Patricia Hodge
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.
Filmography
Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert
2025
as Berthe
Arthur's Whisky
2024
as Joan
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
2023
as Self (Narrator)
The Laureate
2023
as Amy Graves
Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning
2022
as Self- Narrator
Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years
2022
as Self - Narrator
The Big Night In
2020
as Self
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
2020
as Self
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
2018
as Aunt Peggy
Miranda Hart’s Maracattack
2013
Maxwell
2007
as Betty Maxwell
Before You Go
2002
as Vi
The Falklands Play
2002
as Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
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Jilting Joe
1998
as Gwennie
Prague Duet
1998
as Olivia Walton
The Moonstone
1996
as Lady Julia Verinder
The Leading Man
1996
as Delvene
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990
as Lady Evelyn
The Shell Seekers
1989
as Olivia
Thieves in the Night
1989
as Lady Joyce
The Heat of the Day
1989
as Stella
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self
Just Ask for Diamond
1988
as Betty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg
Sunset
1988
as Christina Alperin