Patricia Hodge
Known for Acting
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
The Elephant Man
1980
as Screaming Mum
The Leading Man
1996
as Delvene
Sunset
1988
as Christina Alperin
Arthur's Whisky
2024
as Joan
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
2020
as Self
The Naked Civil Servant
1975
as Ballet Teacher
The Disappearance
1977
as Young Wife
Betrayal
1983
as Emma
The Big Night In
2020
as Self
The Falklands Play
2002
as Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
The Moonstone
1996
as Lady Julia Verinder
Maxwell
2007
as Betty Maxwell
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990
as Lady Evelyn
Before You Go
2002
as Vi
The Shell Seekers
1989
as Olivia
Jilting Joe
1998
as Gwennie
The Heat of the Day
1989
as Stella
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
2023
as Self (Narrator)
The Laureate
2023
as Amy Graves
Vilde, the Wild One
1986
as Edward's Wife