Biography
Penelope Wilton
Acting
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).…
Career works
88
Movies
60
Series
28
Career average
6.8/10
Birth date
06/03/1946
Place of birth
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Filmography highlights
Movies
Fing!
2026
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025 · 7.1
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025 · 2.5
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023 · 6.6
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022 · 8.0
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022 · 7.2
Operation Mincemeat
2022 · 6.5
Eternal Beauty
2020 · 6.2
Summerland
2020 · 7.5
Downton Abbey
2019 · 7.1
Zoo
2018 · 6.7
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018 · 7.4
Brexit Shorts: The End
2017 · 10.0
The BFG
2016 · 6.3
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
2016
Series
Dead Hot
2024 · 7.8
Murder Is Easy
2023 · 5.2
Remembers…
2022
After Life
2019 · 7.9
Brief Encounters
2016 · 6.7
South Riding
2011 · 6.9
Downton Abbey
2010 · 8.1
The Passion
2008 · 5.3
Five Days
2007 · 5.8
Doctor Who
2005 · 7.6
Comedy Connections
2003 · 5.5
Bob & Rose
2001 · 6.0
Wives and Daughters
1999 · 7.3
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · 7.3
The Borrowers
1992 · 6.7