Patricia Hodge

Patricia Hodge

Known for
Acting
Born
September 29, 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

Filmography

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Heartland

Heartland

TV · as Penelope Langley · 10 eps

2026
Marble Hall Murders poster

Marble Hall Murders

TV · as Miriam Crace / Lady Margaret Chalfont, Grandma Tiny · 5 eps

2025
Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert poster

Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert

Movie · as Berthe

2025
All Creatures Great & Small - Comfort and Joy poster

All Creatures Great & Small - Comfort and Joy

Movie · as Mrs Pumphrey

2024
Arthur's Whisky poster

Arthur's Whisky

Movie · as Joan

2023
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh poster

Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh

Movie · as Self (Narrator)

2023
The Laureate poster

The Laureate

Movie · as Amy Graves

2023
All Creatures Great & Small - On a Wing and a Prayer poster

All Creatures Great & Small - On a Wing and a Prayer

Movie · as Mrs Pumphrey

2022
Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning poster

Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning

Movie · as Self- Narrator

2022
Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years poster

Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2022
All Creatures Great & Small - Merry Bloody Christmas poster

All Creatures Great & Small - Merry Bloody Christmas

Movie · as Mrs Pumphrey

2022
Murder in Provence poster

Murder in Provence

TV · as Florence Bonnet · 3 eps

2021
All Creatures Great & Small - The Perfect Christmas poster

All Creatures Great & Small - The Perfect Christmas

Movie · as Mrs Pumphrey

2020
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration poster

Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration

Movie · as Self

2020
The Big Night In poster

The Big Night In

Movie · as Self

2020
All Creatures Great & Small poster

All Creatures Great & Small

TV · as Mrs. Pumphrey · 14 eps

2020
Roadkill poster

Roadkill

TV · as Lady Roche · 2 eps

2018
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives poster

Surviving Christmas with the Relatives

Movie · as Aunt Peggy

2018
A Very English Scandal poster

A Very English Scandal

TV · as Ursula Thorpe · 3 eps

2015
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow poster

Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

2013
Miranda Hart’s Maracattack poster

Miranda Hart’s Maracattack

Movie

2009
Miranda poster

Miranda

TV · as Penny · 18 eps

2007
Maxwell poster

Maxwell

Movie · as Betty Maxwell

2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Great British Menu poster

Great British Menu

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2004
Hustle poster

Hustle

TV · as Veronica Powell · 1 ep

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Mrs. Evadne Willett · 1 ep

2003
Sweet Medicine

Sweet Medicine

TV · as Georgina Sweet · 10 eps

2002
The Falklands Play poster

The Falklands Play

Movie · as Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)

2002
Before You Go poster

Before You Go

Movie · as Vi

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Lady Alice Beatty · 2 eps

1998
Prague Duet poster

Prague Duet

Movie · as Olivia Walton

1998
Jilting Joe poster

Jilting Joe

Movie · as Gwennie

1996
The Leading Man poster

The Leading Man

Movie · as Delvene

1996
The Moonstone poster

The Moonstone

Movie · as Lady Julia Verinder

1996
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin poster

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

TV · as Geraldine Hackstraw · 7 eps

1995
Good Morning Summer

Good Morning Summer

TV · 1 ep

1992
The Cloning of Joanna May poster

The Cloning of Joanna May

TV · as Joanna May · 2 eps

1991
Rich Tea and Sympathy

Rich Tea and Sympathy

TV · as Julia Merrygrove · 6 eps

1990
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming poster

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming

Movie · as Lady Evelyn

1989
The Shell Seekers poster

The Shell Seekers

Movie · as Olivia

1989
The Heat of the Day poster

The Heat of the Day

Movie · as Stella

1989
Thieves in the Night poster

Thieves in the Night

Movie · as Lady Joyce

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Madame Olivier · 1 ep

1989
Victoria Wood poster

Victoria Wood

TV · as Moira · 1 ep

1988
Sunset poster

Sunset

Movie · as Christina Alperin

1988
Just Ask for Diamond poster

Just Ask for Diamond

Movie · as Betty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg

1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood poster

An Audience With Victoria Wood

Movie · as Self

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1987
The Death of the Heart poster

The Death of the Heart

Movie · as Anna Quayne

1987
Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse

TV · as Lady Hanbury · 1 ep

1986
Vilde, the Wild One poster

Vilde, the Wild One

Movie · as Edward's Wife

1986
Hotel du Lac poster

Hotel du Lac

Movie · as Monica

1986
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil poster

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

TV · as Mary Fisher · 4 eps

1986
The Return of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope · 1 ep

1985
Time for Murder poster

Time for Murder

TV · as Margaret Tutting · 1 ep

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Monica · 1 ep

1984
Hay Fever poster

Hay Fever

Movie · as Myra Arundel

1984
Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope · 1 ep

1984
Robin of Sherwood poster

Robin of Sherwood

TV · as Queen Hadwisa · 1 ep

1983
Betrayal poster

Betrayal

Movie · as Emma

1981
Riding High poster

Riding High

Movie · as Miss Hemmings

1981
Charlotte poster

Charlotte

Movie · as Teacher

1981
Six Fifty-Five Special poster

Six Fifty-Five Special

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years poster

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

TV · as Lady Londonderry · 1 ep

1980
The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man

Movie · as Screaming Mum

1980
Rumpole's Return poster

Rumpole's Return

Movie · as Phyllida Erskine-Brown

1980
Holding the Fort

Holding the Fort

TV · as Penny Milburn · 20 eps

1980
The Other 'Arf poster

The Other 'Arf

TV · as Sybilla Howarth · 27 eps

1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson poster

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

Movie · as Lady Diana Cooper

1978
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse poster

Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

Movie · as Sister Belter

1978
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey poster

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

Movie · as Maisie

1978
Edward and Mrs Simpson poster

Edward and Mrs Simpson

TV · as Lady Diana Cooper · 3 eps

1978
Disraeli poster

Disraeli

TV · as Rosina Bulwer · 1 ep

1978
Jemima Shore Investigates poster

Jemima Shore Investigates

TV · 24 eps

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
The Disappearance poster

The Disappearance

Movie · as Young Wife

1977
The Professionals poster

The Professionals

TV · as Ann Holly · 1 ep

1977
Target poster

Target

TV · as Laura Bentley · 1 ep

1976
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin poster

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

TV · as Geraldine Hackstraw · 7 eps

1975
The Naked Civil Servant poster

The Naked Civil Servant

Movie · as Ballet Teacher

1975
Great Big Groovy Horse

Great Big Groovy Horse

Movie

1975
Rumpole of the Bailey poster

Rumpole of the Bailey

TV · as Phyllida Trant, Phyllida Erskine-Brown · 13 eps

1975
The Girls of Slender Means poster

The Girls of Slender Means

TV · as Anne Baberton · 3 eps

1969
Softly Softly: Task Force poster

Softly Softly: Task Force

TV · as Chris Stroud · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Olivia · 1 ep