Jump to content

Penny Downie: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
→‎Filmography: make table sortable
Line 32: Line 32:
==Filmography==
==Filmography==


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
! Year
! Year
Line 40: Line 40:
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1976
| rowspan="2"| 1976
| [[Bellbird_(TV_series)|''Bellbird'']]
| ''[[Bellbird (TV series)|Bellbird]]''
| Kelly Jamison
| Kelly Jamison
| TV series (unknown episodes: 1976-1977)
| TV series (unknown episodes: 1976-1977)
|-
|-
| ''[[The Sullivans]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Sullivans}}''
| Patty Spencer Sullivan
| Patty Spencer Sullivan
| TV series (unknown episodes)
| TV series (unknown episodes)
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1977
| rowspan="1"| 1977
| ''{{sortname|The|Box|The Box (TV series)}}''
| [[The_Box_(TV_series)|''The Box'']]
| Ronnie Heatherton
| Ronnie Heatherton
| TV series (2 episodes)
| TV series (2 episodes)
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1979
| rowspan="1"| 1979
| [[Skyways_(TV_series)|''Skyways'']]
| ''[[Skyways (TV series)|Skyways]]''
| Miranda
| Miranda
| TV series (1 episode: "George and the Hooker")
| TV series (1 episode: "George and the Hooker")
Line 64: Line 64:
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1982
| rowspan="1"| 1982
| [[Crosstalk_(film)|''Crosstalk'']]
| ''[[Crosstalk (film)|Crosstalk]]''
| Cindy
| Cindy
|
|
Line 74: Line 74:
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1984
| rowspan="1"| 1984
| [[Minder_(TV_series)|''Minder'']]
| ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''
| Dee Rogers
| Dee Rogers
| TV series (1 episode: "If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On")
| TV series (1 episode: "If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On")
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1985
| rowspan="1"| 1985
| [[Wetherby_(film)|''Wetherby'']]
| ''[[Wetherby (film)|Wetherby]]''
| Chrissie
| Chrissie
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1986
| rowspan="1"| 1986
| [[C.A.T.S._Eyes|''C.A.T.S Eyes'']]
| ''[[C.A.T.S. Eyes|C.A.T.S Eyes]]''
| Barbara Dashley
| Barbara Dashley
| TV series (1 episode: "Powerline")
| TV series (1 episode: "Powerline")
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1987
| rowspan="1"| 1987
| [[Lionheart_(1987_film)|''Lionheart'']]
| ''[[Lionheart (1987 film)|Lionheart]]''
| Madelaine
| Madelaine
|
|
Line 98: Line 98:
| TV mini-series (6 episodes)
| TV mini-series (6 episodes)
|-
|-
| ''{{sortname|A|Taste for Death|A Taste for Death (P. D. James novel)}}''
| [[A_Taste_for_Death_(P._D._James_novel)|''A Taste for Death'']]
| Inspector Kate Miskin
| Inspector Kate Miskin
| TV mini-series (6 episodes)
| TV mini-series (6 episodes)
Line 127: Line 127:
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1995
| rowspan="1"| 1995
| ''The Governor''
| ''{{sortname|The|Governor|nolink=1}}''
| Christina Knatchbull
| Christina Knatchbull
| TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.4")
| TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.4")
Line 137: Line 137:
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1997
| rowspan="2"| 1997
| [[The_Ice_House_(novel)|''The Ice House'']]
| ''{{sortname|The|Ice House|The Ice House (novel)}}''
| Phoebe Maybury
| Phoebe Maybury
| TV movie
| TV movie
|-
|-
| [[Food_of_Love_(1997_film)|''Food of Love'']]
| ''[[Food of Love (1997 film)|Food of Love]]''
| Mary
| Mary
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1998
| rowspan="2"| 1998
| ''[[A Certain Justice]]''
| ''{{sortname|A|Certain Justice}}''
| Venetia Aldridge
| Venetia Aldridge
| TV series (unknown episodes)
| TV series (unknown episodes)
|-
|-
| [[Crime_and_Punishment_(1998_film)|''Crime and Punishment'']]
| ''[[Crime and Punishment (1998 film)|Crime and Punishment]]''
| Katerina
| Katerina
| TV movie
| TV movie
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1999
| rowspan="2"| 1999
| [[Lost_for_Words_(1999_film)|''Lost for Words'']]
| ''[[Lost for Words (1999 film)|Lost for Words]]''
| Aileen Longden
| Aileen Longden
| TV movie
| TV movie
Line 164: Line 164:
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2000
| rowspan="1"| 2000
| [[The_House_of_Mirth_(2000_film)|''The House of Mirth'']]
