 In films , Pilate 's wife was called " <unk> " in the Cecil B. DeMille epic The King of Kings ( 1927 ) ; Majel Coleman played the role . She had a major part in Julien Duvivier 's Golgotha ( 1935 ) , played by Edwige <unk> . She is mentioned briefly in Pilate 's hand @-@ washing scene in The Robe ( 1953 ) ( " Even my wife had an opinion " ) . Other notable cinematic references include Barbara Billingsley in the Day of Triumph ( 1954 ) , <unk> <unk> in the King of Kings ( 1961 ) ( where she is identified as the daughter of the Emperor Tiberius ) , Jeanne Crain in the Italian film <unk> Pilato ( 1962 ) , and Angela Lansbury in the epic The Greatest Story Ever Told ( 1965 ) . She is also depicted in the film The Inquiry ( 1986 ) , where she is played by Phyllis Margaret Logan , as well as in the remake of The Inquiry ( 2006 ) , played by Anna <unk> . 
