 On television , Pilate ’ s wife was played by Joan Leslie in the 1951 Family Theater episode " Hill Number One " ( also starring James Dean as John the Apostle ) , and by Geraldine Fitzgerald in the 1952 Studio One episode " Pontius Pilate " ( where Procula is depicted as half @-@ Jewish , and is brought before Pilate as a Christian rebel herself , fifteen years after Jesus ' death . ) Hope Lange played her in the 1980 made @-@ for @-@ television film The Day Christ Died . More recently , 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 . 
