Penelope Wilton

Actor

Born: June 3, 1946 (age 80)
From: Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

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…

Filmography (60)

Fing! (2026)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)
Isobel Merton
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale (2025)
Self
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023)
Maureen Fry
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure (2022)
Self
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
Isobel Merton
Operation Mincemeat (2022)
Hester Leggett
Eternal Beauty (2020)
Vivian
Summerland (2020)
Older Alice
Downton Abbey (2019)
Isobel Merton
Zoo (2018)
Denise Austin
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Amelia Maugery
Brexit Shorts: The End (2017)
Helen
The BFG (2016)
The Queen
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film (2016)
Narrator (voice)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
Jean Ainslie
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
Delia
Belle (2013)
Lady Mary Murray
The Girl (2012)
Peggy Robertson
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
Jean Ainslie
Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010)
Self
Margot (2009)
B.Q.
Half Broken Things (2007)
Jean
Celebration (2007)
Julie
The History Boys (2006)
Mrs. Bibby
Match Point (2005)
Eleanor Hewett
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Mrs. Gardiner
Falling (2005)
Daisy Langrish
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Barbara
Calendar Girls (2003)
Ruth