Penelope Wilton

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Dame Penelope Wilton

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Penelope Wilton 2013.jpg
Wilton in Stockholm, Sweden, November 2013
Born (1946-06-03) 3 June 1946 (age 77)
Scarborough, England
Alma mater Drama Centre London
OccupationActor
Years active1969–present
Spouses
  • (m. 1975;div. 1984)
  • (m. 1991;div. 2001)
Children2
Relatives Linden Travers (aunt)
Bill Travers (uncle)
Angela Morant (cousin)
Richard Morant (cousin)

Dame Penelope Alice Wilton DBE [1] (born 3 June 1946) is an English actress.

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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 recurring role of Harriet Jones in Doctor Who (2005–2008) and Anne in Ricky Gervais' Netflix dark comedy After Life .

Wilton has had an extensive career on stage, receiving six Olivier Award nominations. She was nominated for Man and Superman (1981), The Secret Rapture (1988), The Deep Blue Sea (1994), John Gabriel Borkman (2008) and The Chalk Garden (2009), before winning the 2015 Olivier Award for Best Actress for Taken at Midnight . Her film appearances include Clockwise (1986), Cry Freedom (1987), Blame It on the Bellboy (1992), Calendar Girls (2003), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Match Point (2005), Pride & Prejudice (2005), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), The Girl (2012), The BFG (2016) and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023).

Early life and background

Wilton was born in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, the second of three daughters of Cliff Wilton, a Cambridge-educated businessman and barrister who had played rugby union on the amateur and provincial level, going on to be an administrator in the sport, and Alice Linda Travers, a tap dancer and former actress. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

She is a niece of actors Bill Travers and Linden Travers. Her cousins include actors Angela and Richard Morant. [7] Her maternal grandparents owned theatres. [5]

She attended the Drama Centre London from 1965 to 1968. [8] [9]

Career

Wilton began her career on stage in 1969 at the Nottingham Playhouse. Her early roles included Cordelia in King Lear , both in Nottingham and at The Old Vic. [10]

She made her Broadway debut in March 1971 when she played Araminta in the original Broadway production of The Philanthropist , and made her West End debut in August 1971 opposite Sir Ralph Richardson, in the John Osborne play West of Suez at the Cambridge Theatre. [11] She had previously appeared in both plays at the Royal Court Theatre. She played Ruth in the original 1974 London stage production of Alan Ayckbourn's Norman Conquests trilogy. [12]

Her television acting career began in 1972, playing Vivie Warren in the BBC2's adaptation of Mrs. Warren's Profession opposite Coral Browne in the title role and Robert Powell. [13] The production was repeated as part of the Play of the Month series in 1974 on BBC1. [14] In 1994, Wilton portrayed Browne in a radio adaptation of An Englishman Abroad for the BBC World Service [15] and repeated on various BBC radio formats since. [16]

Following the broadcast of Mrs. Warren's Profession, Wilton then had several major TV roles, including two of the BBC Television Shakespeare productions (as Desdemona in Othello and Regan in King Lear ). [17]

Wilton's film career includes roles in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Cry Freedom (1987), Iris (2001), Calendar Girls (2003) and Shaun of the Dead (2004), Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice (2005), Woody Allen's Match Point (2005), and in The History Boys (2006).[ citation needed ]

She did not garner fame until she appeared with Richard Briers in the 1984 BBC situation comedy, Ever Decreasing Circles , which ran for five years. She played Ann, long suffering wife of Martin (Briers), an obsessive and pedantic "do-gooder". In 2005, Wilton guest starred as Harriet Jones for two episodes in the BBC's revival of the popular TV science-fiction series Doctor Who . This guest role was written especially for her by the programme's chief writer and executive producer Russell T. Davies, with whom she had worked on Bob and Rose (ITV, 2001). The character of Jones returned as Prime Minister in the Doctor Who 2005 Christmas special "The Christmas Invasion". In the first part of the 2008 series finale, "The Stolen Earth", she made a final appearance, now as the former Prime Minister who sacrifices herself by extermination by the Daleks so that the Doctor's companions can contact him.[ citation needed ]

Wilton with Downton Abbey co-star Jim Carter, 2013 Penelope Wilton & Jim Carter.jpg
Wilton with Downton Abbey co-star Jim Carter, 2013

Wilton appeared on television as Barbara Poole, the mother of a missing woman, in the BBC television drama series Five Days in 2005; and in ITV's drama Half Broken Things (October 2007) and the BBC production of The Passion (Easter 2008). Beginning in 2010, she appeared as Isobel Crawley in all six seasons of the hit period drama Downton Abbey . She was the castaway on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in April 2008. In December 2012 and February 2013, she was the narrator in Lin Coghlan's dramatisation of Elizabeth Jane Howard's The Cazalets, broadcast on BBC Radio. [18]

