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Penny Downie

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Penny Downie was born in Australia. She was determined to make it overseas and her role in Minder, with George Cole and Dennis Waterman, was her big break. She's never looked back, and is regularly seen in TV work. She was known to have a good ear and able to pick up accents, quickly. Her English accent is flawless today. See full bio »

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in Queensland, Australia
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2013 Silent Witness (TV series)
Anne Percival
– True Love Waits: Part 2 (2013) … Anne Percival
 
2013 Father Brown (TV series)
Rev Mother Augustine
– The Bride of Christ (2013) … Rev Mother Augustine
 
2013 Ripper Street (TV series)
Flora Gable
– The King Came Calling (2013) … Flora Gable
 
2012 Threesome (TV series)
Judge
– I Don't (2012) … Judge
 
2012 Vera (TV series)
Veronica
– Silent Voices (2012) … Veronica
 
2011 Law & Order: UK (TV series)
Rachel Mathesson
– Trial (2011) … Rachel Mathesson
– Crush (2011) … Rachel Mathesson
 
2011 W.E.
Dr. Vargas
 
2011 The Shadow Line (TV series)
Caroline Monroe
– Episode #1.4 (2011) … Caroline Monroe
 
2011 Silk (TV series)
Helen Guthrie
– Episode #1.6 (2011) … Helen Guthrie
 
2011 Waking the Dead (TV series)
Bonnie Yorke
– Solidarity: Part 2 (2011) … Bonnie Yorke
– Solidarity: Part 1 (2011) … Bonnie Yorke
 
2010 Doctors (TV series)
Maisie Padkin
– Close to Home (2010) … Maisie Padkin
 
2009 Hamlet (TV movie)
Gertrude
 
2009 Invictus
Mrs. Pienaar
 
2008 New Tricks (TV series)
Diane King
– Communal Living (2008) … Diane King
 
2007 The Commander: The Fraudster (TV movie)
Jane Griffith
 
2006-2007 New Street Law (TV series)
Honor Scammel / Honor Scammell
– Episode #2.6 (2007) … Honor Scammell
– Episode #2.5 (2007) … Honor Scammel
– Episode #2.4 (2007) … Honor Scammel
– Episode #2.3 (2007) … Honor Scammel
– Episode #2.2 (2007) … Honor Scammel
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2006 Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series)
Frances Cloade
– Taken at the Flood (2006) … Frances Cloade
 
2006 Judge John Deed (TV series)
Moira Blackthorn
– My Daughter, Right or Wrong (2006) … Moira Blackthorn
 
2005 Trial & Retribution (TV series)
Mrs. Thorpe
– The Lovers: Part 1 (2005) … Mrs. Thorpe
 
2005 All About George (TV series)
Evelyn
– Episode #1.6 (2005) … Evelyn
– Episode #1.5 (2005) … Evelyn
– Episode #1.4 (2005) … Evelyn
– Episode #1.3 (2005) … Evelyn
– Episode #1.2 (2005) … Evelyn
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2005 Murder in Suburbia (TV series)
Zenith
– Golden Oldies (2005) … Zenith
 
2005 The Girl in the Café (TV movie)
Ruth
 
2005 Falling (TV movie)
Hazel
 
2005 Timewatch (TV series documentary)
Caecilia
– Murder in Rome (2005) … Caecilia
 
2005 Murder in Rome (TV movie)
Caecilia
 
2004 Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (TV movie)
Judith Massingham
 
2004 MI-5 (TV series)
Prosecution QC
– Episode #3.6 (2004) … Prosecution QC (uncredited)
 
2004 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (TV series)
Dr. Tessa Jellicoe
– If Wishes Were Horses (2004) … Dr. Tessa Jellicoe
 
2003 Byron (TV movie)
Lady Judith Milbanke
 
2003 Trust (TV series)
Anita Matteo
– Episode #1.4 (2003) … Anita Matteo
 
2001 The Cazalets (TV series)
Sid
– Episode #1.6 (2001) … Sid
– Episode #1.5 (2001) … Sid
– Episode #1.4 (2001) … Sid
– Episode #1.3 (2001) … Sid
– Episode #1.2 (2001) … Sid
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2000 The House of Mirth
Judy Trenor
 
1999 Kavanagh QC (TV series)
Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
– Previous Convictions (1999) … Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
 
1999 Lost for Words (TV movie)
Aileen Longden
 
1998 Crime and Punishment (TV movie)
Katerina
 
1998 A Certain Justice (TV series)
Venetia Aldridge
 
1997 Food of Love
Mary
 
1997 The Ice House (TV movie)
Phoebe Maybury
 
1996 Madson (TV series)
Anderton
– Episode #1.6 (1996) … Anderton
 
1995 The Governor (TV series)
Christina Knatchbull
– Episode #1.4 (1995) … Christina Knatchbull
 
1994 Paradise (TV movie)
Linda
 
1993 Inspector Morse (TV series)
Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
– Deadly Slumber (1993) … Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
 
1992 Underbelly (TV series)
Barbara Manning
 
1991 Stanley and the Women (TV mini-series)
Susan Duke
 
1991 Screen One (TV series)
Sheila
– Ex (1991) … Sheila
 
1988 A Taste for Death (TV mini-series)
Inspector Kate Miskin
– Episode #1.6 (1988) … Inspector Kate Miskin
– Episode #1.5 (1988) … Inspector Kate Miskin
– Episode #1.4 (1988) … Inspector Kate Miskin
– Episode #1.3 (1988) … Inspector Kate Miskin
– Episode #1.2 (1988) … Inspector Kate Miskin
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1988 Campaign (TV mini-series)
Sarah Copeland
 
1987 Lionheart
Madelaine
 
1985 Wetherby
Chrissie
 
1984 Minder (TV series)
Dee Rogers
– If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On (1984) … Dee Rogers
 
1983 Learned Friends (TV series)
 
1982 Crosstalk
Cindy
 
1980 Prisoner (TV series)
Kerry Vincent
– Episode #1.112 (1980) … Kerry Vincent
– Episode #1.113 (1980) … Kerry Vincent
– Episode #1.114 (1980) … Kerry Vincent
– Episode #1.115 (1980) … Kerry Vincent
– Episode #1.116 (1980) … Kerry Vincent
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1979 Skyways (TV series)
Miranda
– George and the Hooker … Miranda
 
1977 The Box (TV series)
Ronnie Heatherton
– Episode #1.128 (1977) … Ronnie Heatherton
– Episode #1.335 (1977) … Ronnie Heatherton
 
1976-1977 Bellbird (TV series)
Kelly Jamison
 
1976 The Sullivans (TV series)
Patty Spencer Sullivan
 
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1999 The Hidden Jews of Berlin (documentary) (narrated by)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1986 The Story of English (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself / Titania
– A Muse of Fire (1986) … Herself (also archive footage) / Titania (also archive footage)
 
1986 Refuse to Dance: The Theatre of Howard Barker (TV documentary)
Herself
 

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(1996) She acted in Oscar Wilde's play, "An Ideal Husband", in a Peter Hall Company production at the Royal Theatre Haymarket in London, England with Martin Shaw, Anna Carteret, David Yelland, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Victoria Hasted, Peter Gordon and Kate Gielgud in the cast. See more »

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