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Patricia Hodge

Known for acting · Born 29 September 1946 · 80 · Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK

80 credits

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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Known for

Miranda

2009

All Creatures Great & Small

2020

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975

Betrayal

1983

The Other 'Arf

1980

Jemima Shore Investigates

1978

Holding the Fort

Holding the Fort

1980

Arthur's Whisky

2024

The Naked Civil Servant

1975

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

1976

Surviving Christmas with the Relatives

2018

The Falklands Play

2002

Acting (80)

2025Pippin: 50th Anniversary ConcertBertheFilm
2024Arthur's WhiskyJoanFilm
2023The LaureateAmy GravesFilm
2023Barry Humphries: The Last LaughSelf (Narrator)Film
2022Murder in ProvenceFlorence Bonnet · 3 episodesSeries
2022Litvinenko: The Mayfair PoisoningSelf- NarratorFilm
2022Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable YearsSelf - NarratorFilm
2020All Creatures Great & SmallMrs. Pumphrey · 14 episodesSeries
2020RoadkillLady Roche · 2 episodesSeries
2020Miranda: My Such Fun CelebrationSelfFilm
2020The Big Night InSelfFilm
2018A Very English ScandalUrsula Thorpe · 3 episodesSeries
2018Surviving Christmas with the RelativesAunt PeggyFilm
2015Britain's Busiest Airport: HeathrowNarrator (voice) · 6 episodesSeries
2013Miranda Hart’s MaracattackFilm
2009MirandaPenny · 18 episodesSeries
2007MaxwellBetty MaxwellFilm
2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelfSeries
2006Great British MenuSelf - Guest JudgeSeries
2004HustleVeronica PowellSeries
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleMrs. Evadne WillettSeries
2002The Falklands PlayRt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)Film
2002Before You GoViFilm
2001Waking the DeadLady Alice Beatty · 2 episodesSeries
1998Prague DuetOlivia WaltonFilm
1998Jilting JoeGwennieFilm
1996The Leading ManDelveneFilm
1996The MoonstoneLady Julia VerinderFilm
1996The Legacy of Reginald PerrinGeraldine Hackstraw · 7 episodesSeries
1995Good Morning SummerSeries
1992The Cloning of Joanna MayJoanna May · 2 episodesSeries
1991Rich Tea and SympathyJulia Merrygrove · 6 episodesSeries
1990The Secret Life of Ian FlemingLady EvelynFilm
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotMadame OlivierSeries
1989The Shell SeekersOliviaFilm
1989Victoria WoodMoiraSeries
1989The Heat of the DayStellaFilm
1989Thieves in the NightLady JoyceFilm
1988SunsetChristina AlperinFilm
1988This MorningSelfSeries
1988Just Ask for DiamondBetty Charlady/Brenda von FalkenbergFilm
1988An Audience With Victoria WoodSelfFilm
1987Inspector MorseLady HanburySeries
1987The Death of the HeartAnna QuayneFilm
1986The Life and Loves of a She-DevilMary Foster · 4 episodesSeries
1986Vilde, the Wild OneEdward's WifeFilm
1986The Return of Sherlock HolmesLady Hilda Trelawney HopeSeries
1986Hotel du LacMonicaFilm
1985Screen TwoMonicaSeries
1985Time for MurderMargaret TuttingSeries
1984Sherlock HolmesLady Hilda Trelawney HopeSeries
1984Robin of SherwoodQueen HadwisaSeries
1984Hay FeverMyra ArundelFilm
1983BetrayalEmmaFilm
1981Riding HighMiss HemmingsFilm
1981Winston Churchill: The Wilderness YearsLady LondonderrySeries
1981CharlotteTeacherFilm
1981Six Fifty-Five SpecialSelfSeries
1980The Elephant ManScreaming MumFilm
1980Rumpole's ReturnPhyllida Erskine-BrownFilm
1980Holding the FortPenny Milburn · 20 episodesSeries
1980The Other 'Arf · 27 episodesSeries
1978Rosie Dixon - Night NurseSister BelterFilm
1978Edward and Mrs SimpsonLady Diana Cooper · 3 episodesSeries
1978DisraeliRosina BulwerSeries
1978An Audience with...SelfSeries
1978Edward & Mrs. SimpsonLady Diana CooperFilm
1978Jemima Shore Investigates · 24 episodesSeries
1978The One and Only Phyllis DixeyMaisieFilm
1977The ProfessionalsAnn HollySeries
1977The DisappearanceYoung WifeFilm
1977TargetLaura BentleySeries
1976The Fall and Rise of Reginald PerrinGeraldine Hackstraw · 7 episodesSeries
1975The Naked Civil ServantBallet TeacherFilm
1975Rumpole of the BaileyPhyllida Trant · 13 episodes, Phyllida Erskine-Brown · 9 episodesSeries
1975The Girls of Slender MeansAnne Baberton · 3 episodesSeries
1975Great Big Groovy HorseFilm
1969Softly Softly: Task ForceChris StroudSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameOliviaSeries
—HeartlandPenelope Langley · 10 episodesSeries