Patricia Hodge

Born: 1946-09-29, 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

• Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
• All Creatures Great & Small (2020)
• Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
• Screen Two (1985)
• Waking the Dead (2001)
• The Professionals (1977)
• Inspector Morse (1987)
• Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
• The Elephant Man (1980)
• Robin of Sherwood (1984)
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)
• The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986)
• The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)
• Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
• The Disappearance (1977)
• Disraeli (1978)
• The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
• Arthur's Whisky (2024)
• The Leading Man (1996)
• The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990)
• Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
• The Laureate (2023)
• Surviving Christmas with the Relatives (2018)
• Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert (2025)
• Just Ask for Diamond (1988)
• The Moonstone (1996)
• The Falklands Play (2002)
• Hotel du Lac (1986)
• Thieves in the Night (1989)