Where to watch Penelope Wilton in the UK
Find every Penelope Wilton film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
Dame Penelope Alice Wilton DBE (born 3 June 1946) is an English actress. She was formerly married to fellow actor Sir Ian Holm, and as she has not remarried, she retains her married style of Lady Holm. Wilton is known for starring opposite Richard Briers in the BBC sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989), playing Homily in The Borrowers (1992) and The Return of the Borrowers(1993), and for her role as the widowed Isobel Crawley in the ITV drama Downton Abbey (2010–2015). She also played the recurring role of Harriet Jones in Doctor Who (2005–2008) and Anne in Ricky Gervais' Netflix dark co…
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- Doctor Who (2005) Cast
- Downton Abbey (2010) as Isobel Merton
- Play for Today (1970) as Virginia Carlion
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Regan
- An Audience with... (1978) as Self
- Performance (1991) as Beth
- Pride & Prejudice (2005) as Mrs. Gardiner
- Kavanagh Q.C. (1995) as Barbara Watkins
- Remembers… (2022) Cast
- After Life (2019) as Anne
- Shaun of the Dead (2004) as Barbara
- The BFG (2016) as The Queen
- Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) as Isobel Merton
- Wives and Daughters (1999) as Mrs Hamley
- Match Point (2005) as Eleanor Hewett
- C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985) Cast
- Five Days (2007) as Barbara Poole
- Country Matters (1972) as Rachel Sullens
- Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) as Isobel Merton
- Downton Abbey (2019) as Isobel Merton
- Operation Mincemeat (2022) as Hester Leggett
- Bob & Rose (2001) as Monica Gossage
- The Borrowers (1992) as Homily
- The Passion (2008) as Mary
- The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) as Amelia Maugery
- Comedy Connections (2003) Cast
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) as Jean Ainslie
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) as Sonia
- Calendar Girls (2003) as Ruth
- The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) as Jean Ainslie
- The Return of the Borrowers (1993) as Homily
- Ever Decreasing Circles (1984) Cast
- Belle (2013) as Lady Mary Murray
- Murder Is Easy (2023) as Miss Pinkerton
- Cry Freedom (1987) as Wendy Woods
- Dead Hot (2024) as Francine
- Summerland (2020) as Older Alice
- South Riding (2011) as Mrs Beddows
- Talking Heads (1988) as Rosemary
- Brief Encounters (2016) as Pauline
- Iris (2001) as Janet Stone
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023) as Maureen Fry
- The Girl (2012) as Peggy Robertson
- Carrington (1995) as Lady Ottoline Morrell
- Zoo (2018) as Denise Austin
- The History Boys (2006) as Mrs. Bibby
- Eternal Beauty (2020) as Vivian
- Joseph Andrews (1977) as Mrs. Wilton
- Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010) as Self
- Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998) as White Queen
- Fing! (2026) Cast
- King Lear (1982) as Regan
- Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000) as Mrs. Cratchit
- Victoria & Albert (2001) as Princess Mary Louise Victoria
- Clockwise (1986) as Pat Garden
- Tom's Midnight Garden (1999) as Aunt Melbourne
- The Norman Conquests (1977) as Annie
- Margot (2009) as B.Q.
- Country (1981) as Virginia Carlion
- Blame It on the Bellboy (1992) as Patricia Fulford
- Othello (1981) as Desdemona
- Screaming (1992) Cast
- Celebration (2007) as Julie
- Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale (2025) as Self
- National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013) as Delia
- Pasmore (1980) as Helen
- Mavis Eccleston as Mavis Eccleston
- Laughterhouse (1984) as Alice Singleton
- The Secret Rapture (1993) as Marion French
- Half Broken Things (2007) as Jean
- Talking Heads 2 (1998) Cast
- Visitation Cast
- Lucky Jim (2003) as Celia Welch
- The Whistle-Blower (2001) as Heather Graham
- King Lear (1975) as Regan
- The Deep Blue Sea (1994) as Hester Collyer
- Landscape (1995) as Beth
- Judi Dench: Our National Treasure (2022) as Self
- All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film (2016) as Narrator (voice)
- The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka (1999) as Delfina / Paulina
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Most-watched Penelope Wilton films currently: Pride & Prejudice (2005), Shaun of the Dead (2004), The BFG (2016), Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025), Match Point (2005).
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Selected TV credits: Doctor Who (2005), Downton Abbey (2010), Play for Today (1970), BBC Play of the Month (1965), An Audience with... (1978).
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