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Penelope Keith

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Penelope Keith in The Good Life (1975)
Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages: Season 1
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Early in her career she worked in repertory in Manchester and while there obtained occasional television roles. When offered scripts she can usually tell within 5 pages if it is suitable for her. When it came to 'To the Manor Born' which was intended for a radio series, she considered it one of the best scripts that she'd read and asked to show it to BBC television light entertainment head John Howard Davis and the rest is history.
BornApril 2, 1940
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  • Won 2 BAFTA Awards

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Penelope Keith, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Mariah Gale in Death Comes to Pemberley (2013)
Penelope Keith in The Good Life (1975)
Penelope Keith in The Good Life (1975)
Penelope Keith in The Good Life (1975)
Penelope Keith and Felicity Kendal in The Good Life (1975)
Richard Briers, Penelope Keith, and Felicity Kendal in The Good Life (1975)
Penelope Keith in The Good Life (1975)
Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith in The Good Life (1975)
Peter Bowles and Penelope Keith in To the Manor Born (1979)
Peter Bowles and Penelope Keith in To the Manor Born (1979)
Peter Bowles and Penelope Keith in To the Manor Born (1979)
Peter Bowles and Penelope Keith in To the Manor Born (1979)

Known for

The Good Life (1975)
The Good Life
8.0
TV Series
  • Margo Leadbetter
To the Manor Born (1979)
To the Manor Born
7.4
TV Series
  • Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
  • Audrey DeVere
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985)
Private Lives
7.8
TV Movie
  • Amanda Prynne
  • 1976
Phyllis Calvert and Jack Hedley in Kate (1970)
Kate
6.0
TV Series
  • Wenda Padbury

Credits

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Actress

  • Matthew Goode, Matthew Rhys, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Jenna Coleman in Death Comes to Pemberley (2013)
    Death Comes to Pemberley
  • Tinga Tinga Tales (2010)
    Tinga Tinga Tales
    • (voice)
  • To the Manor Born (1979)
    To the Manor Born
  • Kate Harbour and Rob Rackstraw in The Secret Show (2006)
    The Secret Show
    • (voice)
  • Margery and Gladys (2003)
    Margery and Gladys
  • Coming Home (1998)
    Coming Home
  • Pui Fan Lee, Mark Heenehan, Penelope Keith, Simon Shelton, John Simmit, Nikky Smedley, Jessica Smith, Robin Stevens, Eric Sykes, Dave Thompson, Tim Whitnall, Toyah Willcox, Fiona Bennell, Frances Bennell, Dena Davis, Felix Taylor, Cathy Davison, Oscar Taylor, Sarah Wichall, Sandy Simmonds, and Obadiah Winter in Teletubbies (1997)
    Teletubbies
    • (voice)
  • Next of Kin (1995)
    Next of Kin
  • Flight of the Amazon Queen (1995)
    Flight of the Amazon Queen
    • (voice)
  • Law and Disorder (1994)
    Law and Disorder
  • Souris souris (1993)
    Souris souris
    • (English version, voice)
  • La Treizième voiture (1993)
    La Treizième voiture
  • Beauty and the Beast (1992)
    Beauty and the Beast
    • (voice)
  • Aladdin (1992)
    Aladdin
    • (voice)
  • No Job for a Lady (1990)
    No Job for a Lady

Soundtrack

  • To the Manor Born (1979)
    To the Manor Born
  • The Good Life (1975)
    The Good Life

Videos3

Trailer
Trailer 1:30
Trailer
Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages: Season 1
Trailer 1:51
Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages: Season 1
Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages
Trailer 1:39
Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages

Personal details

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    • April 2, 1940
    • Sutton, Surrey, England, UK
    • February 6, 1978 - present (2 children)
  • Other works
    Played Sarah in "The Norman Conquests", a trilogy of new plays by Alan Ayckbourn - Globe Theatre, London (August 1974).
  • Publicity listings
    • 6 Interviews
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Since 1990, she has been President of the UK Actors' Benevolent Fund (replacing Lord Laurence Olivier).
  • Quotes
    I was very tall and very plain - I wasn't going to get very far on looks - so I thought I'd better be the funny girl.
    • She is best known for playing smart British ladies in British comedies

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