Personal life

Between 1975 and 1984, Wilton was married to actor Daniel Massey. They had a daughter, Alice, born in 1977. [19] Before that, they had a stillborn son. [20]

In 1991, Wilton married actor Ian Holm. In 1992, they appeared together as Pod and Homily in the BBC's adaptation of The Borrowers . A year later, they appeared together in a follow-up The Return of the Borrowers . In 1998, Ian Holm was knighted and Wilton became Lady Holm. They divorced in 2001. [21]

Honours

Wilton was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2004 New Year Honours and was elevated to become a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours, [1] both for services to drama.

Awards and recognition

In 2012, Wilton received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hull Scarborough Campus. [22]

YearTheatreNominated workResult
1981 Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a Revival Man and Superman Nominated
1981 Critics' Circle Award for Best Actress Much Ado About Nothing Won
1988 Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play The Secret Rapture Nominated
1993Critics' Circle Award for Best Actress The Deep Blue Sea Won
1994 Olivier Award for Best Actress Nominated
2001 Evening Standard Award for Best Actress The Little Foxes Nominated
2008Olivier Award for Best Actress John Gabriel Borkman Nominated
2008Evening Standard Award for Best Actress The Chalk Garden Won
2009Olivier Award for Best ActressNominated
2015Olivier Award for Best Actress Taken at Midnight Won
Film / Television
2012 Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Nominated
2012 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated
2012 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Downton Abbey Won
2013Nominated
2014Won
2015Won

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1977 Joseph Andrews Mrs. Wilson
1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman Sonia
1984LaughterhouseAlice Singleton
1986 Clockwise Pat
1987 Cry Freedom Wendy Woods
1992 Blame It on the Bellboy Patricia Fulford
1993 The Secret Rapture Marion French
1995 Carrington Lady Ottoline Morrell
1999Gooseberries Don't DanceShort film
1999 Tom's Midnight Garden Aunt Melbourne
2001 Iris Janet Stone
2003 Calendar Girls Ruth
2004 Shaun of the Dead Barbara
2005 Match Point Eleanor Hewett
2005 Pride & Prejudice Mrs. Gardiner
2006 The History Boys Mrs. Bibby
2012 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Jean
2013 Belle Lady Mary Murray
2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Jean
2016 The BFG The Queen
2017 Zoo Denise Austin
2018 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Amelia Maugery
2019 Downton Abbey Isobel Grey, Baroness Merton
2019 Eternal Beauty Vivian
2020 Summerland Older Alice
2021 Operation Mincemeat Hester Leggett
2022 Downton Abbey: A New Era Isobel Grey, Baroness Merton
2023 The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Maureen

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1972Thirty-Minute TheatreTV series (1 episode: "An Affair of Honour")
1972Country MattersRachel SullensTV series (1 episode: "The Sullens Sisters")
1972 Play of the Month : Mrs. Warren's Profession (BBC)Vivie WarrenTV drama (G. B. Shaw)
1973The Pearcross GirlsAnna Pearcross/Helen Charlesworth
Julia Pearcross/Lottie Merchant
TV series (4 episodes)
1973The Song of SongsLilli CzepanekTV drama
1975 Play of the Month : King Lear ReganShakespeare, d. Jonathan Miller
1976 The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd TV drama
1977 The Norman Conquests: Living Together AnnieTV drama
1977 The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden AnnieTV drama
1977 The Norman Conquests: Table Manners AnnieTV drama
1980 Play for Today Helen/Virginia CarlionTV series (2 episodes: 1980–1981)
1981 Othello Desdemona Shakespeare (d. Jonathan Miller)
1982The Tale of Beatrix Potter Beatrix Potter TV drama
1982 King Lear Regan Shakespeare (d. Jonathan Miller)
1984 Ever Decreasing Circles Ann BryceTV series (27 episodes: 1984–1989)
1986 C.A.T.S. Eyes Angela LaneTV series (1 episode: "Good as New")
1986 The Monocled Mutineer Lady Angela Forbes TV series (2 episodes)
19904 PlayJuliaTV series (1 episode: "Madly in Love")
1992 Screaming BeatriceTV series
1992 The Borrowers HomilyTV series
1993 The Return of the Borrowers HomilyTV series
1994Performance: The Deep Blue SeaHester CollyerTV series (2 episodes: 1994–1995
1998This Could Be the Last TimeMarjorie Television film
1998 Talking Heads 2 RosemaryTV miniseries (1 episode: "Nights in the Gardens of Spain")
1998 Alice Through the Looking Glass White QueenTV film
1999 Kavanagh QC Barbara WatkinsTV series (1 episode: "Time of Need")
1999 Wives and Daughters Mrs. HamleyTV miniseries (2 episodes)
2000 Rockaby TV short
2001 The Whistle-Blower Heather GrahamTV film
2001 Victoria & Albert Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent TV film
2001 Bob & Rose Monica GossageTV series (3 episodes)
2003 Lucky Jim Celia WelchTV film
2005FallingDaisy LangrishTV film
2005, 2008 Doctor Who Harriet Jones TV series; 4 episodes: Aliens of London, World War Three, The Christmas Invasion and The Stolen Earth
2006CelebrationJulieTV film
2007 Five Days Barbara PooleTV series (4 episodes)
Nominated: RTS Award – Best Actor
2007 Half-Broken Things JeanTV film
2008 The Passion Mary TV miniseries
2010 Marple: They Do It with Mirrors Carrie Louise SerrocoldTV film
2009MargotB.Q.TV film
2010 My Family Rosemary MatthewsTV series (1 episode: "Wheelie Ben")
2010–2015 Downton Abbey Isobel Crawley (Baroness Merton) TV series
2011 South Riding Mrs. BeddowsTV series (3 episodes)
2012 The Girl Peggy RobertsonTV film
2016 Brief Encounters Pauline SpakeTV series (6 episodes)
2019–2022 After Life AnneTV series (3 series)
2023 Murder is Easy Miss PinkertonTwo-part drama [23]

