Patricia Ann Hodge, OBE (born 29 September 1946) is an English actress. She is best known on-screen for playing Phyllida Erskine-Brown in Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992), the title role in Jemima Shore Investigates (1983), Penny in Miranda (2009–2015) and Mrs Pumphrey in All Creatures Great and Small (2021–present)