| ''{{sortname|The|House of Mirth|The House of Mirth (2000 film)}}''
| Judy Trenor
| Judy Trenor
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2001
| rowspan="1"| 2001
| ''[[The Cazalets]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Cazalets}}''
| Margot "Sid" Sidney
| Margot "Sid" Sidney
| TV series (6 episodes)
| TV series (6 episodes)
Line 178: Line 178:
| TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.4")
| TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.4")
|-
|-
| [[Byron_(film)|''Byron'']]
| ''[[Byron (film)|Byron]]''
| Lady Judith Milbanke
| Lady Judith Milbanke
| TV movie
| TV movie
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2004
| rowspan="3"| 2004
| ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Inspector Lynley Mysteries}}''
| Dr. Tessa Jellicoe
| Dr. Tessa Jellicoe
| TV series (1 episode: "[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries#If Wishes Were Horses|If Wishes Were Horses]]")
| TV series (1 episode: "[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries#If Wishes Were Horses|If Wishes Were Horses]]")
Line 204: Line 204:
| TV movie
| TV movie
|-
|-
| ''[[The Girl in the Café]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Girl in the Café}}''
| Ruth
| Ruth
| TV movie
| TV movie
Line 238: Line 238:
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2007
| rowspan="1"| 2007
| [[The_Commander_(TV_series)|''The Commander: Fraudster'']]
| ''{{sortname|The|Commander: Fraudster|The Commander (TV series)}}''
| Jane Griffith
| Jane Griffith
| TV movie
| TV movie
Line 253: Line 253:
|-
|-
| ''[[Hamlet (2009 film)|Hamlet]]''
| ''[[Hamlet (2009 film)|Hamlet]]''
| [[Gertrude_(Hamlet)|Gertrude]]
| [[Gertrude (Hamlet)|Gertrude]]
| TV movie
| TV movie
|-
|-
Line 270: Line 270:
| TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.6")
| TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.6")
|-
|-
| ''[[The Shadow Line (TV series)|The Shadow Line]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Shadow Line|The Shadow Line (TV series)}}''
| Caroline Monroe
| Caroline Monroe
| TV mini-series (1 episode: "Episode #1.4")
| TV mini-series (1 episode: "Episode #1.4")
Line 304: Line 304:
| TV series (1 episode: "[[List of Silent Witness episodes#ep138|True Love Waits: Part 2]]")
| TV series (1 episode: "[[List of Silent Witness episodes#ep138|True Love Waits: Part 2]]")
|-
|-
| [[Girl_on_a_Bicycle_(film)|''Girl on a Bicycle'']]
| ''[[Girl on a Bicycle (film)|Girl on a Bicycle]]''
| Margaret
| Margaret
|
|
Line 313: Line 313:
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2014
| rowspan="3"| 2014
| [[Suspects_(TV_series)|''Suspects'']]
| ''[[Suspects (TV series)|Suspects]]''
| Fiona Sullivan
| Fiona Sullivan
| TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.1")
| TV series (1 episode: "[[Suspects (TV series)#ep1|Alone]]")
|-
|-
| [[Siblings_(TV_series)|''Siblings'']]
| ''[[Siblings (TV series)|Siblings]]''
| Dr. Barker
| Dr. Barker
| TV series (1 episode: "Intern School")
| TV series (1 episode: "[[Siblings (TV series)#ep3|Intern School]]")
|-
|-
| ''[[Downton Abbey]]''
| ''[[Downton Abbey]]''
Line 330: Line 330:
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[The Secret Agent (2016 TV series)|The Secret Agent]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Secret Agent|The Secret Agent (2016 TV series)}}''
| Lady Blackwood
| Lady Blackwood
| TV series (3 episodes)
| TV series (3 episodes)
|-
|-
| [[Jackie_(2016_film)|''Jackie'']]
| ''[[Jackie (2016 film)|Jackie]]''
| [[Janet_Lee_Bouvier|Janet Lee]]
| [[Janet Lee Bouvier|Janet Lee]]
|
|
|-
|-
Line 344: Line 344:
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2019
| rowspan="2"| 2019
| [[Absentia_(TV_series)|''Absentia'']]
| ''[[Absentia (TV series)|Absentia]]''
| Valerie Chandris
| Valerie Chandris
| TV series (3 episodes)
| TV series (3 episodes)
|-
|-
| ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]''
| ''{{sortname|The|Crown|The Crown (TV series)}}''
| [[Alice, Duchess of Gloucester]]
| [[Alice, Duchess of Gloucester]]
| TV series
| TV series
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2020
| rowspan="1"| 2020
| ''The Jester from Tranyslvania''
| ''{{sortname|The|Jester from Tranyslvania|nolink=1}}''
| Mrs. Pennington
| Mrs. Pennington
| ''post-production''
| ''post-production''

