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Dame Penelope Wilton returns Friday (January 14) in the third and final season of Ricky Gervais ' bittersweet Netflix sitcom After Life. To whet your appetite, we're making her our British Icon of the Week and celebrating 10 of the reasons we enjoy and admire this prolific actress.
Penelope Alice Wilton was born on June 3, 1946, in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, to former actor and tap dancer Alice Travers and her entrepreneur husband, Clifford William Wilton. She has two sisters, Lindy and Rosemary. Penelope joined 'Drama Centre London' in 1965 and graduated in 1968. Recommended Lists:
Jun 30, 2016 · Penelope Wilton as Pauline in ‘Brief Encounters’, a new series based on the memoir of Ann Summers founder Jacqueline Gold (ITV) Three days after I met Penelope Wilton, it was announced that...
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Quick Facts DameDBE, Born ... Close. Wilton is known for starring opposite Richard Briers in the BBC sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989); playing Homily in The Borrowers (1992) and The Return of the Borrowers (1993); and for her role as the widowed Isobel Crawley in the ITV drama Downton Abbey (2010–2015).
Sep 19, 2014 · She is delighted, she says, to be involved in new writing again, having done a lot “when I was young”, starring in premieres from the likes of Christopher Hampton, David Hare and Harold...
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Oct 29, 2023 · Penelope Wilton: ‘The Queen Mother was an extremely clever woman’ The actress, set to take up the royal role in Backstairs Billy, reveals the sadness behind the corgis, hats and handbags
Jan 10, 2015 · Interview. Q&A: Penelope Wilton. Rosanna Greenstreet. ‘The worst job I’ve done? Played somebody’s legs in a BBC show’. Sat 10 Jan 2015 00.59 EST. B orn in Scarborough, Wilton, 68, has...