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Penelope Wilton Biography

Birth Name:
Penelope Alice Wilton
Birth Place:
Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Profession
Actor

Fast Facts

  • Has dyslexia
  • Attended a convent boarding school
  • Made her West End debut in John Osborne's West of Suez opposite Ralph Richardson in 1971; and has acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre Company
  • Became a household name in England in the mid-1980s due to her work on the BBC sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles
  • Honored with the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2004; elevated to a Dame in 2016
  • Bestowed with an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Hull in North Yorkshire, England, in 2012

Awards

  • 2016Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2016Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2015Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: winner
  • 2015Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: winner
  • 2014Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: winner
  • 2014Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: winner
  • 2013Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2013Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2012Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: winner
  • 2012Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: winner
  • 2012Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated

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