Patricia Hodge

Biography

Patricia Ann Hodge OBE (born 29 September 1946) 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

The Elephant Man

as Screaming Mum

Downton Abbey

as Mrs. Pelham

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Madame Olivier

Sherlock Holmes

as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope

Hustle

as Veronica Powell

A Very English Scandal

as Ursula Thorpe

Miranda

as Penny

Inspector Morse

as Lady Hanbury

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Mrs. Evadne Willett

All Creatures Great & Small

as Mrs Pumphrey