About
Patricia Hodge
Overview
Patricia Ann Hodge OBE (born 29 September 1946) 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
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| 2025 | Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert | Actor | Berthe | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Arthur's Whisky | Actor | Joan | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh | Actor | Self (Narrator) | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | The Laureate | Actor | Amy Graves | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning | Actor | Self- Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Murder in Provence | Actor | Florence Bonnet | 69 Fair |
| 2020 | Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2018 | Surviving Christmas with the Relatives | Actor | Aunt Peggy | 58 Average |
| 2018 | A Very English Scandal | Actor | Ursula Thorpe | 70 Good |
| 2015 | Downton Abbey: The Finale | Actor | Mrs. Pelham | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | Miranda Hart’s Maracattack | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 2009 | Miranda | Actor | Penny | 74 Good |
| 2007 | Maxwell | Actor | Betty Maxwell | 58 Average |
| 2006 | The Sittaford Mystery | Actor | Mrs. Evadne Willett | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Before You Go | Actor | Vi | 59 Average |
| 2002 | The Falklands Play | Actor | Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister) | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Jilting Joe | Actor | Gwennie | N/A N/A |
| 1998 | Prague Duet | Actor | Olivia Walton | 58 Average |
| 1996 | The Moonstone | Actor | Lady Julia Verinder | 59 Average |
| 1996 | The Leading Man | Actor | Delvene | 58 Average |
| 1996 | The Legacy of Reginald Perrin | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1992 | The Cloning of Joanna May | Actor | Joanna May | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Rich Tea And Sympathy | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1990 | The Secret Life of Ian Fleming | Actor | Lady Evelyn | 58 Average |
| 1989 | The Shell Seekers | Actor | Olivia | 58 Average |
| 1989 | Thieves in the Night | Actor | Lady Joyce | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | The Heat of the Day | Actor | Stella | N/A N/A |
| 1988 | Just Ask for Diamond | Actor | Betty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Sunset | Actor | Christina Alperin | 58 Average |
| 1987 | The Death of the Heart | Actor | Anna Quayne | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | Vilde, the Wild One | Actor | Edward's Wife | 58 Average |
| 1986 | The Life and Loves of a She-Devil | Actor | Mary Foster | 69 Fair |
| 1986 | Hotel du Lac | Actor | Monica | 58 Average |
| 1984 | Hay Fever | Actor | Myra Arundel | 58 Average |
| 1983 | Betrayal | Actor | Emma | 58 Average |
| 1981 | Riding High | Actor | Miss Hemmings | 58 Average |
| 1981 | Charlotte | Actor | Teacher | N/A N/A |
| 1980 | The Elephant Man | Actor | Screaming Mum | 77 Good |
| 1980 | Holding the Fort | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1980 | The Other 'Arf | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1978 | Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Actor | Lady Diana Cooper | 59 Average |
| 1978 | The One and Only Phyllis Dixey | Actor | Maisie | N/A N/A |
| 1978 | Jemima Shore Investigates | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1978 | Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse | Actor | Sister Belter | 58 Average |
| 1977 | The Disappearance | Actor | Young Wife | 58 Average |
| 1975 | Great Big Groovy Horse | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1975 | The Naked Civil Servant | Actor | Ballet Teacher | 59 Average |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Actor | Phyllida Trant | 69 Fair |