Editing Penelope Wilton (section)

==Early life and background==
Wilton was born in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], the second of three daughters of [[Cliff Wilton]], a [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]-educated businessman and barrister who had played [[rugby union]] on the amateur and provincial level, going on to be an administrator in the sport, and Alice Linda Travers, a tap dancer and former actress.<Ref> Leviathan, the Business Who's who- A Biographical Dictionary of Chairmen, Chief Executives and Managing Directors of British-registered Companies, ed. Ruth Dinning, Leviathan House, 1972, p. 398</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Powell |first=Lucy |date=9 June 2008 |title=Penelope Wilton, the winner of discontent |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/penelope-wilton-the-winner-of-discontent-pxdpk97ftfh |work=[[The Times]] |location=London, UK |access-date=30 November 2018 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Billen |first=Andrew |date=26 April 2000 |title=Time for Penelope to soar |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/theatre/time-for-penelope-to-soar-6311750.html |work=Evening Standard |location=London, UK |access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref><ref name=csmfms>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.arts.ac.uk/csm/2015/04/14/acting-alumni-win-big-at-olivier-awards|title=Acting Alumni Win Big at Olivier Awards|publisher=Csm.arts.ac.uk|access-date=12 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite ODNB |id=69552 |title=Massey, Daniel Raymond |first=Michael |last=Billington |date=8 January 2015}}</ref> 

She is a niece of actors [[Bill Travers]] and [[Linden Travers]]. Her cousins include actors [[Angela Morant|Angela]] and [[Richard Morant]].<ref>[https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-143345415 "What's On: Wicked role for Penelope means it's Women Beware Wilton; Theatre (Features)"]{{dl|date=July 2021}}''Coventry Evening Telegraph'' (England)</ref> Her maternal grandparents owned theatres.<ref name=csmfms/>

She attended the [[Drama Centre London]] from 1965 to 1968.<ref name=csm>[http://blogs.arts.ac.uk/csm/2009/03/22/drama-centre-watch-this-face Drama Centre: watch this face] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302175803/http://blogs.arts.ac.uk/csm/2009/03/22/drama-centre-watch-this-face/ |date=2 March 2014 }}, blogs.arts.ac.uk, 22 March 2009; accessed 14 June 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Wheatleys of Houghton-le-Spring: The sweet success of a family|url=http://www.houghtonlespring.org.uk/articles/wheatley_confectioners_linden_travers.pdf|publisher=[[Houghton-le-Spring]] Heritage Society}}</ref>