
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.
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). She also played the recurring role of Harriet Jones in Doctor Who (2005–2008) and Anne in Ricky Gervais' Netflix dark comedy After Life.
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as Francine · 6 episodes
as Miss Pinkerton · 2 episodes
as Maureen Fry
as Isobel Merton
as Hester Leggett
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as Older Alice
as Isobel Merton
as Anne · 18 episodes
as Denise Austin
as Amelia Maugery

as Helen
as Pauline · 6 episodes
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as Narrator (voice)
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as Mary · 6 episodes
as Jean

as Julie
as Barbara Poole · 10 episodes
as Mrs. Bibby

as Harriet Jones
as Eleanor Hewett
as Mrs Hamley · 2 episodes
as Aunt Melbourne

as Delfina / Paulina
as White Queen

as Beth
as Lady Ottoline Morrell
as Barbara Watkins · 1 episode
as Julia · 1 episode

as Rosemary · 1 episode
as Wendy Woods
as Pat Garden

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as Alice Singleton
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as Beatrix Potter

as Journalist

as Annie · 3 episodes
as Mrs. Wilton

as Regan

as Lilli Czepanek · 5 episodes
as Anna Pearcross / Helen Charlesworth / Julia Pearcross / Lottie Merchant · 4 episodes

as Vivie Warren
as Rachel Sullens

as Regan · 1 episode
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