Revision as of 13:44, 19 June 2020

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

Penny Downie (born 1954) is an Australian actress, noted for her appearances on British television.

Professional career

She began her career in Australia, initially in Brisbane at Twelfth Night Theatre and Brisbane Arts Theatre. Downie was a student of noted 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 during the early 1980s. In 1984 when 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, 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 alongside Antony Sher, 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

Year Film Role Notes
1976 Bellbird Kelly Jamison TV series (unknown episodes: 1976-1977)
The Sullivans Patty Spencer Sullivan TV series (unknown episodes)
1977 The Box Ronnie Heatherton TV series (2 episodes)
1979 Skyways Miranda TV series (1 episode: "George and the Hooker")
1980 Prisoner Kerry Vincent TV series (12 episodes)
1982 Crosstalk Cindy
1983 Learned Friends TV series (unknown episodes)
1984 Minder Dee Rogers TV series (1 episode: "If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On")
1985 Wetherby Chrissie
1986 C.A.T.S Eyes Barbara Dashley TV series (1 episode: "Powerline")
1987 Lionheart Madelaine
1988 Campaign Sarah Copeland TV mini-series (6 episodes)
A Taste for Death Inspector Kate Miskin TV mini-series (6 episodes)
1991 Screen One Sheila TV series (1 episode: "Ex")
Stanley and the Women Susan Duke TV mini-series
1992 Underbelly Barbara Manning TV series (4 episodes)
1993 Inspector Morse Nurse Wendy Hazlitt TV series (1 episode: "Deadly Slumber")
1994 Paradise Linda TV movie
1995 The Governor Christina Knatchbull TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.4")
1996 Madson Anderton TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.6")
1997 The Ice House Phoebe Maybury TV movie
Food of Love Mary
1998 A Certain Justice Venetia Aldridge TV series (unknown episodes)
Crime and Punishment Katerina TV movie
1999 Lost for Words Aileen Longden TV movie
Kavanagh QC Mrs. Rosalind McEnery TV series (1 episode: "Previous Convictions")
2000 The House of Mirth Judy Trenor
2001 The Cazalets Margot "Sid" Sidney TV series (6 episodes)
2003 Trust Anita Matteo TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.4")
Byron Lady Judith Milbanke TV movie
2004 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Dr. Tessa Jellicoe TV series (1 episode: "If Wishes Were Horses")
Spooks Prosecution QC TV series (1 episode: "Episode #3.6") (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Judith Massingham TV movie
2005 Timewatch Caecilia TV series documentary (1 episode: "Murder in Rome")
Falling Hazel TV movie
The Girl in the Café Ruth TV movie
Murder in Suburbia Zenith TV series (1 episode: "Golden Oldies")
All About George Evelyn TV series (6 episodes)
Trial & Retribution Mrs Thorpe TV series (1 episode: "The Lovers: Part 1")
Murder in Rome Caecilia TV movie
2006 Judge John Deed Moira Blackthorn TV series (1 episode: "My Daughter, Right or Wrong")
Agatha Christie's Poirot Frances Cloade TV series (1 episode: "Taken at the Flood")
New Street Law Honor Scammell TV series (14 episodes: 2006-2007)
2007 The Commander: Fraudster Jane Griffith TV movie
2008 New Tricks Diane King TV series (1 episode: "Communal Living")
2009 Invictus Mrs Pienaar
Hamlet Gertrude TV movie
2010 Doctors Jessica Boyd/Maisie Padkin TV series (2 episodes: 2010-2014)
2011 Waking the Dead Bonnie Yorke TV series (2 episodes: "Solidarity")
Silk Helen Guthrie TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.6")
The Shadow Line Caroline Monroe TV mini-series (1 episode: "Episode #1.4")
W.E. Dr. Vargas
Law & Order: UK Rachel Mathesson TV series (2 episodes)
2012 Vera Veronica TV series (1 episode: "Silent Voices")
Threesome Judge TV series (1 episode: "I Don't")
2013 Ripper Street Flora Gable TV series (1 episode: "The King Came Calling")
Father Brown Rev Mother Augustine TV series (1 episode: "The Bride of Christ")
Silent Witness Anne Percival TV series (1 episode: "True Love Waits: Part 2")
Girl on a Bicycle Margaret
Breathless Penny TV series (2 episodes)
2014 Suspects Fiona Sullivan TV series (1 episode: "Alone")
Siblings Dr. Barker TV series (1 episode: "Intern School")
Downton Abbey Lady Sinderby TV series (4 episodes)
2016 London Has Fallen Home Secretary Rose Kenter
The Secret Agent Lady Blackwood TV series (3 episodes)
Jackie Janet Lee
2017 Back Ellen TV series (6 episodes)
2019 Absentia Valerie Chandris TV series (3 episodes)
The Crown Alice, Duchess of Gloucester TV series
2020 The Jester from Tranyslvania Mrs. Pennington post-production

References

  1. ^ http://theatricalia.com/play/m1/the-art-of-success/production/24d 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. ^ http://shows.stv.tv/downton-abbey/latest/288369-james-faulkner-penny-downie-and-catherine-steadman-for-downton-abbey/

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penny_Downie&oldid=963377018"