Personal Info
Known Credits
58
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1946-06-03 (79 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known For
Penelope Alice WiltonPenelope WintonПенелопа Уилтон페네로프 윌튼
Penelope Wilton
Biography
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 r ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
| Isobel Crawley
2023 --
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
| Maureen Fry
2022 --
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
| Self
2022 --
Downton Abbey: A New Era
| Isobel Merton
2022 --
Operation Mincemeat
| Hester Leggett
2020 --
Eternal Beauty
| Vivian
2020 --
Summerland
| Older Alice
2019 --
Downton Abbey
| Isobel Merton
2018 --
Zoo
| Denise Austin
2018 --
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
| Amelia Maugery
2017 --
Brexit Shorts: The End
| Helen
2016 --
The BFG
| The Queen
2016 --
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
| Narrator (voice)
2015 --
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
| Jean Ainslie
2013 --
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
| Delia
2013 --
Belle
| Lady Mary Murray
2012 --
The Girl
| Peggy Robertson
2012 --
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
| Jean Ainslie
2010 --
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
| Self
2009 --
Margot
| B.Q.
2007 --
Half Broken Things
| Jean
2007 --
Celebration
| Julie
2006 --
The History Boys
| Mrs. Bibby
2005 --
Match Point
| Eleanor Hewett
2005 --
Pride & Prejudice
| Mrs. Gardiner
2005 --
Falling
| Daisy Langrish
2004 --
Shaun of the Dead
| Barbara
2003 --
Calendar Girls
| Ruth
2003 --
Lucky Jim
| Celia Welch
2001 --
Iris
| Janet Stone
2001 --
Victoria & Albert
| Princess Mary Louise Victoria
2001 --
The Whistle-Blower
| Heather Graham
2000 --
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
| Mrs. Cratchit
2000 --
Rockaby
| Old Woman
1999 --
Tom's Midnight Garden
| Aunt Melbourne
1999 --
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
| Delfina / Paulina
1998 --
Alice Through the Looking Glass
| White Queen
1998 --
Talking Heads 2
|
1995 --
Landscape
| Beth
1995 --
Carrington
| Lady Ottoline Morrell
1994 --
The Deep Blue Sea
| Hester Collyer
1993 --
The Secret Rapture
| Marion French
1992 --
Blame It on the Bellboy
| Patricia Fulford
1987 --
Cry Freedom
| Wendy Woods
1986 --
Clockwise
| Pat Garden
1984 --
Laughterhouse
| Alice Singleton
1983 --
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
| Beatrix Potter
1982 --
King Lear
| Regan
1981 --
Country
| Virginia Carlion
1981 --
Othello
| Desdemona
1981 --
The French Lieutenant's Woman
| Sonia
1980 --
Pasmore
| Helen
1977 --
Able's Will
| Journalist
1977 --
Joseph Andrews
| Mrs. Wilton
1975 --
King Lear
| Regan
1972 --
Mrs. Warren's Profession
| Vivie Warren