Patricia Hodge

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

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Marple

Sherlock Holmes

Waking the Dead

All Creatures Great & Small

The Professionals

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey

All Movies (40)

• Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert2025 · as Berthe
• Arthur's Whisky2024 · as Joan
• Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh2023 · as Self (Narrator)
• The Laureate2023 · as Amy Graves
• Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning2022 · as Self- Narrator
• Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years2022 · as Self - Narrator
• The Big Night In2020 · as Self
• Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration2020 · as Self
• Surviving Christmas with the Relatives2018 · as Aunt Peggy
• Miranda Hart’s Maracattack2013
• Maxwell2007 · as Betty Maxwell
• Before You Go2002 · as Vi
• The Falklands Play2002 · as Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
• Jilting Joe1998 · as Gwennie
• Prague Duet1998 · as Olivia Walton
• The Moonstone1996 · as Lady Julia Verinder
• The Leading Man1996 · as Delvene
• The Cloning of Joanna May1992 · as Joanna May
• The Secret Life of Ian Fleming1990 · as Lady Evelyn
• The Shell Seekers1989 · as Olivia
• Thieves in the Night1989 · as Lady Joyce
• The Heat of the Day1989 · as Stella
• An Audience With Victoria Wood1988 · as Self
• Just Ask for Diamond1988 · as Betty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg
• Sunset1988 · as Christina Alperin
• The Death of the Heart1987 · as Anna Quayne
• Vilde, the Wild One1986 · as Edward's Wife
• Hotel du Lac1986 · as Monica
• Hay Fever1984 · as Myra Arundel
• Betrayal1983 · as Emma
• Riding High1981 · as Miss Hemmings
• Charlotte1981 · as Teacher
• Rumpole's Return1980 · as Phyllida Erskine-Brown
• The Elephant Man1980 · as Screaming Mum
• Edward & Mrs. Simpson1978 · as Lady Diana Cooper
• The One and Only Phyllis Dixey1978 · as Maisie
• Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse1978 · as Sister Belter
• The Disappearance1977 · as Young Wife
• Great Big Groovy Horse1975
• The Naked Civil Servant1975 · as Ballet Teacher

All TV Shows (42)

• Murder in Provence2022 · as Florence Bonnet
• Roadkill2020 · as Lady Roche
• All Creatures Great & Small2020 · as Mrs. Pumphrey
• A Very English Scandal2018 · as Ursula Thorpe
• Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Miranda2009 · as Penny
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007 · as Self
• Great British Menu2006 · as Self - Guest Judge
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Mrs. Evadne Willett
• Hustle2004 · as Veronica Powell
• Waking the Dead2001 · as Lady Alice Beatty
• The Legacy of Reginald Perrin1996
• Good Morning Summer1995
• The Cloning of Joanna May1992 · as Joanna May
• Rich Tea And Sympathy1991
• Victoria Wood1989 · as Moira
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Madame Olivier
• This Morning1988 · as Self
• Inspector Morse1987 · as Lady Hanbury
• The Life and Loves of a She-Devil1986 · as Mary Foster
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes1986 · as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
• Time for Murder1985 · as Margaret Tutting
• Screen Two1985 · as Monica
• Robin of Sherwood1984 · as Queen Hadwisa
• Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
• Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years1981 · as Lady Londonderry
• Six Fifty-Five Special1981 · as Self
• Holding the Fort1980
• The Other 'Arf1980
• Edward and Mrs Simpson1978 · as Lady Diana Cooper
• Disraeli1978 · as Rosina Bulwer
• Jemima Shore Investigates1978
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• The Professionals1977 · as Ann Holly
• Target1977 · as Laura Bentley
• The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin1976 · as Geraldine Hackstraw
• Rumpole of the Bailey1975 · as Phyllida Trant
• Rumpole of the Bailey1975 · as Phyllida Erskine-Brown
• The Girls of Slender Means1975 · as Anne Baberton
• Softly Softly: Task Force1969 · as Chris Stroud
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Olivia
• Heartland— · as Penelope Langley