Acting · Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Born September 29, 1946
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.
MoviePippin: 50th Anniversary Concert
2025
as Berthe
MovieArthur's Whisky
2024
as Joan
MovieBarry Humphries: The Last Laugh
2023
as Self (Narrator)
MovieThe Laureate
2023
as Amy Graves
MovieLitvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning
2022
as Self- Narrator
MovieEmmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years
2022
as Self - Narrator
TVMurder in Provence
2022
as Florence Bonnet
TVRoadkill
2020
as Lady Roche
TVAll Creatures Great & Small
2020
as Mrs. Pumphrey
MovieThe Big Night In
2020
as Self
MovieMiranda: My Such Fun Celebration
2020
as Self
MovieSurviving Christmas with the Relatives
2018
as Aunt Peggy
TVA Very English Scandal
2018
as Ursula Thorpe
TVBritain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMiranda Hart’s Maracattack
2013
TVMiranda
2009
as Penny
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
MovieMaxwell
2007
as Betty Maxwell
TVGreat British Menu
2006
as Self - Guest Judge
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mrs. Evadne Willett
TVHustle
2004
as Veronica Powell
MovieBefore You Go
2002
as Vi
MovieThe Falklands Play
2002
as Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as Lady Alice Beatty
Jilting Joe
1998
as Gwennie
MoviePrague Duet
1998
as Olivia Walton
MovieThe Moonstone
1996
as Lady Julia Verinder
MovieThe Leading Man
1996
as Delvene
TVThe Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1996
Good Morning Summer
1995
MovieThe Cloning of Joanna May
1992
as Joanna May
TVThe Cloning of Joanna May
1992
as Joanna May
Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991
MovieThe Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990
as Lady Evelyn
MovieThe Shell Seekers
1989
as Olivia
TVVictoria Wood
1989
as Moira
MovieThieves in the Night
1989
as Lady Joyce
MovieThe Heat of the Day
1989
as Stella
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Madame Olivier
MovieAn Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self
TVThis Morning
1988
as Self
MovieJust Ask for Diamond
1988
as Betty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg
MovieSunset
1988
as Christina Alperin
MovieThe Death of the Heart
1987
as Anna Quayne
TVInspector Morse
1987
as Lady Hanbury
MovieVilde, the Wild One
1986
as Edward's Wife
TVThe Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986
as Mary Foster
TVThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986
as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
MovieHotel du Lac
1986
as Monica
TVTime for Murder
1985
as Margaret Tutting
TVScreen Two
1985
as Monica
MovieHay Fever
1984
as Myra Arundel
TVRobin of Sherwood
1984
as Queen Hadwisa
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
MovieBetrayal
1983
as Emma
TVWinston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
as Lady Londonderry
TVSix Fifty-Five Special
1981
as Self
MovieRiding High
1981
as Miss Hemmings
MovieCharlotte
1981
as Teacher
MovieRumpole's Return
1980
as Phyllida Erskine-Brown
MovieThe Elephant Man
1980
as Screaming Mum
Holding the Fort
1980
as Penny Milburn
TVThe Other 'Arf
1980
TVEdward and Mrs Simpson
1978
as Lady Diana Cooper
MovieEdward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
as Lady Diana Cooper
MovieThe One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978
as Maisie
TVDisraeli
1978
as Rosina Bulwer
TVJemima Shore Investigates
1978
MovieRosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1978
as Sister Belter
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
TVThe Professionals
1977
as Ann Holly
MovieThe Disappearance
1977
as Young Wife
TVTarget
1977
as Laura Bentley
TVThe Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976
as Geraldine Hackstraw
Great Big Groovy Horse
1975
MovieThe Naked Civil Servant
1975
as Ballet Teacher
TVRumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Phyllida Trant
TVThe Girls of Slender Means
1975
as Anne Baberton
TVSoftly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Chris Stroud
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Olivia
Heartland
as Penelope Langley
