---
name: "Leila Hoffman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leila-hoffman"
fi1m_id: "leila-hoffman"
imdb_id: "nm0389001"
tmdb_id: 430776
wikidata_id: "Q6519878"
roles: []
born: "11 June 1934"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T18:49:45.196772+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Leila Hoffman

## Identity

Leila Hoffman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leila-hoffman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leila-hoffman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0389001
- **TMDB ID:** 430776
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6519878
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_Hoffman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6519878, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0389001/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/430776

Actor. Born 11 June 1934 in Hackney, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 11 June 1934, Hackney, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1990–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 68 (1), 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Fantasy 2, Adventure 1, Family 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,045m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_Hoffman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6519878, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0389001/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/430776

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Flowers*](https://film.one/tv/flowers.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Leila Hoffman (née Rothstein) is an English actress, comedian and writer. She was born on 11 June 1934 in Hackney, London.

She is known for her role as Dot Treacher in the BBC Three sitcom *How Not to Live Your Life* (2008–2011). Other television credits include Mrs Rossiter in *Doctor Who* (2011), Olive Mollinson in *Bad Education* (2012–2024), and Nana/Isadora in *Flowers* (2016–2018). Film appearances include Lady 2 in *The Witches* (1990) and an uncredited role in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001).

Hoffman has been married to Alfred Hoffman since 1960.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3)

- *I Hate Suzie* (2020), Fi1m 82, as Grinny — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-hate-suzie.md)
- *Flowers* (2016), Fi1m 78, as Isadora / Nana — [page](https://film.one/tv/flowers.md)
- *The Witches* (1990), Fi1m 82, as Lady #2 — [page](https://film.one/film/the-witches.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001), Fi1m 68, as Augusta Longbottom (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ann Droid* (2026), series, as Lady in Advert
- *Bad Tidings* (2024), as Evelyn
- *A Kind of Kidnapping* (2023), as Doris
- *Beyond Paradise* (2023), series, as Maud Bernberg
- *Red Riding Hood: After Ever After* (2022), as Innkeeper
- *Gangsta Granny Strikes Again* (2022), as Alice
- *I Hate Suzie* (2020), series, as Grinny — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-hate-suzie.md)
- *Bumps* (2020), as Nancy
- *The Midnight Gang* (2018), as Nelly
- *Born Silly* (2017), as Various
- *Prevenge* (2017), as Dan's Mum
- *Speechless* (2016), series, as Prudence
- *Flowers* (2016), series, as Nana, Isadora, Isadora / Nana — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/flowers.md)
- *Walter* (2014), as Old Lady
- *It's Kevin* (2013), series, as Various
- *Bad Education* (2012), series, as Olive Mollinson
- *EastEnders: Last Tango in Walford* (2010), as Mrs Lambert
- *How Not to Live Your Life* (2008), series, as Mrs. Treacher
- *Skins* (2007), series, as Granny — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Not Going Out* (2006), series, as Old Lady
- *Magnolia* (2006), as Mad Alice
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Mrs Rossiter — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Doctors and Nurses* (2004), series, as Gladys
- *15 Storeys High* (2002), series, Actor
- *The Tea Party* (2002), as Hilda
- *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001), as Augusta Longbottom (uncredited) — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone.md)
- *Roger Roger* (1996), as Lady
- *Tracey Ullman: A Class Act* (1993), Actor
- *Shoot the Revolution* (1990), as Woman at TV Station
- *The Witches* (1990), as Lady #2 — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-witches.md)
- *Edvard* (1988), as Maid
- *The Fools on the Hill* (1986), as Ellen Townsend
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Freda — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

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