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Penelope Wilton

Actor

Penelope Wilton

Acting
1981 — present · 19 films
Born
3 June 1946 · age 80
From
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Dame Penelope Alice Wilton DBE (born 3 June 1946) is an English actress. She was formerly married to fellow actor Sir Ian Holm, and as she has not remarried, she retains her married style of Lady Holm.

Career Signature

How Penelope Wilton’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

bittersweet
crowd-pleaser
heavy emotional
melancholy beauty
wistful longing

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Tonal kin

Colin FirthColin Firth54 filmsEmma ThompsonEmma Thompson52 filmsEileen AtkinsEileen Atkins22 filmsJim BroadbentJim Broadbent60 filmsJudi DenchJudi Dench45 filmsSally HawkinsSally Hawkins30 filmsKen StottKen Stott15 filmsAnnette BeningAnnette Bening38 films

Filmography

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

2023

Operation Mincemeat

2022

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022

Eternal Beauty

2020

Summerland

2020

The BFG

2016

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2015

Belle

2013

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012

The Girl

2012

Match Point

2005

Shaun of the Dead

2004

Iris

2001

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1998

Carrington

1995

Blame It on the Bellboy

1992

Cry Freedom

1987

Clockwise

1986

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981