Stage

YearTitleRoleVenue
1969 King Lear Cordelia Nottingham Playhouse/The Old Vic, London (1970)
1969The Dandy LionNottingham Playhouse
1969 The Hostage Nottingham Playhouse
1970The PhilanthropistAramintaRoyal Court Theatre, London/Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City (1971)
1971West of SuezMary Royal Court Theatre/Cambridge Theatre, London
1972The Great ExhibitionMaudHampstead Theatre Club, London
1973The Director of the OperaSophia Royal Court Theatre
1973 The Seagull Masha Chichester Festival Theatre
1973 Uncle Vanya Sofia Alexandrovna Bristol Old Vic - Theatre Royal
1973 Plunder Joan Hewlett Bristol Old Vic - Theatre Royal
1974Something's BurningDikson Mermaid Theatre, London
1974The Norman ConquestsRuth Greenwich Theatre, London
1974BloomsburyDora Carrington Phoenix Theatre, London
1975Measure For MeasureIsabella Greenwich Theatre
1976"Play," Play and OthersSecond womanRoyal Court Theatre
1978PlunderPrudence Malone National Theatre Company, Lyttelton Theatre, London
1978The PhilandererJulia CravenNational Theatre Company, Lyttelton Theatre
1978 Betrayal EmmaNational Theatre Company, Lyttelton Theatre
1979TishooBarbara Wyndham's Theatre, London
1981Man and SupermanAnn Whitefield and Dona AnaNational Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre, London
1981 Much Ado about Nothing Beatrice National Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre
1982 Major Barbara Barbara UndershaftNational Theatre Company, Lyttelton Theatre
1988The Secret RaptureMarion FrenchNational Theatre Company, Lyttelton Theatre
1988 Andromache Hermione The Old Vic
1990PianoNational Theatre Company, Cottesloe Theatre, London
1993 The Deep Blue Sea Hester Collyer Almeida Theatre, London
1999A Kind of Alaska, the Collection, and the LoverDeborah Donmar Warehouse, London
2000The SeagullArkadina Barbican Theatre, London
2001The Little FoxesReginaDonmar Warehouse
2002AfterplaySonya Gielgud Theatre/Gate Theatre, Dublin
2005 The House of Bernarda Alba BernadaNational Theatre Company, Lyttelton Theatre
2006 Eh Joe Female voiceGate Theatre, Dublin/Duke of York's Theatre, London
2006Women Beware WomenLivia Swan Theatre, Stratford
2007 John Gabriel Borkman Ella RentheimDonmar Warehouse
2008 The Chalk Garden Miss MadrigalDonmar Warehouse
2008The Family ReunionAgathaDonmar Warehouse
2009 Hamlet Gertrude Wyndham's Theatre
2011 A Delicate Balance AgnesAlmeida Theatre
2014–2015 Taken at Midnight Irmgard Litten Minerva Theatre, Chichester/Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
2018Fanny and AlexanderHelena Ekdahl The Old Vic
2019The Bay at NiceValentina Nrovka Menier Chocolate Factory, London
2023Backstairs Billy Queen Mother Duke of York's Theatre

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