Portrait of Patricia Hodge

Patricia Hodge

Acting

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.

Born: September 29, 1946

Place of Birth: Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Filmography

2024
2023
2023
The Laureate

as Amy Graves

2022
Murder in Provence

as Florence Bonnet

2020
Roadkill

as Lady Roche

2020
2018
A Very English Scandal

as Ursula Thorpe

2009
Miranda

as Penny

2007
Maxwell

as Betty Maxwell

2006
Great British Menu

as Self - Guest Judge

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple

as Mrs. Evadne Willett

2004
Hustle

as Veronica Powell

2002
2002
The Falklands Play

as Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)

2001
Waking the Dead

as Lady Alice Beatty

1998
Prague Duet

as Olivia Walton

1996
The Moonstone

as Lady Julia Verinder

1996
The Leading Man

as Delvene

1992
1989
1989
1989
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Madame Olivier

1988
1988
Just Ask for Diamond

as Betty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg

1988
Sunset

as Christina Alperin

1987
1987
Inspector Morse

as Lady Hanbury

1986
Vilde, the Wild One

as Edward's Wife

1986
Hotel du Lac

as Monica

1985
Time for Murder

as Margaret Tutting

1984
Hay Fever

as Myra Arundel

1984
Robin of Sherwood

as Queen Hadwisa

1984
Sherlock Holmes

as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope

1983
Betrayal

as Emma

1981
Riding High

as Miss Hemmings

1981
Charlotte

as Teacher

1980
Rumpole's Return

as Phyllida Erskine-Brown

1980
The Elephant Man

as Screaming Mum

1978
Edward and Mrs Simpson

as Lady Diana Cooper

1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson

as Lady Diana Cooper

1978
Disraeli

as Rosina Bulwer

1978
1977
The Professionals

as Ann Holly

1977
The Disappearance

as Young Wife

1977
Target

as Laura Bentley

1975
Rumpole of the Bailey

as Phyllida Trant

1975
Rumpole of the Bailey

as Phyllida Erskine-Brown

1975
The Naked Civil Servant

as Ballet Teacher

1975
1969