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Penelope Keith

Actress / Film Actress / Stage Actress | * 04/02/1940 (83) | Sutton, Surrey, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith, (née Hatfield; born 2 April 1940) is an English actress and presenter, active in film, radio, stage and television and primarily known for her roles in the British sitcoms The Good Life and To the Manor Born. She succeeded Lord Olivier as president of the Actors' Benevolent Fund after his death in 1989, and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the arts and to charity. Keith joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963, and went on to win the 1976 Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the play Donkeys' Years. She became a household name in the UK playing Margo Leadbetter in the sitcom The Good Life (1975–78), winning the 1977 BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance. In 1978, Keith won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for The Norman Conquests. She then starred as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in the sitcom To the Manor Born ()
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Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith, DBE, DL is an English actress and presenter, active in all genres, including radio, stage, television and film and primarily known for her roles in the British sitcoms The Good Life and To the Manor Born.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | TV Movies

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Awards & Nominations for Penelope Keith

Laurence Olivier Awards Dame Commander of The Order of The British Empire
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Movies with Penelope Keith as Actress(15)

as Margery Heywood2003 Margery and Gladys
as Madame Bonbec (voice)1992 Beauty and the Beast
as Madam Dim Sum (voice)1992 Aladdin
as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown1982 Spider's Web
as Maria1982 On Approval
as Dorothy Brett1981 Priest of Love
as Lady Driver1980 Donkeys' Years
as Massage Receptionist1978 The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Amanda Prynne1976 Private Lives
as Rennie1974 Ghost Story
as Miss. Hartridge1974 Penny Gold
as Reporter1972 Rentadick
as Tory Lady1970 Take a Girl Like You
as Lotte von Gelbstein1970 Every Home Should Have One

TV Shows/Series with Penelope Keith as Actress(18)

as Herself - Presenter2017 Penelope Keith's Coastal Villages
as Self - Presenter2011 The Manor Reborn
2003 Boohbah
1985 Moving
as herself1982 Wogan
as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton1979 To the Manor Born
as Margo Leadbetter1975 Good Neighbors
as Mrs. Philips1975 Two's Company
as Nanny Brown (credit only)1961 The Avengers
as Audrey Long1961 The Avengers

TV Shows/Series with Penelope Keith as Crew(1)


Full Name: Penelope Keith
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Tuesday, 04/02 1940 (April) in Sutton, Surrey, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 83 years + 361 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Penelope Keith frequently works together with these people:
Peter J. Elliott (4x, Actor)
Peter Bowles (4x, Actor)
Garfield Morgan (4x, Actor)
Gerald Sim (4x, Actor)
Jeremy Burnham (4x, Actor)
Richard Briers (3x, Actor)
Dudley Moore (3x, Actor)
Paul Levinson (3x, Cast)
Stephen Weeks (3x, Crew)
John Wells (3x, Actor)
Peter Young (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:347419, Added: 08/14/2018, Last updated: 03/12/2024