Acting
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.
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV
Screen Two
1985 · TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · TV
Great British Menu
2006 · TV
Sherlock Holmes
1984 · TV
All Creatures Great & Small
2020 · TV
Waking the Dead
2001 · TV
Hustle
2004 · TV
The Professionals
1977 · TV
Inspector Morse
1987 · TV
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 · TV
An Audience with...
1978 · TV
Miranda
2009 · TV
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969 · TV
Robin of Sherwood
1984 · TV
Target
1977 · TV
The Elephant Man
1980 · Movie
Six Fifty-Five Special
1981 · TV
This Morning
1988 · TV
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
2015 · TV
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976 · TV
A Very English Scandal
2018 · TV
Roadkill
2020 · TV
Murder in Provence
2022 · TV
The Other 'Arf
1980 · TV
Victoria Wood
1989 · TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV
Jemima Shore Investigates
1978 · TV
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986 · TV
Time for Murder
1985 · TV
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978 · TV
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981 · TV
Disraeli
1978 · TV
The Naked Civil Servant
1975 · Movie
The Big Night In
2020 · Movie
Betrayal
1983 · Movie
Sunset
1988 · Movie
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986 · TV
The Cloning of Joanna May
1992 · TV
The Disappearance
1977 · Movie
The Girls of Slender Means
1975 · TV
Arthur's Whisky
2024 · Movie
The Falklands Play
2002 · Movie
The Leading Man
1996 · Movie
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990 · Movie
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1996 · TV
Charlotte
1981 · Movie
The Cloning of Joanna May
1992 · Movie
The Laureate
2023 · Movie
Just Ask for Diamond
1988 · Movie
Miranda Hart’s Maracattack
2013 · Movie
The Moonstone
1996 · Movie
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978 · Movie
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
2020 · Movie
The Heat of the Day
1989 · Movie
Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning
2022 · Movie
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978 · Movie
The Shell Seekers
1989 · Movie
The Death of the Heart
1987 · Movie
Hay Fever
1984 · Movie
Vilde, the Wild One
1986 · Movie
Before You Go
2002 · Movie
Maxwell
2007 · Movie
Hotel du Lac
1986 · Movie
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
2018 · Movie
Prague Duet
1998 · Movie
Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years
2022 · Movie
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988 · Movie
Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert
2025 · Movie
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
2023 · Movie
Riding High
1981 · Movie
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1978 · Movie
Thieves in the Night
1989 · Movie
Rumpole's Return
1980 · Movie
