Patricia Hodge

Patricia Hodge

Birthday: 1946-09-29

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.

Movies

The Naked Civil Servant
The Naked Civil Servant

Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to...

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The Falklands Play
The Falklands Play

The Falklands Play is a dramatic account of the political events leading up to, and including, the 1...

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Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Edward & Mrs. Simpson

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis...

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The Leading Man
The Leading Man

Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his old fr...

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Arthur's Whisky
Arthur's Whisky

When Joan’s husband dies, she is shocked to discover he had invented an elixir which makes the drink...

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The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming follows the exciting life of a dashing young Ian Fleming, the masterm...

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The Moonstone
The Moonstone

Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility) and Keeley Hawes (Karaoke) star in this sumptuous adaptation of Wi...

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The Shell Seekers
The Shell Seekers

After a mild heart attack at 63, Penelope Keeling is not ready to be an invalid yet...despite her ch...

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Betrayal
Betrayal

An affair between a literary agent and his best friend's wife, unfolding in reverse-chronological or...

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The Cloning of Joanna May
The Cloning of Joanna May

Joanna once was married to Carl May, a very rich and powerful nuclear energy magnate. They love each...

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The Disappearance
The Disappearance

The wife of a contract killer disappears. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry...

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Great Big Groovy Horse
Great Big Groovy Horse

Rock musical retelling of the legend of the Trojan Horse....

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Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh

Intimate, upbeat and honest look back at the life and work of Barry Humphries - the legendary comic ...

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Vilde, the Wild One
Vilde, the Wild One

In a rural western town in 1890 a woman has a mute old daughter after relations with her step father...

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Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning
Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning

A documentary surrounding the investigation into Litvinenko’s murder and the undeniable radiation he...

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Riding High
Riding High

Riding High is a 1981 British drama film directed by Ross Cramer and starring Eddie Kidd, Irene Hand...

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The Elephant Man
The Elephant Man

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

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Prague Duet
Prague Duet

Dr. Lauren is staying in Prague for a conference and falls in love with Czech writer Jiri Kolmar....

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Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

Young Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors and r...

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Jilting Joe
Jilting Joe

Joe and Olivia are childhood sweethearts, about to embark on their wedding day. But, the so-called h...

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Sunset
Sunset

Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood....

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Before You Go
Before You Go

The funny, heart-warming and moving new film, from director Lewis Gilbert. When Violet Heaney's thre...

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Maxwell
Maxwell

Basil Brookes joins "Captain Bob" - press mogul Robert Maxwell - as financial director and witnesses...

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Just Ask for Diamond
Just Ask for Diamond

Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private Detectiv...

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Hotel du Lac
Hotel du Lac

Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swis...

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Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives

Two sisters come together to spend Christmas with their families in their recently deceased parents’...

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Hay Fever
Hay Fever

Set in a British country house in the 1920s, Hay Fever follows the outlandish bevaiour of the Bliss ...

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The Heat of the Day
The Heat of the Day

In World War II England, a woman is approached by a man claiming to work as an intelligence agent wh...

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Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration

Miranda Hart and the cast of her sitcom come together to celebrate the show's tenth anniversary with...

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The Laureate
The Laureate

Set against the glamorous backdrop of Britain's roaring '20s, The Laureate tells the story of young ...

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Charlotte
Charlotte

In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of F...

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Thieves in the Night
Thieves in the Night

"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night." Experiences in a kibbutz, it sets up a ...

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The Death of the Heart
The Death of the Heart

A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to b...

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The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

Aspiring dancer Phyllis Dixey makes her name as a stripper....

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Miranda Hart’s Maracattack
Miranda Hart’s Maracattack

Comedienne Miranda Hart presents this unconventional workout regime that aims to blend fun and fitne...

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Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert
Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert

A mysterious troupe led by the Leading Player performs a parable about a young prince, Pippin, who's...

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Rumpole's Return
Rumpole's Return

A bored Rumpole, living in Florida retirement, uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-esta...

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An Audience With Victoria Wood
An Audience With Victoria Wood

British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi...

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