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Patricia Hodge

Acting · Born 1946-09-29 · Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Biography

Patricia Ann Hodge OBE is an English actress. She is known on-screen for playing Phyllida Erskine-Brown in Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992), Jemima Shore in Jemima Shore Investigates (1983), Penny in Miranda (2009–2015) and Mrs Pumphrey in All Creatures Great and Small (2021–present). Hodge made her West End debut in 1972, and the next year, starred in the West End production of Pippin directed by Bob Fosse. Hodge has received two nominations for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, and in 2000, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the play Money. Her other screen credits include the 1983 film Betrayal, the 1986 TV adaptation of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, and the TV film Hotel du Lac (1986). For her role in Hotel du Lac, Hodge received a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress.

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Filmography

2025Pippin: 50th Anniversary ConcertBerthe
2024Arthur's WhiskyJoan
2023Barry Humphries: The Last LaughSelf (Narrator)
2023The LaureateAmy Graves
2022Litvinenko: The Mayfair PoisoningSelf- Narrator
2022Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable YearsSelf - Narrator
2022Murder in ProvenceFlorence Bonnet
2020RoadkillLady Roche
2020All Creatures Great & SmallMrs. Pumphrey
2020The Big Night InSelf
2020Miranda: My Such Fun CelebrationSelf
2018Surviving Christmas with the RelativesAunt Peggy
2018A Very English ScandalUrsula Thorpe
2015Britain's Busiest Airport: HeathrowNarrator (voice)
2013Miranda Hart’s Maracattack
2009MirandaPenny
2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf
2007MaxwellBetty Maxwell
2006Great British MenuSelf - Guest Judge
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleMrs. Evadne Willett
2004HustleVeronica Powell
2002Before You GoVi
2002The Falklands PlayRt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
2001Waking the DeadLady Alice Beatty
1998Jilting JoeGwennie
1998Prague DuetOlivia Walton
1996The MoonstoneLady Julia Verinder
1996The Leading ManDelvene
1996The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1995Good Morning Summer
1992The Cloning of Joanna MayJoanna May
1992The Cloning of Joanna MayJoanna May
1991Rich Tea And Sympathy
1990The Secret Life of Ian FlemingLady Evelyn
1989The Shell SeekersOlivia
1989Victoria WoodMoira
1989Thieves in the NightLady Joyce
1989The Heat of the DayStella
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotMadame Olivier
1988An Audience With Victoria WoodSelf
1988This MorningSelf
1988Just Ask for DiamondBetty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg
1988SunsetChristina Alperin
1987The Death of the HeartAnna Quayne
1987Inspector MorseLady Hanbury
1986Vilde, the Wild OneEdward's Wife
1986The Life and Loves of a She-DevilMary Foster
1986The Return of Sherlock HolmesLady Hilda Trelawney Hope
1986Hotel du LacMonica
1985Time for MurderMargaret Tutting
1985Screen TwoMonica
1984Hay FeverMyra Arundel
1984Robin of SherwoodQueen Hadwisa
1984Sherlock HolmesLady Hilda Trelawney Hope
1983BetrayalEmma
1981Winston Churchill: The Wilderness YearsLady Londonderry
1981Six Fifty-Five SpecialSelf
1981Riding HighMiss Hemmings
1981CharlotteTeacher
1980Rumpole's ReturnPhyllida Erskine-Brown
1980The Elephant ManScreaming Mum
1980Holding the FortPenny Milburn
1980The Other 'Arf
1978Edward and Mrs SimpsonLady Diana Cooper
1978Edward & Mrs. SimpsonLady Diana Cooper
1978The One and Only Phyllis DixeyMaisie
1978DisraeliRosina Bulwer
1978Jemima Shore Investigates
1978Rosie Dixon - Night NurseSister Belter
1978An Audience with...Self
1977The ProfessionalsAnn Holly
1977The DisappearanceYoung Wife
1977TargetLaura Bentley
1976The Fall and Rise of Reginald PerrinGeraldine Hackstraw
1975Great Big Groovy Horse
1975The Naked Civil ServantBallet Teacher
1975Rumpole of the BaileyPhyllida Trant
1975The Girls of Slender MeansAnne Baberton
1969Softly Softly: Task ForceChris Stroud
1951Hallmark Hall of FameOlivia
—HeartlandPenelope Langley

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