Penelope Wilton: movies and TV shows
Penelope Wilton has 94 credits in the archive: 62 films and 32 TV series, from 1965 to 2026. Highest rated: Downton Abbey (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1965 – 2026 · busiest year: 2005 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Fing! | Film | — | 80 | |
| 2025 | Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale | Isobel Merton | Film | 7.0 | 79 |
| 2025 | Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale | Self | Film | 2.5 | 79 |
| 2024 | Dead Hot | Francine | TV | 7.8 | 78 |
| 2023 | Murder Is Easy | Miss Pinkerton | TV | 5.2 | 77 |
| 2023 | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry | Maureen Fry | Film | 6.6 | 77 |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Isobel Merton | Film | 7.2 | 76 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | TV | 7.0 | 76 | |
| 2022 | Operation Mincemeat | Hester Leggett | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 2022 | Judi Dench: Our National Treasure | Self | Film | 8.0 | 76 |
| 2020 | Eternal Beauty | Vivian | Film | 6.2 | 74 |
| 2020 | Summerland | Older Alice | Film | 7.5 | 74 |
| 2019 | After Life | Anne | TV | 7.9 | 73 |
| 2019 | Downton Abbey | Isobel Merton | Film | 7.1 | 73 |
| 2018 | The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society | Amelia Maugery | Film | 7.4 | 72 |
| 2018 | Zoo | Denise Austin | Film | 6.7 | 72 |
| 2017 | Brexit Shorts: The End | Helen | Film | 10.0 | 71 |
| 2016 | The BFG | The Queen | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 2016 | Brief Encounters | Pauline | TV | 6.7 | 70 |
| 2016 | All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 70 |
| 2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Jean Ainslie | Film | 6.4 | 69 |
| 2013 | Belle | Lady Mary Murray | Film | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Delia | Film | 6.2 | 67 |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Jean Ainslie | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2012 | The Girl | Peggy Robertson | Film | 6.1 | 66 |
| 2011 | South Riding | Mrs Beddows | TV | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey | Isobel Merton | TV | 8.1 | 64 |
| 2010 | Harold Pinter: A Celebration | Self | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 2009 | Margot | B.Q. | Film | 5.5 | 63 |
| 2008 | The Passion | Mary | TV | 5.3 | 62 |
| 2008 | The Stolen Earth / Journey's End | Harriet Jones | Film | — | 62 |
| 2007 | Five Days | Barbara Poole | TV | 5.8 | 61 |
| 2007 | Half Broken Things | Jean | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 2007 | Celebration | Julie | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 2006 | The History Boys | Mrs. Bibby | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | TV | 7.6 | 59 | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Harriet Jones | TV | 7.6 | 59 |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | Mrs. Gardiner | Film | 8.1 | 59 |
| 2005 | Match Point | Eleanor Hewett | Film | 7.4 | 59 |
| 2005 | Falling | Daisy Langrish | Film | 7.9 | 59 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who: Aliens of London & World War Three | Harriet Jones | Film | — | 59 |
| 2004 | Shaun of the Dead | Barbara | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 2003 | Comedy Connections | TV | 6.5 | 57 | |
| 2003 | Calendar Girls | Ruth | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 2003 | Lucky Jim | Celia Welch | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2001 | Bob & Rose | Monica Gossage | TV | 5.7 | 55 |
| 2001 | Iris | Janet Stone | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert | Princess Mary Louise Victoria | Film | 7.6 | 55 |
| 2001 | The Whistle-Blower | Heather Graham | Film | 7.8 | 55 |
| 2000 | Rockaby | Old Woman | Film | 5.1 | 54 |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Mrs. Cratchit | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1999 | Wives and Daughters | Mrs Hamley | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1999 | Tom's Midnight Garden | Aunt Melbourne | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1999 | The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka | Delfina / Paulina | Film | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1998 | Talking Heads 2 | Film | 8.5 | 52 | |
| 1998 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | White Queen | Film | 5.2 | 52 |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. | Barbara Watkins | TV | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1995 | Carrington | Lady Ottoline Morrell | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1995 | Landscape | Beth | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1994 | The Deep Blue Sea | Hester Collyer | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 1993 | The Secret Rapture | Marion French | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 1993 | The Return of the Borrowers | Homily | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1992 | The Borrowers | Homily | TV | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1992 | Blame It on the Bellboy | Patricia Fulford | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 1992 | Screaming | TV | — | 46 | |
| 1991 | Performance | Beth | TV | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1991 | Performance | Hester Collyer | TV | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1989 | 4 Play | Julia | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | Rosemary | TV | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1987 | Cry Freedom | Wendy Woods | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1986 | Clockwise | Pat Garden | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1985 | C.A.T.S. Eyes | TV | 6.0 | 39 | |
| 1984 | Ever Decreasing Circles | TV | 7.5 | 38 | |
| 1984 | Laughterhouse | Alice Singleton | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1983 | The Tale of Beatrix Potter | Beatrix Potter | Film | — | 37 |
| 1982 | King Lear | Regan | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1982 | The Tale of Beatrix Potter | Beatrix Potter | TV | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1981 | Othello | Desdemona | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Sonia | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1981 | Country | Virginia Carlion | Film | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1980 | Pasmore | Helen | Film | — | 34 |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1977 | Able's Will | Journalist | Film | — | 31 |
| 1977 | Joseph Andrews | Mrs. Wilton | Film | 5.2 | 31 |
| 1977 | The Norman Conquests | Annie | TV | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1975 | King Lear | Regan | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1973 | The Pearcross Girls | Anna Pearcross / Helen Charlesworth / Julia Pearcross / Lottie Merchant | TV | — | 27 |
| 1972 | Country Matters | Rachel Sullens | TV | 4.6 | 26 |
| 1972 | The Sullens Sisters | Rachel Sullens | Film | — | 26 |
| 1972 | Mrs. Warren's Profession | Vivie Warren | Film | 9.0 | 26 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Virginia Carlion | TV | 6.6 | 24 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Regan | TV | 5.3 | 19 |
| Mavis Eccleston | Mavis Eccleston | TV | — | — | |
| Visitation | Film | — | — |