
Patricia Hodge
Acting
Born 1946-09-29 · Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.
Known for

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 · TV

The Other 'Arf
1980 · TV

Jemima Shore Investigates
1978 · TV

Miranda
2009 · TV

All Creatures Great & Small
2020 · TV

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976 · TV

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1996 · TV

Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
2015 · TV

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986 · TV

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV

A Very English Scandal
2018 · TV

Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978 · TV

Murder in Provence
2022 · TV

Waking the Dead
2001 · TV

The Girls of Slender Means
1975 · TV

Roadkill
2020 · TV

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · TV

Inspector Morse
1987 · TV

Sherlock Holmes
1984 · TV

The Professionals
1977 · TV

Hustle
2004 · TV

Screen Two
1985 · TV

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV

Robin of Sherwood
1984 · TV

Victoria Wood
1989 · TV

Target
1977 · TV

Disraeli
1978 · TV

Softly Softly: Task Force
1969 · TV

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981 · TV

Time for Murder
1985 · TV

Great British Menu
2006 · TV

An Audience with...
1978 · TV

This Morning
1988 · TV

Six Fifty-Five Special
1981 · TV