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

Waking the Dead

Lady Alice Beatty

Rumpole of the Bailey

Phyllida Trant

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Madame Olivier

Inspector Morse

Lady Hanbury

Hustle

Veronica Powell

An Audience with...

Self

Great British Menu

Self - Guest Judge

The Professionals

Ann Holly

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert	Berthe
2024	Arthur's Whisky	Joan
2023	Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh	Self (Narrator)
2023	The Laureate	Amy Graves
2022	Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning	Self- Narrator
2020	Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration	Self
2018	Surviving Christmas with the Relatives	Aunt Peggy
2013	Miranda Hart’s Maracattack
2007	Maxwell	Betty Maxwell
2002	The Falklands Play	Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
2002	Before You Go	Vi
1998	Prague Duet	Olivia Walton
1998	Jilting Joe	Gwennie
1996	The Leading Man	Delvene
1996	The Moonstone	Lady Julia Verinder
1992	The Cloning of Joanna May	Joanna May
1990	The Secret Life of Ian Fleming	Lady Evelyn
1989	The Shell Seekers	Olivia
1989	The Heat of the Day	Stella
1989	Thieves in the Night	Lady Joyce
1988	Sunset	Christina Alperin
1988	Just Ask for Diamond	Betty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg
1987	The Death of the Heart	Anna Quayne
1986	Vilde, the Wild One	Edward's Wife
1986	Hotel du Lac	Monica
1984	Hay Fever	Myra Arundel
1983	Betrayal	Emma
1981	Riding High	Miss Hemmings
1981	Charlotte	Teacher
1980	The Elephant Man	Screaming Mum
1978	Edward & Mrs. Simpson	Lady Diana Cooper
1978	Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse	Sister Belter
1978	The One and Only Phyllis Dixey	Maisie
1977	The Disappearance	Young Wife
1975	The Naked Civil Servant	Ballet Teacher
1975	Great Big Groovy Horse

Year	TV Show	Role
2022	Murder in Provence	Florence Bonnet
2020	All Creatures Great & Small	Mrs Pumphrey
2020	Roadkill	Lady Roche
2018	A Very English Scandal	Ursula Thorpe
2015	Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow	Narrator (voice)
2009	Miranda	Penny
2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show	Self
2006	Great British Menu	Self - Guest Judge
2004	Hustle	Veronica Powell
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple	Mrs. Evadne Willett
2001	Waking the Dead	Lady Alice Beatty
1996	The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1995	Good Morning Summer
1991	Rich Tea And Sympathy
1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Madame Olivier
1989	Victoria Wood	Moira
1988	This Morning	Self
1987	Inspector Morse	Lady Hanbury
1986	The Life and Loves of a She-Devil	Mary Foster
1985	Time for Murder	Margaret Tutting
1984	Sherlock Holmes	Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
1984	Robin of Sherwood	Queen Hadwisa
1981	Six Fifty-Five Special	Self
1981	Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years	Lady Londonderry
1980	Holding the Fort
1980	The Other 'Arf
1978	Edward and Mrs Simpson	Lady Diana Cooper
1978	Disraeli	Rosina Bulwer
1978	Jemima Shore Investigates
1978	An Audience with...	Self
1977	The Professionals	Ann Holly
1975	Rumpole of the Bailey	Phyllida Trant
1975	The Girls of Slender Means	Anne Baberton
1969	Softly Softly: Task Force	Chris Stroud
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Olivia