
Patricia Hodge
Actress
Born: September 29, 1946 (79 years old)
Place of birth: Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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 (36)
- The Elephant Man (1980, ★ 8)
- Inspector Morse (1987, ★ 7.9)
- Sherlock Holmes (1984, ★ 8.2)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951, ★ 8.6)
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989, ★ 8.2)
- Miranda (2009, ★ 7.6)
- All Creatures Great & Small (2020, ★ 8.2)
- Hustle (2004, ★ 7.7)
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004, ★ 7.8)
- The Naked Civil Servant (1975, ★ 6.6)
- The Falklands Play (2002, ★ 7.3)
- Murder in Provence (2022, ★ 6.8)
- A Very English Scandal (2018, ★ 7.1)
- The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986, ★ 7.1)
- The Professionals (1977, ★ 7.5)
- Betrayal (1983, ★ 6)
- Rumpole of the Bailey (1975, ★ 6.9)
- Robin of Sherwood (1984, ★ 7.5)
- Waking the Dead (2001, ★ 7.2)
- Roadkill (2020, ★ 6.4)
- Screen Two (1985, ★ 6.8)
- The Leading Man (1996, ★ 5)
- Arthur's Whisky (2024, ★ 5.5)
- The Shell Seekers (1989, ★ 6.3)
- The Disappearance (1977, ★ 5.4)
- Sunset (1988, ★ 5.7)
- Maxwell (2007, ★ 6)
- Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration (2020, ★ 6.3)
- Rumpole's Return (1980, ★ 5.7)
- Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978, ★ 6.2)