Patricia Hodge
Acting
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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Movies (40)
Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert2025Berthe
Arthur's Whisky2024Joan
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh2023Self (Narrator)
The Laureate2023Amy Graves
Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning2022Self- Narrator
Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years2022Self - Narrator
The Big Night In2020Self
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration2020Self
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives2018Aunt Peggy
Miranda Hart’s Maracattack2013
Maxwell2007Betty Maxwell
Before You Go2002Vi
The Falklands Play2002Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)- Jilting Joe1998Gwennie
Prague Duet1998Olivia Walton
The Moonstone1996Lady Julia Verinder
The Leading Man1996Delvene
The Cloning of Joanna May1992Joanna May
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming1990Lady Evelyn
The Shell Seekers1989Olivia
Thieves in the Night1989Lady Joyce
The Heat of the Day1989Stella
An Audience With Victoria Wood1988Self
Just Ask for Diamond1988Betty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg
Sunset1988Christina Alperin
The Death of the Heart1987Anna Quayne
Vilde, the Wild One1986Edward's Wife
Hotel du Lac1986Monica
Hay Fever1984Myra Arundel
Betrayal1983Emma
Shows (41)
Murder in Provence2022Florence Bonnet
Roadkill2020Lady Roche
All Creatures Great & Small2020Mrs. Pumphrey
A Very English Scandal2018Ursula Thorpe
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow2015Narrator (voice)
Miranda2009Penny- The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007Self
Great British Menu2006Self - Guest Judge
Agatha Christie's Marple2004Mrs. Evadne Willett
Hustle2004Veronica Powell
Waking the Dead2001Lady Alice Beatty
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin1996- Good Morning Summer1995
The Cloning of Joanna May1992Joanna May- Rich Tea And Sympathy1991
Victoria Wood1989Moira
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989Madame Olivier
This Morning1988Self
Inspector Morse1987Lady Hanbury
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil1986Mary Foster
The Return of Sherlock Holmes1986Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
Time for Murder1985Margaret Tutting
Screen Two1985Monica
Robin of Sherwood1984Queen Hadwisa
Sherlock Holmes1984Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years1981Lady Londonderry
Six Fifty-Five Special1981Self- Holding the Fort1980Penny Milburn
The Other 'Arf1980
Edward and Mrs Simpson1978Lady Diana Cooper