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| ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''
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| Dee Rogers
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| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Minder episodes#If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On|If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Minder episodes#If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On|If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On]]"
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| ''[[C.A.T.S. Eyes|C.A.T.S Eyes]]''
| ''[[C.A.T.S. Eyes|C.A.T.S Eyes]]''
| Guest role: Barbara Dashley
| Guest role: Barbara Dashley
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[C.A.T.S. Eyes#Powerline|Powerline]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[C.A.T.S. Eyes#Powerline|Powerline]]"
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| ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]''
| ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]''
| Guest role: Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
| Guest role: Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Inspector Morse episodes#Deadly Slumber|Deadly Slumber]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Inspector Morse episodes#Deadly Slumber|Deadly Slumber]]"
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| ''{{sortname|The|Governor|The Governor (British TV series)}}''
| ''{{sortname|The|Governor|The Governor (British TV series)}}''
| Guest role: Christina Knatchbull
| Guest role: Christina Knatchbull
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[The Governor (British TV series)#ep4|Episode #1.4]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[The Governor (British TV series)#ep4|Episode #1.4]]"
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| ''[[Madson (TV series)|Madson]]''
| ''[[Madson (TV series)|Madson]]''
| Anderton
| Anderton
| TV series UK, 1 episode 6: "[[Madson (TV series)#ep6|Episode 6]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode 6: "[[Madson (TV series)#ep6|Episode 6]]"
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| ''[[Kavanagh QC]]''
| ''[[Kavanagh QC]]''
| Guest role: Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
| Guest role: Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[Kavanagh QC#Previous Convictions|Previous Convictions]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[Kavanagh QC#Previous Convictions|Previous Convictions]]"
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| ''[[Trust (British TV series)|Trust]]''
| ''[[Trust (British TV series)|Trust]]''
| Guest role: Anita Matteo
| Guest role: Anita Matteo
| TV miniseries UK, 1 episode: "[[Trust (British TV series)#ep4|Spilt Milk]]")
| TV miniseries UK, 1 episode: "[[Trust (British TV series)#ep4|Spilt Milk]]"
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| ''[[Byron (film)|Byron]]''
| ''[[Byron (film)|Byron]]''
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| ''{{sortname|The|Inspector Lynley Mysteries}}''
| ''{{sortname|The|Inspector Lynley Mysteries}}''
| Guest role: Dr. Tessa Jellicoe
| Guest role: Dr. Tessa Jellicoe
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries#If Wishes Were Horses|If Wishes Were Horses]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries#If Wishes Were Horses|If Wishes Were Horses]]"
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| ''[[Spooks (TV series)|Spooks]]''
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| ''[[Murder in Suburbia]]''
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| Guest role: Zenith
| Guest role: Zenith
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[Murder in Suburbia#ep12|Golden Oldies]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[Murder in Suburbia#ep12|Golden Oldies]]"
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| ''[[All About George]]''
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| ''[[Trial & Retribution]]''
| ''[[Trial & Retribution]]''
| Guest role: Mrs Thorpe
| Guest role: Mrs Thorpe
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[Trial & Retribution#ep17|The Lovers: Part 1]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[Trial & Retribution#ep17|The Lovers: Part 1]]"
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| ''Murder in Rome''
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| ''[[Judge John Deed]]''
