stage in 1963. John Cleese played her in Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979). Hope Lange played Pontius Pilate's wife in the 1980 made-for-television film The Day Christ Died. The character is also depicted in the film The Inquiry (1986) in which she is played by Phyllis Logan, as well as in that film's 2006 remake, played by Anna Kanakis. In The Passion of the Christ (2004), she is known as Claudia Procles (and played by Claudia Gerini). In this film, Claudia succeeds in convincing Pilate not to pass judgment personally condemning Jesus, but fails in her effort to lobby him to directly save Jesus, and consoles Jesus' mother Mary and Mary Magdalene as she hands them towels to clean up the blood from his scourging. Pilate's wife is featured in the 2008 TV serial The Passion, played by Esther Hall, and in the 2013 miniseries The Bible, portrayed by Louise Delamere. Delamere reprised her role in 2014's Son of God. Joanne Whalley portrayed Pilate's wife in the 2015 series A.D. The Bible Continues. Notes References Cited works Sticca, Sandro (1970). The Latin Passion Play: Its Origins and Development. SUNY Press. External links Christian folklore People in the canonical gospels Saints from the Holy Land 1st-century Romans 1st-century Roman women 1st-century Christian female saints Christian saints from the New Testament Gospel of Matthew Women in the New Testament Claudii Biblical dreams and visions Pontius Pilate Unnamed people of the Bible