Penelope Wilton
Birthday
1946/06/03 (78 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Also know as
Penelope Alice Wilton, Penelope Winton, Пенелопа Уилтон, 페네로프 윌튼
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.
Acting
(2004) Shaun of the Dead
as Barbara
Visitation
as ---
(1986) Clockwise
as Pat Garden
(2001) Iris
as Janet Stone
(2006) The History Boys
as Mrs. Bibby
(2003) Calendar Girls
as Ruth
(1981) The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Sonia
(1987) Cry Freedom
as Wendy Woods
(1992) Blame It on the Bellboy
as Patricia Fulford
(1977) Joseph Andrews
as Mrs. Wilton
(1998) Alice Through the Looking Glass
as White Queen
(1995) Carrington
as Lady Ottoline Morrell
(2012) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Jean Ainslie
(1984) Laughterhouse
as Alice Singleton
(1999) Tom's Midnight Garden
as Aunt Melbourne
(2000) Rockaby
as Old Woman
(2017) Brexit Shorts: The End
as Helen
(2012) The Girl
as Peggy Robertson
(1995) Landscape
as Beth
(2013) Belle
as Lady Mary Murray
(2001) Victoria & Albert
as Princess Mary Louise Victoria
(1993) The Secret Rapture
as Marion French
(2005) Match Point
as Eleanor Hewett
(2016) All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
as Narrator (voice)
(1994) The Deep Blue Sea
as Hester Collyer
(1975) King Lear
as Regan
(1981) Country
as Virginia Carlion
(2015) The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Jean Ainslie
(2022) Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
as Self
(1998) Talking Heads 2
as ---
(2000) Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Mrs. Cratchit
(2005) Falling
as Daisy Langrish
(2007) Celebration
as Julie
(2025) Downton Abbey 3
as Isobel Crawley
(2016) The BFG
as The Queen
(2003) Lucky Jim
as Celia Welch
(2001) The Whistle-Blower
as Heather Graham
(2007) Half Broken Things
as Jean
(2009) Margot
as B.Q.
(2013) National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Delia
(2010) Harold Pinter: A Celebration
as Self
(2018) The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
as Amelia Maugery
(2018) Zoo
as Denise Austin
(2020) Summerland
as Older Alice
(2020) Eternal Beauty
as Vivian
(2019) Downton Abbey
as Isobel Merton
(1981) Othello
as Desdemona
(1982) King Lear
as Regan
(2022) Operation Mincemeat
as Hester Leggett
(2005) Pride & Prejudice
as Mrs. Gardiner
(1972) Mrs. Warren's Profession
as Vivie Warren
(1980) Pasmore
as Helen
(1999) The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
as Delfina / Paulina
(2022) Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Isobel Merton
(2023) The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
as Maureen Fry
(1977) Able's Will
as Journalist
(1983) The Tale of Beatrix Potter
as Beatrix Potter
(1984) Ever Decreasing Circles
as ---
(2003) Comedy Connections
as ---
(1985) C.A.T.S. Eyes
as ---
(2007) Five Days
as Barbara Poole
(2001) Bob & Rose
as Monica Gossage
(1993) The Return of the Borrowers
as Homily
(2008) The Passion
as Mary
(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare
as ---
(1992) Screaming
as ---
(2010) Downton Abbey
as Isobel Merton
(2005) Doctor Who
as ---
(1992) The Borrowers
as Homily
(2005) Doctor Who
as Harriet Jones
(1991) Performance
as Beth
(2011) South Riding
as Mrs Beddows
(1988) Talking Heads
as Rosemary
(2016) Brief Encounters
as Pauline
(2023) Murder Is Easy
as Miss Pinkerton
(1978) An Audience with...
as Self
(1995) Kavanagh Q.C.
as Barbara Watkins
(1977) The Norman Conquests
as Annie
(1975) Arena
as Self - Narrator
(1999) Wives and Daughters
as Mrs. Hamley
(2024) Dead Hot
as Francine
(2019) After Life
as Anne
(1970) Play for Today
as Virginia Carlion
(1982) The Tale of Beatrix Potter
as Beatrix Potter