Name
Patricia Hodge
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1946-09-29 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.
Known For
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- 1975 The Naked Civil Servant as Ballet Teacher
- 2002 The Falklands Play as Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
- 1978 Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Lady Diana Cooper
- 1996 The Leading Man as Delvene
- 2024 Arthur's Whisky as Joan
- 1990 The Secret Life of Ian Fleming as Lady Evelyn
- 1996 The Moonstone as Lady Julia Verinder
- 1989 The Shell Seekers as Olivia
- 1983 Betrayal as Emma
- 1992 The Cloning of Joanna May as Joanna May
- 1977 The Disappearance as Young Wife
- 1975 Great Big Groovy Horse
- 2023 Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh as Self (Narrator)
- 1986 Vilde, the Wild One as Edward's Wife
- 2022 Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning as Self- Narrator
- 1981 Riding High as Miss Hemmings
- 1980 The Elephant Man as Screaming Mum
- 1998 Prague Duet as Olivia Walton
- 1978 Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse as Sister Belter
- 1998 Jilting Joe as Gwennie
- 1988 Sunset as Christina Alperin
- 2002 Before You Go as Vi
- 2007 Maxwell as Betty Maxwell
- 1988 Just Ask for Diamond as Betty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg
- 1986 Hotel du Lac as Monica
- 2018 Surviving Christmas with the Relatives as Aunt Peggy
- 1984 Hay Fever as Myra Arundel
- 1989 The Heat of the Day as Stella
- 2020 Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration as Self
- 2023 The Laureate as Amy Graves
- 1981 Charlotte as Teacher
- 1989 Thieves in the Night as Lady Joyce
- 1987 The Death of the Heart as Anna Quayne
- 1978 The One and Only Phyllis Dixey as Maisie
- 2013 Miranda Hart’s Maracattack
- 2025 Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert as Berthe
- 1980 Rumpole's Return as Phyllida Erskine-Brown
- 1988 An Audience With Victoria Wood as Self
- 2020 The Big Night In as Self
- 2022 Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years as Self - Narrator
- 1988 This Morning ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1987 Inspector Morse ( 1 episode ) as Lady Hanbury
- 1984 Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
- 1975 Rumpole of the Bailey ( 25 episodes ) as Phyllida Trant
- 1984 Robin of Sherwood ( 1 episode ) as Queen Hadwisa
- 2001 Waking the Dead ( 2 episodes ) as Lady Alice Beatty
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Olivia
- 1978 Edward and Mrs Simpson ( 3 episodes ) as Lady Diana Cooper
- 1978 Disraeli ( 1 episode ) as Rosina Bulwer
- 2007 The Alan Titchmarsh Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot ( 1 episode ) as Madame Olivier
- 1980 Holding the Fort ( 20 episodes ) as Penny Milburn
- 1980 The Other 'Arf ( 27 episodes )
- 1995 Good Morning Summer ( 1 episode )
- 1991 Rich Tea And Sympathy ( 6 episodes )
- 1981 Six Fifty-Five Special ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 The Legacy of Reginald Perrin ( 7 episodes )
- 2009 Miranda ( 18 episodes ) as Penny
- 1978 Jemima Shore Investigates ( 24 episodes )
- 1989 Victoria Wood ( 1 episode ) as Moira
- 2020 All Creatures Great & Small ( 14 episodes ) as Mrs. Pumphrey
- 2004 Hustle ( 1 episode ) as Veronica Powell
- 2015 Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow ( 6 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1978 An Audience with... ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Murder in Provence ( 3 episodes ) as Florence Bonnet
- 2004 Agatha Christie's Marple ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Evadne Willett
- 2018 A Very English Scandal ( 3 episodes ) as Ursula Thorpe
- 1975 The Girls of Slender Means ( 3 episodes ) as Anne Baberton
- 1986 The Life and Loves of a She-Devil ( 4 episodes ) as Mary Foster
- 2006 Great British Menu ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 1969 Softly Softly: Task Force ( 1 episode ) as Chris Stroud
- 2020 Roadkill ( 2 episodes ) as Lady Roche
- 1977 The Professionals ( 1 episode ) as Ann Holly
- 1981 Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years ( 1 episode ) as Lady Londonderry
- 1977 Target ( 1 episode ) as Laura Bentley
- 1975 Rumpole of the Bailey ( 5 episodes ) as Phyllida Erskine-Brown
- 1985 Time for Murder ( 1 episode ) as Margaret Tutting
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Monica
- Soon Heartland ( 10 episodes ) as Penelope Langley
- 1976 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin ( 7 episodes ) as Geraldine Hackstraw
- 1986 The Return of Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
- 1992 The Cloning of Joanna May ( 2 episodes ) as Joanna May
