Penelope Wilton

Birth Name:

Penelope Alice Wilton

Birth Place:

Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Actress

Appeared on BAFTA Film shortlist for Best Supporting Actress for: 1986's "Clockwise," 1987's "Cry Freedom," and 1993's "The Secret Rapture․"
Appeared on BAFTA Television shortlist for Best Supporting Actress for: 1985's "Ever Decreasing Circles," 1987's "The Monocled Mutineer," 1993's "The Borrowrs," 1999's "Talking Heads 2: Nights in the Garden of Spain," and 2006's "Falling․"
Nominated for the Royal Television Society Award for Best Female Actor in 2008 for "Five Days․"
In 1981, awarded the London Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress of 1980 for her performance in "Much Ado About Nothing․"
In 1993, awarded the London Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in "The Deep Blue Sea․"
Received the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year's Honours List for her work in drama
Quote: "Everyone has an obsession with everything now, it seems to me․ Everything seems important for about five minutes and then people forget about it․"

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