownton Abbey
as Isobel MertonA chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the...
TV Show pagePlay for Today
as Virginia CarlionPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
TV Show pagePerformance
as BethAn anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
TV Show pageAn Audience with...
as SelfAn Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...
TV Show pageArena
as Self - NarratorArena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by...
TV Show pageBBC Television Shakespeare
as uncreditedThe BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...
TV Show pageAfter Life
as AnneTony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After...
TV Show pageKavanagh Q.C.
as Barbara WatkinsJames Kavanagh QC is one of the top flight barristers in Britain. Each episode has him handling...
TV Show pageFive Days
as Barbara PooleThriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
TV Show pageThe Passion
as MaryThe Passion is a television drama serial that tells the story of the last week in the life of Jesus.
TV Show pageWives and Daughters
as Mrs. HamleyWives and Daughters is a 1999 four part BBC serial adapted from the novel Wives and Daughters:...
TV Show pageEver Decreasing Circles
as uncreditedMartin Bryce lives in a quiet suburban close with his wife Anne. He does his best to "organise"...
TV Show pageC.A.T.S. Eyes
as uncreditedC.A.T.S. Eyes is a British television series made by TVS for ITV between 1985 and 1987.
TV Show pageMurder Is Easy
as Miss PinkertonEngland, 1954. On a train to London, Fitzwilliam meets Miss Pinkerton, who tells him that a...
TV Show pageBrief Encounters
as PaulineIn the early 1980s the lives of four ordinary women, their husbands, mothers, families and...
TV Show pageComedy Connections
as uncreditedComedy Connections was a BBC One documentary series produced by BBC Scotland that aired from...
TV Show pageThe Borrowers
as HomilyThe Borrowers are small, 15cm high humans who live in the English hinterland. They live out...
TV Show pageSouth Riding
as Mrs BeddowsThe lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small...
TV Show pageTalking Heads
as RosemaryA series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by the acclaimed British playwright...
TV Show pageBob & Rose
as Monica GossageBob Gossage is a thirtysomething teacher who has been gay all his life. Now, however, he quite...
TV Show pageThe Norman Conquests
as AnnieThe trilogy presents a comically fraught weekend from three different perspectives, as family...
TV Show pageDead Hot
as Francine5 years ago, Elliot came home to find his soulmate Peter had vanished—with nothing left behind...
TV Show pageScreaming
as uncreditedAn 8 episode BBC One sitcom from 1992. Written by Carla Lane, it follows three middle-aged...
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