Penelope Wilton

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 78

Gender Female

Birthday 1946-06-03 (76 years old)

Place of Birth Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Penelope Alice Wilton
Penelope Winton
Пенелопа Уилтон
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Penelope Wilton

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

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2023

as Maureen Fry

2022		Judi Dench: Our National Treasure as Self
2022		Downton Abbey: A New Era as Isobel Merton
2022		Operation Mincemeat as Hester Leggett

2020		Eternal Beauty as Vivian
2020		Summerland as Older Alice

2019		Downton Abbey as Isobel Merton
2019		After Life (18 episodes) as Anne

2018		Zoo as Denise Austin
2018		The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society as Amelia Maugery

2017

as Helen

2016		Brief Encounters (6 episodes) as Pauline
2016		The BFG as The Queen

2015

as Jean Ainslie

2013		National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Delia
2013		Belle as Lady Mary Murray

2012

as Peggy Robertson

2011		The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Jean Ainslie
2011		South Riding (3 episodes) as Mrs Beddows

2010		Downton Abbey (47 episodes) as Isobel Crawley
2010		Harold Pinter: A Celebration

2009

as B.Q.

2008

(6 episodes) as Mary

2007		Half Broken Things as Jean
2007		Celebration as Julie
2007		Five Days (10 episodes) as Barbara Poole

2006

as Mrs. Bibby

2005		Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion as Harriet Jones
2005		Match Point as Eleanor Hewett
2005		Pride & Prejudice as Mrs. Gardiner
2005		Doctor Who (4 episodes) as Harriet Jones (2 episodes)
2005		Falling as Daisy Languish

2004

as Barbara

2003		Calendar Girls as Ruth
2003		Comedy Connections (1 episode)
2003		Lucky Jim as Celia Welch

2001		Iris as Janet Stone
2001		Bob & Rose (6 episodes) as Monica Gossage
2001		Victoria & Albert as Princess Mary Louise Victoria
2001		The Whistle-Blower as Heather Graham

2000		Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000		Rockaby as Old Woman

1999		Wives and Daughters (6 episodes) as Mrs. Hamley
1999		Tom's Midnight Garden as Aunt Melbourne
1999		The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka as Delfina / Paulina

1998		Alice Through the Looking Glass as White Queen
1998		Talking Heads 2

1995		Landscape as Beth
1995		Carrington as Lady Ottoline Morrell
1995		Kavanagh Q.C. (1 episode) as Barbara Watkins

1994

as Hester Collyer

1993		The Borrowers as Homily
1993		The Return of the Borrowers (6 episodes) as Homily
1993		The Secret Rapture as Marion French

1992		The Borrowers (12 episodes) as Homily
1992		Screaming (8 episodes)
1992		Blame It on the Bellboy as Patricia Fulford

1991

(1 episode) as Beth

1988

(1 episode) as Rosemary

1987

as Wendy Woods

1986

as Pat Garden

1985		Laughterhouse as Alice Singleton
1985		C.A.T.S. Eyes (1 episode)

1984

(26 episodes)

1982		The Tale of Beatrix Potter (1 episode) as Beatrix Potter
1982		King Lear as Regan

1981		Country as Virginia Carlion
1981		Othello as Desdemona
1981		The French Lieutenant's Woman as Sonia

1980

as Helen

1978		BBC Television Shakespeare (2 episodes)
1978		An Audience with... (1 episode) as Self

1977		The Norman Conquests (3 episodes) as Annie
1977		Joseph Andrews as Mrs. Wilton

1975

(1 episode) as Self - Narrator

1972

as Vivie Warren

1970

(1 episode)

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