Patricia Hodge

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location = Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
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Patricia Ann Hodge (born on 29 September, 1946 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) is an English actress.

Biography

Early life

The daughter of the "Royal Hotel" owner/manager Eric and his wife Marion (nee Phillips), [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/27/Patricia-Hodge.html Bio at filmreference.com] ] Hodge attended Wintringham Girls' Grammar School on "Weelsby Avenue" in Grimsby and then St. Helen's School, Northwood, Middlesex; before attending Maria Grey College (became West London Institute of Higher Education in 1976 then the Twickenham campus of Brunel University from 1995-2005), Twickenham to train as a teacher. She undertook teaching drama in a primary school for a year, whilst also applying to London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, [ [http://www.lamda.org.uk/development/events/past.htm LAMDA past] ] . She started at LAMDA when she was 22, being awarded on graduation the Eveline Evans Award for Best Actress. [http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/display?contentId=93838 The Big Interview: Patricia Hodge] London Theatre Guide - 2 May 2007]

After graduation, she concentrated on theatre work and 18 months later worked with Bob Fosse on "Pippin." However, she found when applying for television work she had become classed as a theatre actress. Having made the break through in the role of Phyllida (Trant) Erskine-Brown in Rumpole Of The Bailey, she found when trying to make he occasional return to theatre work that she had been classed as a television actress. Finding the need to have a flexible career to care for her young children, Hodge made the decision to focus her career on the theatre, and hence is mainly seen on television in focus parts and singular roles in between chosen different theatre roles.

Acting

She has appeared in roles as diverse as "The Naked Civil Servant" opposite John Hurt, as Margaret Thatcher in "The Falklands Play," and in 2007 as Betty, the wife of tycoon Robert Maxwell, in the BBC TV drama "Maxwell" opposite David Suchet. [cite news| last =Dessau | first =B| coauthors =| title =A taste of plummy| work =Theatre| pages =| language =| publisher =The Times| date =2007-09-29| url =http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article2528989.ece| accessdate =2007-10-03] . She achieved fame at the age of 36 in the 1983 film, "Betrayal" (based on Harold Pinter's play "Betrayal", where her part was based on Joan Bakewell).

She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2000 for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the production of "Money" at the Royal National Theatre. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/648163.stm O'Toole honoured at Oliviers] BBC News - 18 February, 2000] Hodge is an Honorary Graduate (DLitt) of Brunel University and one of the founder members of the Brunel Club. [ [http://www.brunel.ac.uk/news/universitynews/2004/cdata/SouthbankSinfoniaandPatriciaHodge Southbank Sinfonia and Patricia Hodge] Brunel University - 2004] . She is joint President of Grimsby's [http://www.caxtontheatre.com Caxton Theatre] .

Personal life

Hodge married music publisher Peter Douglas Owen on 31 July, 1976 in Tonbridge. The couple have two children: Alexander Richard Charles (born March 1989); and Edward Frederick James (born January 1992).

Television roles

*1975 "The Girls of Slender Means"
*1975 "The Naked Civil Servant"
*1978-90 "Rumpole of the Bailey"
*1978 "Edward and Mrs Simpson"
*1979-82 "Holding the Fort"
*1979-80, 1981 "The Other 'Arf"
*1980 "Nanny"
*1981 ""
*1983 "Jemima Shore Investigates"
*1984 "Hay Fever"
*1985 "The Death of the Heart"
*1986 "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil"
*1986 "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" "The Second Stain"
*1986 "Hotel du Lac"
*1988 "Heat of the Day"
*1989 "The Shell Seekers"
*1989 ""
*1991 "Rich Tea and Sympathy"
*1992 "The Cloning of Joanna May"
*2002 "The Falklands Play" as Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher
*2006 ""
*2007 "Hustle"
*2007 "Maxwell"

Films

*"The Disappearance", 1978
*"Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse", 1978
*"The Waterloo Bridge Handicap", 1979
*"The Elephant Man", 1980
*"Heavy Metal", 1981
*"Riding High", 1981
*"Betrayal", 1983
*"Behind Enemy Lines", 1985
*"Dust to Dust", 1985
*"Skin", 1986
*"92 Grosvenor Street", 1987
*"Sunset", 1987
*"Falcon's Maltester", 1987
*"Thieves in the Night", 1988
*"Just Ask for Diamond", 1988

tage

*"No-One Was Saved", 1971
*"Rookery Nook", 1972
*"Popkiss", 1972
*"Two Gentlemen of Verona", 1973
*"Pippin", 1973
*"Hair", 1974
*"The Beggar's Opera", 1975
*"Pal Joey", 1976
*"Look Back in Anger", 1976
*"Then and Now", 1979
*"The Mitford Girls", 1981
*"As You Like It", 1983
*"Benefactors", 1984
*"Lady in the Dark", 1988
*"Noël and Gertie", 1989-90
*"Shades", 1992
*"Separate Tables", 1993
*"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", 1994
*"A Little Night Music", 1995
*"Money", 1999
*"Dream Me a Winter", 2006 (part of the Old Vic's '24 Hour Plays')
*"Boeing Boeing", 2007
*"The Country Wife", 2007-08
*"Calendar Girls", 2008

References

External links

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* [http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/H/htmlH/hodgepatric/hodgepatric.htm Museum of Broadcast Communications]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/patricia_hodge.shtml BBC Drama]