Penelope Wilton
Known for: Acting
Born: June 3, 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…
Known for
Rockaby
2000
Brexit Shorts: The End
2017
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
2016
The Deep Blue Sea
1994
Half Broken Things
2007
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
1983
Clockwise
1986
Laughterhouse
1984
Landscape
1995
Falling
2005
Margot
2009
Mrs. Warren's Profession
1972
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023
The Sullens Sisters
1972
Cry Freedom
1987
The Secret Rapture
1993
King Lear
1975
The Whistle-Blower
2001
Summerland
2020
Visitation
Country
1981
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
King Lear
1982
Operation Mincemeat
2022
Iris
2001
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
The Girl
2012
Talking Heads 2
1998
Eternal Beauty
2020
Fing!
2026
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
Carrington
1995
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
Match Point
2005
The BFG
2016
Lucky Jim
2003
Zoo
2018
Shaun of the Dead
2004
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
Belle
2013
Victoria & Albert
2001
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Pasmore
1980
Celebration
2007
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
Calendar Girls
2003
Joseph Andrews
1977
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
Able's Will
1977
Othello
1981
The History Boys
2006
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
Pride & Prejudice
2005
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
Downton Abbey
2019
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Ever Decreasing Circles
1984
Comedy Connections
2003
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
Five Days
2007
The Return of the Borrowers
1993
The Passion
2008
Screaming
1992
Downton Abbey
2010
Doctor Who
2005
The Borrowers
1992
Performance
1991
South Riding
2011
Talking Heads
1988
Brief Encounters
2016
Murder Is Easy
2023
An Audience with...
1978
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
The Norman Conquests
1977
Dead Hot
2024
After Life
2019
Play for Today
1970
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
1982
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Remembers…
2022
Bob & Rose
2001
Country Matters
1972
Wives and Daughters
1999
Mavis Eccleston
The Pearcross Girls
1973