Patricia Hodge
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.5622 |
| Birthday | 1946-09-29 |
| Place of Birth | Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Patricia Ann Hodge, |
1975
The Naked Civil Servant
6.6/42
Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
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The Naked Civil Servant
2002
The Falklands Play
7.3/6
The Falklands Play is a dramatic account of the political events leading up to, and including, the 1982 Falklands War. The play was written by Ian Cur...
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The Falklands Play
1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
10/1
While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the p...
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Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1996
The Leading Man
5/24
Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his old friend Humphrey, it is already being hailed as a mas...
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The Leading Man
2024
Arthur's Whisky
5.5/13
When Joan’s husband dies, she is shocked to discover he had invented an elixir which makes the drinker look young again. Sharing it with her two frien...
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Arthur's Whisky
1990
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
4.3/14
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming follows the exciting life of a dashing young Ian Fleming, the mastermind behind the highly successful James Bond books...
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The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1996
The Moonstone
7/4
Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility) and Keeley Hawes (Karaoke) star in this sumptuous adaptation of Wilkie Collins' classic mystery, the first detective...
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The Moonstone
1989
The Shell Seekers
6.3/7
After a mild heart attack at 63, Penelope Keeling is not ready to be an invalid yet...despite her children's attempts to take control of her life. She...
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The Shell Seekers
1983
Betrayal
6/30
An affair between a literary agent and his best friend's wife, unfolding in reverse-chronological order.
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Betrayal
1992
The Cloning of Joanna May
7/1
Joanna once was married to Carl May, a very rich and powerful nuclear energy magnate. They love each other, but had to divorce after Joanna was caught...
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The Cloning of Joanna May
1977
The Disappearance
5.4/23
The wife of a contract killer disappears. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a hit, he suspects they are connected with he...
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The Disappearance
1975
Great Big Groovy Horse
0/0
Rock musical retelling of the legend of the Trojan Horse.
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Great Big Groovy Horse
2023
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
0/0
Intimate, upbeat and honest look back at the life and work of Barry Humphries - the legendary comic trailblazer behind Dame Edna Everage and other cha...
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Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
1986
Vilde, the Wild One
4.7/6
In a rural western town in 1890 a woman has a mute old daughter after relations with her step father, which in his need of money, wants to sell them o...
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Vilde, the Wild One
2022
Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning
7.5/2
A documentary surrounding the investigation into Litvinenko’s murder and the undeniable radiation health emergency. Who were the people behind the sce...
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Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning
1981
Riding High
4.4/5
A bored motorcycle messenger Dave Munday begins training for a major stunt riding competition, where he'll attempt a death-defying jump known as the D...
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Riding High
1980
The Elephant Man
8.048/3892
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revea...
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The Elephant Man
1998
Prague Duet
5.8/4
Dr. Lauren is staying in Prague for a conference and falls in love with Czech writer Jiri Kolmar.
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Prague Duet
1978
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
4/8
Young Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors and randy male patients just can't keep their hands off...
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Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1998
Jilting Joe
0/0
Joe and Olivia are childhood sweethearts, about to embark on their wedding day. But, the so-called happiest day of their lives is over faster than the...
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Jilting Joe
1988
Sunset
5.7/103
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.
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Sunset
2002
Before You Go
5/3
The funny, heart-warming and moving new film, from director Lewis Gilbert. When Violet Heaney's three daughters return home for her funeral, each sist...
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Before You Go
2007
Maxwell
6/6
Basil Brookes joins "Captain Bob" - press mogul Robert Maxwell - as financial director and witnesses Maxwell's financial shenanigans as he contests st...
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Maxwell
1988
Just Ask for Diamond
4.3/3
Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private Detective Agency above Camden Town Tube Station in north-c...
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Just Ask for Diamond
1986
Hotel du Lac
3/3
Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel. She decides to work out her exile by obse...
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Hotel du Lac
2018
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
5.1/36
Two sisters come together to spend Christmas with their families in their recently deceased parents’ falling down country house, with hilariously chao...
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Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
1984
Hay Fever
6/1
Set in a British country house in the 1920s, Hay Fever follows the outlandish bevaiour of the Bliss family when they each invite a guest to spend the...
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Hay Fever
1989
The Heat of the Day
0/0
In World War II England, a woman is approached by a man claiming to work as an intelligence agent who has found out her lover is a spy. He promises to...
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The Heat of the Day
2020
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
6.3/7
Miranda Hart and the cast of her sitcom come together to celebrate the show's tenth anniversary with a music-filled, star-studded spectacular from the...
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Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
2023
The Laureate
4.2/8
Set against the glamorous backdrop of Britain's roaring '20s, The Laureate tells the story of young British War Poet Robert Graves, who is married wit...
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The Laureate
1981
Charlotte
0/0
In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlot...
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Charlotte
1989
Thieves in the Night
0/0
"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night." Experiences in a kibbutz, it sets up a stage in describing the historical roots of the co...
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Thieves in the Night
1987
The Death of the Heart
8/1
A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who...
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The Death of the Heart
1978
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
0/0
Aspiring dancer Phyllis Dixey makes her name as a stripper.
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The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
2013
Miranda Hart’s Maracattack
8.5/2
Comedienne Miranda Hart presents this unconventional workout regime that aims to blend fun and fitness. The emphasis is on fun throughout and the work...
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Miranda Hart’s Maracattack
2025
Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert
10/1
A mysterious troupe led by the Leading Player performs a parable about a young prince, Pippin, who's in search of the secret to true happiness and ful...
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Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert
1980
Rumpole's Return
5.7/10
A bored Rumpole, living in Florida retirement, uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-establish himself back in chambers.
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Rumpole's Return
1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood
5.2/3
British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi Dench and Dawn French in this 1988 special. Watch...
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An Audience With Victoria Wood
2020
The Big Night In
9/2
Comic Relief and Children in Need join forces to deliver a very special night of television, hosted by Lenny Henry and Matt Baker.
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