Patricia Hodge
Actor
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.
Filmography
Sunset
as Christina Alperin 1988
The Naked Civil Servant
as Ballet Teacher 1975
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
as Aunt Peggy 2018
Betrayal
as Emma 1983
The Leading Man
as Delvene 1996
The Disappearance
as Young Wife 1977
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
as Lady Evelyn 1990
Arthur's Whisky
as Joan 2024
Rumpole's Return
as Phyllida Erskine-Brown 1980
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
as Sister Belter 1978
The Laureate
as Amy Graves 2023
The Shell Seekers
as Olivia 1989
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
as Self 2020
The Falklands Play
as Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister) 2002
Vilde, the Wild One
as Edward's Wife 1986
Maxwell
as Betty Maxwell 2007