Penelope Wilton
Penelope Wilton is an actor, born 1946.
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…
Movies (28)
- Pride & Prejudice (2005)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- The BFG (2016)
- Match Point (2005)
- Downton Abbey (2019)
- Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)
- Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
- Operation Mincemeat (2022)
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
- Calendar Girls (2003)
- Cry Freedom (1987)
- Belle (2013)
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
- The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
- Iris (2001)
- Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023)
- Summerland (2020)
- Eternal Beauty (2020)
- The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
- Zoo (2018)
- The Whistle-Blower (2001)
- The History Boys (2006)
- The Girl (2012)
- Fing! (2026)
- Country (1981)
- National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
- Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)