Penelope Wilton (b. 1946) is a common name in British Theatre for which she has been nominated for the Laurence Oliver Award several times. Furthermore, she is a known name for all her work in British Television as well, most recently as a consistent part of 'Downton Abbey' on ITV.
Shaun of the Dead
(Barbara)
Visitation
Clockwise
(Pat Garden)
Iris
(Janet Stone)
The History Boys
(Mrs. Bibby)
Calendar Girls
(Ruth)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
(Sonia)
Cry Freedom
(Wendy Woods)
Blame It on the Bellboy
(Patricia Fulford)
Joseph Andrews
(Mrs. Wilton)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(White Queen)
Carrington
(Lady Ottoline Morrell)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
(Jean Ainslie)
Laughterhouse
(Alice Singleton)
Tom's Midnight Garden
(Aunt Melbourne)
Rockaby
(Old Woman)
Brexit Shorts: The End
(Helen)
The Girl
(Peggy Robertson)
Landscape
(Beth)
Belle
(Lady Mary Murray)
Victoria & Albert
(Princess Mary Louise Victoria)
The Secret Rapture
(Marion French)
Match Point
(Eleanor Hewett)
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
(Narrator (voice))
The Borrowers
(Homily)
The Deep Blue Sea
(Hester Collyer)
King Lear
(Regan)
Country
(Virginia Carlion)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
(Jean Ainslie)
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
(Self)
Talking Heads 2
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
(Mrs. Cratchit)
Falling
(Daisy Langrish)
Celebration
(Julie)
Downton Abbey 3
(Isobel Crawley)
The BFG
(The Queen)
Lucky Jim
(Celia Welch)
The Whistle-Blower
(Heather Graham)
Half Broken Things
(Jean)
Margot
(B.Q.)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
(Delia)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
(Self)
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
(Amelia Maugery)
Zoo
(Denise Austin)
Summerland
(Older Alice)
Eternal Beauty
(Vivian)
Downton Abbey
(Isobel Merton)
Othello
(Desdemona)
King Lear
(Regan)
Operation Mincemeat
(Hester Leggett)
Pride & Prejudice
(Mrs. Gardiner)
Mrs. Warren's Profession
(Vivie Warren)
Pasmore
(Helen)
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
(Delfina / Paulina)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
(Isobel Merton)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
(Maureen Fry)
Able's Will
(Journalist)
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
(Beatrix Potter)
Ever Decreasing Circles
Comedy Connections
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Five Days
(Barbara Poole)
Bob & Rose
(Monica Gossage)
The Return of the Borrowers
(Homily)
The Passion
(Mary)
BBC Television Shakespeare
Screaming
Downton Abbey
(Isobel Merton)
Doctor Who
The Borrowers
(Homily)
Doctor Who
(Harriet Jones)
Performance
(Beth)
South Riding
(Mrs Beddows)
Talking Heads
(Rosemary)
Brief Encounters
(Pauline)
Murder Is Easy
(Miss Pinkerton)
An Audience with...
(Self)
Kavanagh Q.C.
(Barbara Watkins)
The Norman Conquests
(Annie)
Arena
(Self - Narrator)
Wives and Daughters
(Mrs. Hamley)
Dead Hot
(Francine)
After Life
(Anne)
Play for Today
(Virginia Carlion)
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
(Beatrix Potter)