Pride & Prejudice (2005) FAN Blog

Celebrating a birthday today ( June 3rd ) is Olivier Award winner and Downton Abbey 's Dame Penelope Wilton ( co-stars as Isobel Crawley ), best known to us P&P movie fans as Mrs. Gardiner , Elizabeth Bennet 's favorite aunt in the Pride & Prejudice (2005) film . She also played Tom Hollander 's mother in Wives and Daughters mini-series and co-starred with Rosamund Pike in W&D too as well as with her good friend Judi Dench in Iris and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films. Plus, she co-starred with Matthew Macfadyen in Netflix’s Operation Mincemeat . Miss Wilton turns  80 years young today! Happy Birthday Penelope Wilton! Born:    Penelope Alice Wilton June 3 , 1946 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Celebrating a birthday today ( June 3rd ) is  Olivier Award winner  and  Downton Abbey 's Dame   Penelope Wilton   ( co-stars as   Isobel Crawley ), best known to us  P&P movie fans  as  Mrs. Gardiner ,  Elizabeth Bennet 's favorite  aunt  in the   Pride & Prejudice  (2005) film . She also played  Tom Hollander 's mother in  Wives and Daughters  mini-series and co-starred with  Rosamund Pike  in  W&D  too as well as with her good friend  Judi Dench  in  Iris  and  The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel  films. Plus, she co-starred with  Matthew Macfadyen  in Netflix’s  Operation Mincemeat .  Miss Wilton  turns  79 years  young today! Happy Birthday Penelope Wilton! Born:    Penelope Alice Wilton June 3 ,  1946  in  Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England...

Celebrating a birthday today ( June 3rd ) is  Olivier Award winner  and  Downton Abbey 's  Penelope Wilton   ( co-stars as   Isobel Crawley ), best known to us  P&P movie fans  as  Mrs. Gardiner ,  Elizabeth Bennet 's favorite  aunt  in the   Pride & Prejudice  (2005) film . She also played  Tom Hollander 's mother in  Wives and Daughters  mini-series and co-starred with  Rosamund Pike  in  W&D  too as well as with her good friend  Judi Dench  in  Iris  and  The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel  films. Plus, she co-starred with Matthew Macfadyen in Netflix’s Operation Mincemeat .  Miss Wilton  turns  78 years  young today! Happy Birthday Penelope Wilton! Born:    Penelope Alice Wilton June 3 ,  1946  in  Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Celebrating a birthday today ( June 3rd ) is  Olivier Award winner  and  Downton Abbey 's  Penelope Wilton   ( co-stars as   Isobel Crawley ), best known to us  P&P movie fans  as  Mrs. Gardiner ,  Elizabeth Bennet 's favorite  aunt  in the   Pride & Prejudice  (2005) film . She also played  Tom Hollander 's mother in  Wives and Daughters  mini-series and co-starred with  Rosamund Pike  in  W&D  too as well as with her good friend  Judi Dench  in  Iris  and  The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel  films.  Miss Wilton  turns  77 years  young today! Happy Birthday Penelope Wilton! Born:    Penelope Alice Wilton June 3 ,  1946  in  Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Celebrating a birthday today ( June 3rd ) is  Olivier Award winner  and  Downton Abbey 's  Penelope Wilton   ( co-stars as   Isobel Crawley ), best known to us  P&P movie fans  as  Mrs. Gardiner ,  Elizabeth Bennet 's favorite  aunt  in the   Pride & Prejudice  (2005) film . She also played  Tom Hollander 's mother in  Wives and Daughters  mini-series and co-starred with  Rosamund Pike  in  W&D  too as well as with her good friend  Judi Dench  in  Iris  and  The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel  films.  Miss Wilton  turns  75 years  young today! Happy Birthday Penelope Wilton! Born:    Penelope Alice Wilton June 3 ,  1946  in  Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

It's been a while, like 10 months ago, since I last posted here about a  P&P reference or P&P/Darcy/Elizabeth mentioned   in P&P inspired  books or other non- P&P   books , in  movies , TV shows ,  magazines ,  reviews , or  celebrities  mentioning  Pride and Prejudice   / Jane Austen . I thought I'd update and post here a more recent P&P References , from the most popular  Jane Austen novel , the 1995   mini-series ,  P&P (2005) movie  or any of the  P&P characters  (ie.  Elizabeth & Darcy ) that were  referenced a lot in books, magazines, movies, TV shows, reviews, etc... Here's a new one to add here of the many references I've compiled here to share with you all, which I've actually first posted  here . If you have anything new to share that I haven't posted here. Feel free  to comment and post here as well. I'd love to add them here or c...

Celebrating a birthday today ( June 3rd ) is the recent Olivier Award winner and Downton Abbey 's Penelope Wilton   ( co-stars as   Isobel Crawley ), best known to us P&P movie fans as Mrs. Gardiner , Elizabeth Bennet 's favorite aunt in the Pride & Prejudice (2005) film . She also played Tom Hollander 's mother in Wives and Daughters mini-series and co-starred with Rosamund Pike in W&D too as well as with her good friend Judi Dench in Iris and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films. Miss Wilton turns 69 years young today! Happy Birthday Penelope Wilton! Born:   Penelope Alice Wilton June 3 ,  1946  in  Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

On this day, 10 years ago ( July 14th, 2004 ), more cast for  Joe Wright 's first feature film, Pride & Prejudice (2005) has been announced including the vets Brenda Blethyn as Mrs. Bennet , Donald Sutherland as Mr. Bennet , Judi Dench as Lady Catherine de Bourgh , and Penelope Wilton as Mrs. Gardiner . Read Joe Wright On Casting P&P '05 Actors . Also,  Tom Hollander as Mr. Collins and Simon Woods as Mr. Bingley were mentioned in the casting news announcement in the same day. No mention of the rest of the cast (ie. Carey Mulligan ,  Talulah Riley ,  Rupert Friend , Kelly Reilly , Tamzin Merchant , and Claudie Blakley ). But here are a list  The P&P 2005 Official Cast: 

Celebrating a birthday today ( June 3rd ) is  Downton Abbey 's Penelope Wilton   ( co-stars as   Isobel Crawley ), best known to us P&P movie fans as Mrs. Gardiner , Elizabeth Bennet 's favorite aunt in the Pride & Prejudice (2005) film . She also played Tom Hollander 's mother in Wives and Daughters mini-series and co-starred with Judi Dench in Iris and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films. She's currently seen as Lady Mary Murray (auntie to both Dido Belle and Elizabeth Murray) in Belle movie, now showing in U.S. theaters nationwide! Happy Birthday Penelope Wilton! Born:   Penelope Alice Wilton June 3 ,  1946  in  Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Celebrating a birthday today is  Downton Abbey 's Penelope Wilton   ( co-stars as   Isobel Crawley ), best known to us P&P fans as Mrs. Gardiner , Elizabeth Bennet 's favorite aunt in the Pride & Prejudice (2005) film . She also played Tom Hollander 's mother in Wives and Daughters mini-series and co-starred with Judi Dench in Iris and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films. Happy Birthday Penelope Wilton! Born:   Penelope Alice Wilton June 3 ,  1946  in  Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK