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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Naked Civil Servant
as Ballet Teacher
1975
The Falklands Play
as Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
2002
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Lady Diana Cooper
1978
The Leading Man
as Delvene
1996
Arthur's Whisky
as Joan
2024
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
as Lady Evelyn
1990
The Moonstone
as Lady Julia Verinder
1996
The Shell Seekers
as Olivia
1989
Betrayal
as Emma
1983
The Cloning of Joanna May
as Joanna May
1992
The Disappearance
as Young Wife
1977
Great Big Groovy Horse
1975
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
as Self (Narrator)
2023
Vilde, the Wild One
as Edward's Wife
1986
Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning
as Self- Narrator
2022
Riding High
as Miss Hemmings
1981
The Elephant Man
as Screaming Mum
1980
Prague Duet
as Olivia Walton
1998
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
as Sister Belter
1978
Jilting Joe
as Gwennie
1998
TV Appearances
This Morning
as Self
1988
Inspector Morse
as Lady Hanbury
1987
Sherlock Holmes
as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
1984
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Phyllida Trant
1975
Robin of Sherwood
as Queen Hadwisa
1984
Waking the Dead
as Lady Alice Beatty
2001
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Olivia
1951
Edward and Mrs Simpson
as Lady Diana Cooper
1978
Disraeli
as Rosina Bulwer
1978
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Madame Olivier
1989
Holding the Fort
1980