| ''[[Judge John Deed]]''
| Guest role: Moira Blackthorn
| Guest role: Moira Blackthorn
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Judge John Deed episodes#My Daughter, Right or Wrong|My Daughter, Right or Wrong]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Judge John Deed episodes#My Daughter, Right or Wrong|My Daughter, Right or Wrong]]"
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| ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]''
| ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]''
| Guest role: Frances Cloade
| Guest role: Frances Cloade
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes#Taken at the Flood|Taken at the Flood]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes#Taken at the Flood|Taken at the Flood]]"
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| ''[[New Street Law]]''
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| ''[[New Tricks]]''
| ''[[New Tricks]]''
| Diane King
| Diane King
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[List of New Tricks episodes#ep38|Communal Living]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[List of New Tricks episodes#ep38|Communal Living]]"
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| ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]''
| ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]''
| Recurring role: Bonnie Yorke
| Recurring role: Bonnie Yorke
| TV series UK, 2 episodes: "[[List of Waking the Dead episodes#ep87|Solidarity]]")
| TV series UK, 2 episodes: "[[List of Waking the Dead episodes#ep87|Solidarity]]"
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| ''[[Silk (TV series)|Silk]]''
| ''[[Silk (TV series)|Silk]]''
| Guest role: Helen Guthrie
| Guest role: Helen Guthrie
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[Silk (TV series)#ep6|Episode #1.6]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[Silk (TV series)#ep6|Episode #1.6]]"
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| ''{{sortname|The|Shadow Line|The Shadow Line (TV series)}}''
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| ''[[Vera (TV series)|Vera]]''
| ''[[Vera (TV series)|Vera]]''
| Guest role: Veronica
| Guest role: Veronica
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[Vera (TV series)#ep6|Silent Voices]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[Vera (TV series)#ep6|Silent Voices]]"
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| ''[[Threesome (British TV series)|Threesome]]''
| ''[[Threesome (British TV series)|Threesome]]''
| Guest role: Judge
| Guest role: Judge
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Threesome episodes#ep14|I Don't]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Threesome episodes#ep14|I Don't]]"
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| rowspan="4"| 2013
| rowspan="4"| 2013
| ''[[Ripper Street]]''
| ''[[Ripper Street]]''
| Guest role: Flora Gable
| Guest role: Flora Gable
| TV series UK/IRELAND, 1 episode: "[[List of Ripper Street episodes#ep3|The King Came Calling]]")
| TV series UK/IRELAND, 1 episode: "[[List of Ripper Street episodes#ep3|The King Came Calling]]"
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| ''[[Father Brown (2013 TV series)|Father Brown]]''
| ''[[Father Brown (2013 TV series)|Father Brown]]''
| Guest role: Rev Mother Augustine
| Guest role: Rev Mother Augustine
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Father Brown episodes#ep6|The Bride of Christ]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Father Brown episodes#ep6|The Bride of Christ]]"
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| ''[[Suspects (TV series)|Suspects]]''
| ''[[Suspects (TV series)|Suspects]]''
| Guest role: Fiona Sullivan
| Guest role: Fiona Sullivan
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[Suspects (TV series)#ep1|Alone]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[Suspects (TV series)#ep1|Alone]]"
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| ''[[Siblings (TV series)|Siblings]]''
| ''[[Siblings (TV series)|Siblings]]''
| Guest role: Dr. Barker (as Pennie Downie)
| Guest role: Dr. Barker (as Pennie Downie)
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[Siblings (TV series)#ep3|Intern School]]")
| TV series UK, 1 episode: "[[Siblings (TV series)#ep3|Intern School]]"
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| ''[[Downton Abbey]]''
| ''[[Downton Abbey]]''

