Acting
Penelope Wilton
- Titles
- 59movies32TV shows
- Career
Active from 1972 to 2024, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 32top three billing
- Average score
68/100
- Highest rated
Shaun of the Dead83/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Family Dynamics6.6average 4.8
- Wit & Wordplay5.2average 3.7
- Historical4.1average 2.6
- Wholesome4.7average 3.3
- Nostalgia4.6average 3.7
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
- Romance4.6average 3.8
- Social Commentary5.6average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.0, average 4.9
- Violence2.3, average 4.2
- Uncanny1.1, average 2.5
- Scare1.2, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 8
- Biographical Drama 3
- British Cinema 3
- Emotional Journey 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Period Piece 3
- Family Adventure 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Melancholy Tone 3
- Literary Adaptation 2
- Second Chances 2
- Character-Driven Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Ian HolmActorThe Borrowers, The Return of the Borrowers, The Deep Blue Sea, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Laughterhouse, +1 more
Richard EyreDirectorIris, Laughterhouse, Country, Rockaby
Maggie SmithActorThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Downton Abbey: A New Era, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Bill NighyActorShaun of the Dead, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Ronald PickupActorThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, King Lear
Judi DenchActorThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Iris, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Hugh BonnevilleActorDownton Abbey: A New Era, Five Days, Iris
John MaddenDirectorThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Operation Mincemeat, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Victoria BoydellEditorThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Operation Mincemeat, Belle- JJohn HendersonDirectorThe Borrowers, The Return of the Borrowers, Alice Through the Looking Glass
Thomas NewmanComposerThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Operation Mincemeat, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Gugu Mbatha-RawActorBelle, Summerland
Movies and TV shows
86Upcoming
1 title
TV show · as Mavis Eccleston
2020s
9 titles · average score 68
as Isobel Merton
TV show · as Francine
TV show · as Miss Pinkerton
as Maureen Fry
as Isobel Merton
as Hester Leggett
TV show
as Older Alice
as Vivian
2010s
15 titles · average score 71
TV show · as Anne
as Denise Austin
as Helen
as The Queen
TV show · as Pauline
as Narrator (voice)
as Jean Ainslie
as Lady Mary Murray
as Jean Ainslie
as Peggy Robertson
TV show · as Mrs Beddows
TV show · as Isobel Merton
2000s
22 titles · average score 72
as B.Q.
TV show · as Mary
TV show · as Barbara Poole
as Jean
as Eleanor Hewett
as Harriet Jones
TV show · as Harriet Jones
as Daisy Langrish
as Barbara
as Janet Stone
as Heather Graham
as Old Woman
1990s
14 titles · average score 62
as Delfina / Paulina
TV show · as Mrs Hamley
as White Queen
as Lady Ottoline Morrell
as Beth
TV show · as Barbara Watkins
as Hester Collyer
TV show · as Homily
as Marion French
TV show · as Homily
as Patricia Fulford
TV show · as Hester Collyer / Beth
1980s
14 titles · average score 71
TV show · as Rosemary
as Wendy Woods
as Pat Garden
TV show
as Alice Singleton
as Beatrix Potter
TV show · as Beatrix Potter
as Regan
as Virginia Carlion
as Desdemona
1970s
10 titles · average score 61
TV show · as Annie
as Mrs. Wilton
as Journalist
as Regan
TV show · as Lilli Czepanek
TV show · as Anna Pearcross / Helen Charlesworth / Julia Pearcross / Lottie Merchant
as Vivie Warren
TV show · as Rachel Sullens
as Rachel Sullens
TV show · as Virginia Carlion
1960s
1 title · average score 61
TV show · as Regan