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.
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- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Madame Olivier
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) as Mrs. Evadne Willett
- Sherlock Holmes (1984) as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Lady Alice Beatty
- All Creatures Great & Small (2020) as Mrs. Pumphrey
- The Professionals (1977) as Ann Holly
- Rumpole of the Bailey (1975) as Phyllida Trant
- Rumpole of the Bailey (1975) as Phyllida Erskine-Brown
- Hustle (2004) as Veronica Powell
- Screen Two (1985) as Monica
- Inspector Morse (1987) as Lady Hanbury
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007) as Self
- An Audience with... (1978) as Self
- Robin of Sherwood (1984) as Queen Hadwisa
- Great British Menu (2006) as Self - Guest Judge
- Miranda (2009) as Penny
- Target (1977) as Laura Bentley
- The Elephant Man (1980) as Screaming Mum
- Softly Softly: Task Force (1969) as Chris Stroud
- A Very English Scandal (2018) as Ursula Thorpe
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Olivia
- Roadkill (2020) as Lady Roche
- The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976) as Geraldine Hackstraw
- Six Fifty-Five Special (1981) as Self