Revision as of 10:58, 17 November 2022

Penny Downie
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1976–present

Penny Downie (born 1954) is an Australian actress known for her stage and television appearances in the United Kingdom.

Professional career

She began her career in Australia, initially in Brisbane at Twelfth Night Theatre and Brisbane Arts Theatre. Downie was a student of theatre director, Joan Whalley. She trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Sydney. After graduation she appeared in TV series such as The Box, Bellbird, The Sullivans, Prisoner and Learned Friends.

She moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1980s. In 1984 she appeared as Dee Rogers in the Minder episode "If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On". Other UK TV credits include: Inspector Morse, Kavanagh QC, The Cazalets, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Spooks, Trial & Retribution, New Street Law, Agatha Christie's Poirot, The Ice House, Lost for Words and New Tricks. She also appeared in The Girl in the Cafe, alongside Bill Nighy, Kelly Macdonald and Anton Lesser.

She is also an accomplished stage actress. She is an associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company where she has played roles such as Lady Anne in Richard III in the 1984 production featuring Antony Sher in the lead, and Hermione and Perdita in The Winter's Tale. She appeared in the premiere of Nick Dear's play The Art of Success in Stratford in 1986 and later at the Barbican Theatre, London, alongside Michael Kitchen and Simon Russell Beale.[1]

In 2008, she played opposite David Tennant and Patrick Stewart as Gertrude, in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Hamlet which was subsequently adapted for BBC television and aired in late 2009.[2][3] Downie played the title character in Euripides' Helen at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in 2009.

In 2009, she played Mrs. Pienaar in the Clint Eastwood film Invictus. In 2013, she appeared as Rev Mother Augustine in the Father Brown episode "The Bride of Christ". Downie also played the title role in A Storm in a Flower Vase, a play based on the life of Constance Spry, which held its West End debut at the Arts Theatre.[4] In 2014, Downie starred in an episode of Suspects as Fiona Sullivan, and appeared as Lady Sinderby, mother of Atticus Aldridge, in series five of Downton Abbey.[5]

Filmography

FILM

Year Film Role Type
1982 Crosstalk Cindy Feature film
1985 Wetherby Chrissie Feature film, UK
1987 Lionheart Madelaine Feature film US/Hungary
1997 Food of Love Mary Feature film, UK/FRANCE
2000 The House of Mirth Judy Trenor Feature film UK/FRANCE/GERMANY/US
2009 Invictus Mrs. Pienaar Feature film, US
2011 W.E. Dr. Vargas Feature film, UK
2013 Girl on a Bicycle Margaret Feature film GERMANY/FRANCE
2016 London Has Fallen Home Secretary Rose Kenter Feature film US/UK/Bulgaria
2016 Jackie Janet Lee Feature film US/UK/FRANCE/CHILE/GERMANY
2017 Breathe Tid Feature film, UK
2020 The Jester From Transylvania Mrs. Pennington Feature film, UK


