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Penelope Wilton
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Dame Penelope Alice Wilton DBE (born 3 June 1946) is an English actress. She was formerly married to fellow actor Sir Ian Holm, and as she has not remarried, she retains her married style of Lady Holm.
Wilton is known for starring opposite Richard Briers in the BBC sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989), playing Homily in The Borrowers (1992) and The Return of the Borrowers(1993), and for her role as the widowed Isobel Crawley in the ITV drama Downton Abbey (2010–2015). She also played the recurring role of Harriet Jones in Doctor Who (2005–2008) and Anne in Ricky Gervais' Netflix dark comedy After Life.
Known For
Doctor Who
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Downton Abbey
2010
Pride & Prejudice
2005
After Life
2019
Shaun of the Dead
2004
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
The BFG
2016
Belle
2013
Match Point
2005
Iris
2001
The Girl
2012
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Calendar Girls
2003
Downton Abbey
2019
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
Operation Mincemeat
2022
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
Summerland
2020
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023
Cry Freedom
1987
Zoo
2018
Carrington
1995
The History Boys
2006
Clockwise
1986
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
Eternal Beauty
2020
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