Patricia Hodge
Acting • Born 1946-09-29
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.
Filmography
76 credits
The Naked Civil Servant
Movie • 1975
Ballet Teacher
The Falklands Play
Movie • 2002
Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Movie • 1978
Lady Diana Cooper
The Leading Man
Movie • 1996
Delvene
Arthur's Whisky
Movie • 2024
Joan
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
Movie • 1990
Lady Evelyn
The Moonstone
Movie • 1996
Lady Julia Verinder
The Shell Seekers
Movie • 1989
Olivia
Betrayal
Movie • 1983
Emma
The Cloning of Joanna May
Movie • 1992
Joanna May
The Disappearance
Movie • 1977
Young Wife
Great Big Groovy Horse
Movie • 1975
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
Movie • 2023
Self (Narrator)
Vilde, the Wild One
Movie • 1986
Edward's Wife
Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning
Movie • 2022
Self- Narrator
Riding High
Movie • 1981
Miss Hemmings
The Elephant Man
Movie • 1980
Screaming Mum
Prague Duet
Movie • 1998
Olivia Walton
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
Movie • 1978
Sister Belter
Jilting Joe
Movie • 1998
Gwennie
Sunset
Movie • 1988
Christina Alperin
Before You Go
Movie • 2002
Vi
Maxwell
Movie • 2007
Betty Maxwell
Just Ask for Diamond
Movie • 1988
Betty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg
Hotel du Lac
Movie • 1986
Monica
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
Movie • 2018
Aunt Peggy
Hay Fever
Movie • 1984
Myra Arundel
The Heat of the Day
Movie • 1989
Stella
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
Movie • 2020
Self
The Laureate
Movie • 2023
Amy Graves
Charlotte
Movie • 1981
Teacher
Thieves in the Night
Movie • 1989
Lady Joyce
The Death of the Heart
Movie • 1987
Anna Quayne
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Movie • 1978
Maisie
Miranda Hart’s Maracattack
Movie • 2013
Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert
Movie • 2025
Berthe
Rumpole's Return
Movie • 1980
Phyllida Erskine-Brown
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Movie • 1988
Self
The Big Night In
Movie • 2020
Self
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Lady Hanbury
Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1984
Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV • 1975
Phyllida Trant
Robin of Sherwood
TV • 1984
Queen Hadwisa
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Lady Alice Beatty
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Olivia
Edward and Mrs Simpson
TV • 1978
Lady Diana Cooper
Disraeli
TV • 1978
Rosina Bulwer
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV • 2007
Self
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Madame Olivier
Holding the Fort
TV • 1980
The Other 'Arf
TV • 1980
Good Morning Summer
TV • 1995
Rich Tea And Sympathy
TV • 1991
Six Fifty-Five Special
TV • 1981
Self
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
TV • 1996
Miranda
TV • 2009
Penny
Jemima Shore Investigates
TV • 1978
Victoria Wood
TV • 1989
Moira
All Creatures Great & Small
TV • 2020
Mrs. Pumphrey
Hustle
TV • 2004
Veronica Powell
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
TV • 2015
Narrator (voice)
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
Murder in Provence
TV • 2022
Florence Bonnet
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Mrs. Evadne Willett
A Very English Scandal
TV • 2018
Ursula Thorpe
The Girls of Slender Means
TV • 1975
Anne Baberton
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
TV • 1986
Mary Foster
Great British Menu
TV • 2006
Self - Guest Judge
Time for Murder
TV • 1985
Margaret Tutting
Softly Softly: Task Force
TV • 1969
Chris Stroud
Roadkill
TV • 2020
Lady Roche
The Professionals
TV • 1977
Ann Holly
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
TV • 1981
Lady Londonderry
Target
TV • 1977
Laura Bentley
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV • 1975
Phyllida Erskine-Brown