What is Penelope Wilton?
[[File:Penelope Wilton 2013.jpg|thumb|230px|Wilton in [[Stockholm]], November 2013]] '''Dame''' '''Penelope Alice Wilton''' {{Small|[[DBE]]}} (born 3 June 1946) is a [[British people|British]] actress. On television, she is best known for her roles in ''[[Ever Decreasing Circles]]'' (1984&ndash;1989) and ''[[Downton Abbey]]''. She appeared in the TV film ''Half Broken Things'' in 2007. She also played the recurring role of [[Harriet Jones]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (2005–08). Wilton's movie appearances include ''[[Clockwise (movie)|Clockwise]]'' (1986), ''[[Cry Freedom]]'' (1987), ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' (2004), ''[[Match Point]]'' (2005), ''[[Pride & Prejudice (2005 movie)|Pride & Prejudice]]'' (2005), ''[[The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]]'' (2011) and ''[[The BFG (2016 movie)|The BFG]]'' (2016). Wilton was born in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]]. She has been married twice. She has a daughter, Alice (born 1977), with actor [[Daniel Massey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-daniel-massey-1152937.html|title=Obituary: Daniel Massey|work=[[The Independent]]|date=28 March 1998|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-date=29 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029062458/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-daniel-massey-1152937.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|934362|Penelope Wilton}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilton, Penelope}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Actors from Yorkshire]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:Knights and Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:People from North Yorkshire]] {{Actor-stub}}