Pam Ferris: movies and TV shows
Pam Ferris has 81 credits in the archive: 39 films and 42 TV series, from 1965 to 2025. Highest rated: Pollyanna (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1965 – 2025 · busiest year: 2004 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Amandaland | Elspeth | TV | 6.8 | 77 |
| 2021 | Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Marie | Film | 4.7 | 73 |
| 2019 | Tolkien | Mrs. Faulkner | Film | 6.9 | 71 |
| 2018 | Holmes & Watson | Queen Victoria | Film | 4.3 | 70 |
| 2017 | Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule | Self | TV | 8.0 | 69 |
| 2016 | Ethel & Ernest | Mrs Bennett / Aunty Betty (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 68 |
| 2016 | We're Going on a Bear Hunt | Grandma (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 68 |
| 2013 | Saving Santa | Mrs. Claus (voice) | Film | 5.2 | 65 |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife | Sister Evangelina | TV | 7.5 | 64 |
| 2012 | The Raven | Mrs. Bradley | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2012 | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! | Mrs. Bevan | Film | 5.5 | 64 |
| 2010 | Luther | Baba | TV | 7.9 | 62 |
| 2010 | Grandma's House | Deborah | TV | 6.6 | 62 |
| 2010 | Jackboots on Whitehall | Matron Rutty (voice) | Film | 4.9 | 62 |
| 2010 | Malice in Wonderland | Doochey | Film | 5.3 | 62 |
| 2010 | Drama Trails | TV | — | 62 | |
| 2009 | Nativity! | Mrs. Bevan | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 2009 | Within the Whirlwind | Genia's mother | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit | Mrs. General | TV | 7.8 | 60 |
| 2008 | The Other Man | Vera | Film | 5.4 | 60 |
| 2008 | Telstar: The Joe Meek Story | Mrs. Violet Shenton | Film | 5.5 | 60 |
| 2007 | Lilies | Alice Bird | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 2007 | Gavin & Stacey | Cath Smith | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 2007 | Christmas at the Riviera | Avril | Film | 4.2 | 59 |
| 2006 | Children of Men | Miriam | Film | 7.6 | 58 |
| 2006 | Jane Eyre | Grace Poole | TV | 7.7 | 58 |
| 2005 | Missing | TV | — | 57 | |
| 2005 | West Coast Otters | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 57 |
| 2005 | Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda' | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.5 | 57 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Elspeth McGillicuddy | TV | 7.8 | 56 |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Marge Dursley | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show | TV | 5.1 | 56 | |
| 2004 | Gladiatress | Mrs Goatsplitter | Film | 3.9 | 56 |
| 2004 | Piccadilly Jim | Miss Trimble | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 2003 | Rosemary & Thyme | Laura Thyme | TV | 7.4 | 55 |
| 2003 | Anna Spud | Mum | Film | — | 55 |
| 2003 | Pollyanna | Mrs. Snow | Film | 8.4 | 55 |
| 2003 | Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie | Lolita | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 2002 | Death to Smoochy | Tommy Cotter | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 2002 | Family | Marion | Film | — | 54 |
| 2002 | Paradise Heights | Marion Eustace | TV | — | 54 |
| 2001 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Mrs. Squeers | TV | — | 53 |
| 2001 | Sweet Revenge | Denise Williams | TV | 8.0 | 53 |
| 2001 | Bessie and the Bell | Bessie | Film | — | 53 |
| 2001 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Mrs. Squeers | Film | 7.6 | 53 |
| 1999 | The Turn of the Screw | Mrs. Grose | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 1998 | Our Mutual Friend | Henrietta Boffin | TV | 7.8 | 50 |
| 1998 | Bill's New Frock | Mrs. Collins | Film | — | 50 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Liz Tomlin | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1997 | Where the Heart Is | Peggy Snow | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1996 | Matilda | Agatha Trunchbull | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1996 | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Mrs Markham | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1996 | Death of a Salesman | Woman | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1995 | Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre | Alice Hartley | Film | — | 47 |
| 1994 | Wycliffe | Pat Trethowan | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1994 | Middlemarch | TV | 7.9 | 46 | |
| 1994 | The Rector's Wife | Eleanor Ramsay | TV | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1994 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland | Aunt Pettitoes (voice) | Film | — | 46 |
| 1992 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Aunt Pettitoes (voice) | TV | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1992 | Mr. Wakefield's Crusade | Mad Marion | Film | 5.7 | 44 |
| 1992 | Roots | Mrs Bryant | Film | — | 44 |
| 1991 | Performance | Mrs Bryant | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1991 | The Darling Buds of May | Ma Larkin | TV | 7.9 | 43 |
| 1990 | Cluedo | Mrs. White | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1990 | Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit | Mrs Arkwright | TV | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1990 | A Sense of Guilt | Magdalen Parry | TV | 4.2 | 42 |
| 1988 | South of the Border | Brenda | TV | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1988 | The Fear | Brenda | TV | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1987 | Hardwicke House | Ms Crabbe | TV | 5.2 | 39 |
| 1987 | Lizzie's Pictures | TV | — | 39 | |
| 1986 | Casualty | Linda | TV | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1986 | Ladies in Charge | Charlie | TV | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Alice Hartley | TV | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1985 | Connie | Nesta | TV | 8.5 | 37 |
| 1985 | Star Quality | Marian Blake | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1984 | Aspel & Company | TV | — | 36 | |
| 1984 | The House | Mrs. Smeth | Film | 5.7 | 36 |
| 1983 | Dramarama | Dorothy | TV | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1983 | Dramarama | Anne Bailey | TV | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1983 | Meantime | Mavis | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Puck / Faerie | TV | 5.3 | 17 |