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Penelope Wilton Biography (1946-)

Born June 3, 1946, in Scarborough, England; married Daniel Massey (an actor),1975 (divorced, 1984); married Ian Holm (an actor), 1991. Addresses:Agent: Julian Belfrage Associates, 46 Albermarle St., London WIX 4PP, England; William Morris Agency, 31/32 Soho Square, London W1, England.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

June 3, 1946

Scarborough, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Mary, West of Suez, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1971
• Araminta, The Philanthropist, Royal Court Theatre, then Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1971
• Maud, The Great Exhibition, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1972
• Sophia, The Director of the Opera, Chichester Festival, Chichester, England, 1973
• Masha, The Seagull, Chichester Festival, 1973
• Dikson, Something's Burning, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1974
• Ruth, The Norman Conquests, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1974
• Dora Carrington, Bloomsbury, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1974
• Second woman, "Play," Play and Others, Royal Court Theatre, 1976
• Prudence Malone, Plunder, National Theatre Company, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1978
• Julia Craven, The Philanderer, National Theatre Company, LytteltonTheatre, 1978
• Emma, Betrayal, National Theatre Company, Lyttelton Theatre, 1978
• Barbara, Tishoo, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1979
• Ann Whitefield and Dona Ana, Man and Superman, National Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre, London, 1981
• Beatrice, Much Ado about Nothing, National Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre, 1981
• Barbara Undershaft, Major Barbara, National Theatre Company, Lyttelton Theatre, 1982
• Marion French, The Secret Rapture, National Theatre Company, Lyttelton Theatre, 1988
• Hermione, Andromache, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1988
• Piano, National Theatre Company, Cottesloe Theatre, London, 1990
• Deborah, A Kind of Alaska, The Collection, and The Lover, Donmar Warehouse, London, 1998
• Arkadina, The Seagull, Barbican Theatre, London, 2000
• Film Appearances
• Sonia, The French Lieutenant's Woman, United Artists, 1981
• Virginia, Country, British Film Institute, 1981
• Alice Singleton, Laughterhouse (also known as Singleton's Pluck), Film Four International, 1984
• Pat Garden, Clockwise, Universal/Cannon, 1986
• Wendy Woods, Cry Freedom, Universal, 1987
• Patricia Fulford, Blame It on the Bellboy, 1992
• Marion French, The Secret Rapture, 1993
• Lady Otoline Morrell, Carrington, 1995
• Aunt Melbourne, Tom's Midnight Garden, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• An Affair of Honour (also known as Thirty-Minute Theatre: An Affair of Honour), 1972
• Regan, King Lear (also known as Play of the Month: King Lear), 1975
• Joseph Andrews, 1976
• The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, 1976
• Desdemona, Othello (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: Othello), 1981
• Regan, King Lear (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: King Lear), 1982
• Hester Collyer, The Deep Blue Sea, 1994
• Marjorie, This Could Be the Last Time, 1998
• White Queen, Alice through the Looking Glass, HBO, 1998
• Specials
• Annie, "The Norman Conquests," Great Performances, PBS, 1978
• Title role, The Tales of Beatrix Potter, BBC, then PBS, 1984
• Series
• Lady Angela Forbes, The Monocled Mutineer, 1987
• Anne Bryce, Ever Decreasing Circles, BBC-1, 1989
• Screaming, 1992
• Miniseries
• Homily, The Borrowers, BBC, 1993
• Homily, The Return of the Borrowers, TNT, 1996
• Rosemary, "Nights in the Gardens of Spain," Talking Heads 2, 1998
• Mrs. Hamley, Wives and Daughters, BBC, PBS, 1999
• Episodic
• Angela Lane, "Good as New," Cats Eyes, 1985
• "Madly in Love," 4 Play, Channel 4, 1990
• Radio Appearances
• Episodic
• "Redevelopment," The Monday Play, R4, 1989
• "Night and Day," The Friday Play, R3, 1990
• Plays
• Virginia Woolf, An Oddly Complete Understanding, R4, 1990