TELEVISION

Year Film Role Type
1976-1977 Bellbird Recurring role: Kelly Jamison ABC TV series, 71 episodes
1977 The Box Recurring Guest role: Ronnie Heatherton TV series, 2 episodes
1979 Skyways Guest role: Miranda TV series, 1 episode: "George And The Hooker"
1979-1980 Cop Shop Guest roles: Sherry Raymond / Wendy Green / Gillian Croft TV series, 4 episodes
1980 Prisoner Recurring role: Kerry Vincent TV series, 12 episodes
1982 The Sullivans Guest role: Patty Spencer Sullivan TV series, 1 episode
1983 Learned Friends Regular role ABC TV series
1984 Minder Dee Rogers TV series UK, 1 episode: "If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On"
1986 C.A.T.S Eyes Guest role: Barbara Dashley TV series UK, 1 episode: "Powerline"
1988 Campaign Regular role: Sarah Copeland TV miniseries UK, 6 episodes
A Taste for Death Regular role: Inspector Kate Miskin TV miniseries UK, 6 episodes
1991 Screen One Guest role: Sheila TV series UK, 1 episode: "Ex")
Stanley and the Women Regular role: Susan Duke TV miniseries UK, 4 episodes
1992 Underbelly Recurring role: Barbara Manning TV series UK, 4 episodes
1993 Inspector Morse Guest role: Nurse Wendy Hazlitt TV series UK, 1 episode: "Deadly Slumber"
1994 Stages Guest role: Linda TV series UK, 1 episode
1995 The Governor Guest role: Christina Knatchbull TV series UK, 1 episode: "Episode #1.4"
1996 Madson Anderton TV series UK, 1 episode 6: "Episode 6"
1997 The Ice House Recurring role: Phoebe Maybury TV miniseries UK, 2 episodes
1998 A Certain Justice Guest role: Venetia Aldridge TV series, 1 episode
Crime and Punishment Katerina TV movie, US
1999 Lost for Words Aileen Longden TV movie, UK
Kavanagh QC Guest role: Mrs. Rosalind McEnery TV series UK, 1 episode: "Previous Convictions"
2001 The Cazalets Recurring role: Margot "Sid" Sidney TV series UK, 6 episodes
2003 Trust Guest role: Anita Matteo TV miniseries UK, 1 episode: "Spilt Milk"
Byron Lady Judith Milbanke TV movie, UK
2004 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Guest role: Dr. Tessa Jellicoe TV series UK, 1 episode: "If Wishes Were Horses"
Spooks Guest role: Prosecution QC TV series UK, 1 episode: "Episode #3.6") (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Recurring role: Judith Massingham TV movie, UK/US
2005 Timewatch Caecilia TV series documentary UK, 1 episode: "Murder In Rome"
Falling Hazel TV movie, UK
The Girl in the Café Ruth TV movie, UK/US
Murder in Suburbia Guest role: Zenith TV series UK, 1 episode: "Golden Oldies"
All About George Regular role: Evelyn TV series UK, 6 episodes
Trial & Retribution Guest role: Mrs Thorpe TV series UK, 1 episode: "The Lovers: Part 1"
Murder in Rome Caecilia TV movie, UK
2006 Judge John Deed Guest role: Moira Blackthorn TV series UK, 1 episode: "My Daughter, Right or Wrong"
Agatha Christie's Poirot Guest role: Frances Cloade TV series UK, 1 episode: "Taken at the Flood"
New Street Law Honor Scammell / Honor Scammel TV series UK, 14 episodes: 2006–2007
2007 The Commander: Fraudster Jane Griffith TV movie, UK
2008 New Tricks Diane King TV series UK, 1 episode: "Communal Living"
2009 Hamlet Gertrude TV movie, UK/US/Japan
2010;2014 Doctors Jessica Boyd / Maisie Padkin TV series UK, 2 episodes
2011 Waking the Dead Recurring role: Bonnie Yorke TV series UK, 2 episodes: "Solidarity"
Silk Guest role: Helen Guthrie TV series UK, 1 episode: "Episode #1.6"
The Shadow Line Guest role: Caroline Monroe TV mini-series UK, 1 episode: "Episode #1.4"
Law & Order: UK Recurring role: Rachel Mathesson TV series UK, 2 episodes
2012 Vera Guest role: Veronica TV series UK, 1 episode: "Silent Voices"
Threesome Guest role: Judge TV series UK, 1 episode: "I Don't"
2013 Ripper Street Guest role: Flora Gable TV series UK/IRELAND, 1 episode: "The King Came Calling"
Father Brown Guest role: Rev Mother Augustine TV series UK, 1 episode: "The Bride of Christ"
Silent Witness Guest role: Anne Percival TV series UK, 1 episode: "True Love Waits: Part 2"
Breathless Recurring role: Penny TV series UK, 2 episodes
2014 Suspects Guest role: Fiona Sullivan TV series UK, 1 episode: "Alone"
Siblings Guest role: Dr. Barker (as Pennie Downie) TV series UK, 1 episode: "Intern School"
Downton Abbey Recurring role: Lady Sinderby TV series UK, 4 episodes
2016 Houdini And Doyle Recurring role: Mrs. Sulzbach TV miniseries UK/CANADA, 1 episode
The Secret Agent Recurring role: Lady Blackwood TV miniseries UK, 3 episodes
2017-2021 Back Regular role: Ellen TV series UK, 12 episodes
2019 The Lovecraft Investigations Barbara Podcast series UK, 1 episode
Absentia Recurring role: Valerie Chandris TV series US/Israel, 3 episodes
2019-2020 The Crown Recurring role: Alice, Duchess of Gloucester TV series UK, 9 episodes

References

  1. ^ "Production of the Art of Success | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  2. ^ Billen, Andrew (21 August 2008). "Fit for a prince - Hamlet Production". New Statesman. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  3. ^ "BBC Two - Hamlet". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ^ Prendergast, Lara (12 September 2013). "A Storm in a Flower Vase: Constance Spry spruces up centrestage". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  5. ^ "STV programmes news and information".

External links

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