Biography
Dame Penelope Alice WiltonΒ DBE (born 3 June 1946) is an English actress. She was formerly married to fellow actorΒ Sir Ian Holm, and as she has not remarried, she retains her married style ofΒ Lady Holm.
Wilton is known for starring oppositeΒ Richard BriersΒ in theΒ BBCΒ sitcomΒ Ever Decreasing CirclesΒ (1984β1989), playing Homily inΒ The BorrowersΒ (1992) andΒ The Return of the Borrowers(1993), and for her role as the widowed Isobel Crawley in theΒ ITVΒ dramaΒ Downton AbbeyΒ (2010β2015). She also played the recurring role ofΒ Harriet JonesΒ inΒ Doctor WhoΒ (2005β2008) and Anne inΒ Ricky Gervais'Β NetflixΒ dark comedyΒ After Life.Β
Wilton has had an extensive career on stage, receiving sixΒ Olivier Award nominations. She was nominated forΒ Man and SupermanΒ (1981),Β The Secret RaptureΒ (1988),Β The Deep Blue Sea(1994),Β John Gabriel BorkmanΒ (2008) andΒ The Chalk GardenΒ (2009) before winning the 2015Β Olivier Award for Best ActressΒ forΒ Taken at Midnight. Her film appearances includeΒ ClockwiseΒ (1986),Β Cry FreedomΒ (1987),Β Blame It on the BellboyΒ (1992),Β Calendar GirlsΒ (2003),Β Shaun of the DeadΒ (2004),Β Match PointΒ (2005),Β Pride & PrejudiceΒ (2005),Β The Best Exotic Marigold HotelΒ (2012),Β The GirlΒ (2012),Β The BFGΒ (2016) andΒ The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold FryΒ (2023).
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Filmography (87)
Fing!
2026
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025
Dead Hot
2024
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023
Murder Is Easy
2023
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
Operation Mincemeat
2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Remembersβ¦
2022
Summerland
2020
Eternal Beauty
2020
Downton Abbey
2019
After Life
2019
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
Zoo
2018
Brexit Shorts: The End
2017
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
2016
The BFG
2016
Brief Encounters
2016
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
Belle
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
The Girl
2012
South Riding
2011
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
Downton Abbey
2010
Margot
2009
The Passion
2008
Celebration
2007
Half Broken Things
2007
Five Days
2007
The History Boys
2006
Match Point
2005
Falling
2005
Pride & Prejudice
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Shaun of the Dead
2004
Calendar Girls
2003
Lucky Jim
2003
Comedy Connections
2003
Iris
2001
Victoria & Albert
2001
The Whistle-Blower
2001
Bob & Rose
2001
Rockaby
2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
Wives and Daughters
1999
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
Talking Heads 2
1998
Carrington
1995
Landscape
1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
The Deep Blue Sea
1994
The Secret Rapture
1993
The Return of the Borrowers
1993
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
Screaming
1992
The Borrowers
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
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
Country
1981
Othello
1981
Pasmore
1980
An Audience with...
1978
Joseph Andrews
1977
Able's Will
1977
The Norman Conquests
1977
King Lear
1975
Mrs. Warren's Profession
1972
The Sullens Sisters
1972
Country Matters
1972
Play for Today
1970
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Visitation
Mavis Eccleston
English
EspaΓ±ol
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