Penelope Wilton
Acting
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 recurring role of Harriet Jones in Doctor Who (2005–2008) and Anne in Ricky Gervais' Netflix dark…
Filmography
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Fing!
2026
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025
Dead Hot
2024
Murder Is Easy
2023
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
Remembers…
2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Operation Mincemeat
2022
Eternal Beauty
2020
Summerland
2020
Downton Abbey
2019
After Life
2019
Zoo
2018
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
Brexit Shorts: The End
2017
Brief Encounters
2016
The BFG
2016
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
2016
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Belle
2013
The Girl
2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
South Riding
2011
Downton Abbey
2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
Margot
2009
The Passion
2008
Half Broken Things
2007
Celebration
2007
Five Days
2007
The History Boys
2006
Match Point
2005
Pride & Prejudice
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Falling
2005
Shaun of the Dead
2004
Calendar Girls
2003
Comedy Connections
2003
Lucky Jim
2003
Iris
2001
Bob & Rose
2001
Victoria & Albert
2001
The Whistle-Blower
2001
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Rockaby
2000
Wives and Daughters
1999
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
Talking Heads 2
1998
Landscape
Landscape
1995
Carrington
1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
The Deep Blue Sea
1994
The Return of the Borrowers
The Return of the Borrowers
1993
The Secret Rapture
The Secret Rapture
1993
The Borrowers
1992
Screaming
1992
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
Performance
1991
Talking Heads
1988
Cry Freedom
1987
Clockwise
1986
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
Laughterhouse
1984
Ever Decreasing Circles
1984
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
1983
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
1982
King Lear
1982
Country
1981
Othello
1981
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
Pasmore
1980
An Audience with...
1978
Able's Will
1977
The Norman Conquests
1977
Joseph Andrews
1977