Acting

Patricia Hodge

Born 1946-09-29 · Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK

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.

Credits

Newest first

Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert
as Berthe
2025
Arthur's Whisky
as Joan
2024
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
as Self (Narrator)
2023
The Laureate
as Amy Graves
2023
Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning
as Self- Narrator
2022
Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years
as Self - Narrator
2022
Murder in Provence
as Florence Bonnet
2022
Roadkill
as Lady Roche
2020
All Creatures Great & Small
as Mrs. Pumphrey
2020
The Big Night In
as Self
2020
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
as Self
2020
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
as Aunt Peggy
2018
A Very English Scandal
as Ursula Thorpe
2018
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Miranda Hart’s Maracattack
2013
Miranda
as Penny
2009
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
Maxwell
as Betty Maxwell
2007
Great British Menu
as Self - Guest Judge
2006
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Mrs. Evadne Willett
2004
Hustle
as Veronica Powell
2004
Before You Go
as Vi
2002
The Falklands Play
as Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
2002
Waking the Dead
as Lady Alice Beatty
2001
Jilting Joe
as Gwennie
1998
Prague Duet
as Olivia Walton
1998
The Moonstone
as Lady Julia Verinder
1996
The Leading Man
as Delvene
1996
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
as Geraldine Hackstraw
1996
Good Morning Summer
1995
The Cloning of Joanna May
as Joanna May
1992
Rich Tea and Sympathy
as Julia Merrygrove
1991
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
as Lady Evelyn
1990
The Shell Seekers
as Olivia
1989
Victoria Wood
as Moira
1989
Thieves in the Night
as Lady Joyce
1989
The Heat of the Day
as Stella
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Madame Olivier
1989
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
1988
This Morning
as Self
1988
Just Ask for Diamond
as Betty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg
1988
Sunset
as Christina Alperin
1988
The Death of the Heart
as Anna Quayne
1987
Inspector Morse
as Lady Hanbury
1987
Vilde, the Wild One
as Edward's Wife
1986
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
as Mary Foster
1986
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
1986
Hotel du Lac
as Monica
1986
Time for Murder
as Margaret Tutting
1985
Screen Two
as Monica
1985
Hay Fever
as Myra Arundel
1984
Robin of Sherwood
as Queen Hadwisa
1984
Sherlock Holmes
as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
1984
Betrayal
as Emma
1983
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as Lady Londonderry
1981
Six Fifty-Five Special
as Self
1981
Riding High
as Miss Hemmings
1981
Charlotte
as Teacher
1981
Rumpole's Return
as Phyllida Erskine-Brown
1980
The Elephant Man
as Screaming Mum
1980
Holding the Fort
as Penny Milburn
1980
The Other 'Arf
1980
Edward and Mrs Simpson
as Lady Diana Cooper
1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Lady Diana Cooper
1978
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
as Maisie
1978
Disraeli
as Rosina Bulwer
1978
Jemima Shore Investigates
1978
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
as Sister Belter
1978
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
The Professionals
as Ann Holly
1977
The Disappearance
as Young Wife
1977
Target
as Laura Bentley
1977
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
as Geraldine Hackstraw
1976
Great Big Groovy Horse
1975
The Naked Civil Servant
as Ballet Teacher
1975
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Phyllida Trant
1975
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Phyllida Erskine-Brown
1975
The Girls of Slender Means
as Anne Baberton
1975
Softly Softly: Task Force
as Chris Stroud
1969
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Olivia
1951