Penelope Wilton
Biography
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 …
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Filmography
Acting (91)
Movies (60)
Fing!
2026
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025as Isobel Merton
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025as Self
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023as Maureen Fry
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022as Isobel Merton
Operation Mincemeat
2022as Hester Leggett
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022as Self
Summerland
2020as Older Alice
Eternal Beauty
2020as Vivian
Downton Abbey
2019as Isobel Merton
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018as Amelia Maugery
Zoo
2018as Denise Austin
Brexit Shorts: The End
2017as Helen
The BFG
2016as The Queen
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
2016as Narrator (voice)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015as Jean Ainslie
Belle
2013as Lady Mary Murray
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013as Delia
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012as Jean Ainslie
The Girl
2012as Peggy Robertson
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010as Self
Margot
2009as B.Q.
Half Broken Things
2007as Jean
Celebration
2007as Julie
The History Boys
2006as Mrs. Bibby
Pride & Prejudice
2005as Mrs. Gardiner
Match Point
2005as Eleanor Hewett
Falling
2005as Daisy Langrish
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
2005as Harriet Jones
Shaun of the Dead
2004as Barbara
Calendar Girls
2003as Ruth
Lucky Jim
2003as Celia Welch
Iris
2001as Janet Stone
The Whistle-Blower
2001as Heather Graham
Victoria & Albert
2001as Princess Mary Louise Victoria
Rockaby
2000as Old Woman
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000as Mrs. Cratchit
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999as Delfina / Paulina
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999as Aunt Melbourne
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998as White Queen
Talking Heads 2
1998
Carrington
1995as Lady Ottoline Morrell
Landscape
1995as Beth
The Deep Blue Sea
1994as Hester Collyer
The Secret Rapture
1993as Marion French
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992as Patricia Fulford
Cry Freedom
1987as Wendy Woods
Clockwise
1986as Pat Garden
Laughterhouse
1984as Alice Singleton
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
1983as Beatrix Potter
King Lear
1982as Regan
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981as Sonia
Othello
1981as Desdemona
Country
1981as Virginia Carlion
Pasmore
1980as Helen
Able's Will
1977as Journalist
Joseph Andrews
1977as Mrs. Wilton
King Lear
1975as Regan
Mrs. Warren's Profession
1972as Vivie Warren
Visitation
Television (31)
Dead Hot
2024as Francine
Murder Is Easy
2023as Miss Pinkerton
Remembers…
2022
After Life
2019as Anne
After Life
2019as Anne
Brief Encounters
2016as Pauline
South Riding
2011as Mrs Beddows
Downton Abbey
2010as Isobel Merton
Downton Abbey
2010as Isobel Merton
The Passion
2008as Mary
Five Days
2007as Barbara Poole
Doctor Who
2005as Harriet Jones
Comedy Connections
2003
Bob & Rose
2001as Monica Gossage
Bob & Rose
2001as Monica Gossage
Wives and Daughters
1999as Mrs. Hamley
Wives and Daughters
1999as Mrs Hamley
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995as Barbara Watkins
The Return of the Borrowers
1993as Homily
The Borrowers
1992as Homily
Screaming
1992
Performance
1991as Hester Collyer
Talking Heads
1988as Rosemary
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
Ever Decreasing Circles
1984
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
1982as Beatrix Potter
An Audience with...
1978as Self
The Norman Conquests
1977as Annie
Country Matters
1972as Rachel Sullens
Play for Today
1970as Virginia Carlion
BBC Play of the Month
1965as Regan
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