Penelope Keith
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Penelope Keith OBE (born Penelope Anne Constance Hatfield on 2 April, 1940 in Sutton) is a British actress of stage and screen.
Biography
She is best-known for her appearances in the BBC television situation comedies To the Manor Born and The Good Life. The latter was known in the USA as Good Neighbors). Her characters are usually likeable, very tall (she stands 6'0" - six feet tall) but pompous and slightly ridiculous upper-class ladies, as in the above-referenced TV series.She has won two BAFTA TV awards: Best Comedy Performer for The Good Life in 1977 and Best Actress the following year for The Norman Conquests. She is a ubiquitous presence on UK TV and Radio advertisements including Pimm's, Lurpack butter, Tesco and most famously, The Parker Pen Company (which was named one of the 100 Greatest Adverts in a Channel 4 countdown).
She has been President of the Actors' Benevolent Fund since 1990. In 2000, it was announced that she would be the next High Sheriff of Surrey, and began serving her term in 2002 (she was only the third woman to hold the post).
She married policeman Rodney Timson in 1978, and they have two adopted sons.
Television
- The Avengers (1967/1968)
- Kate (1970)
- The Good Life (1975)
- Much Ado About Nothing (1978)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
- The Norman Conquests: Living Together (1978)
- To the Manor Born (1979)
- On Approval (1982)
- Waters of the Moon (1983)
- Moving (1985)
- Executive Stress (1986)
- No Job for a Lady (1990)
- Law and Disorder (1994)
- Next of Kin (1995)
- The Teletubbies (voiceover) (1997)
- Coming Home (1998)
- Margery and Gladys (2003)
Films
- Every Home Should Have One (1970)
- Take A Girl Like You (1970)
- Rentadick (1972)
- Penny Gold (1973)
- Ghost Story (1974) (Madhouse Mansion for USA video release)
- Priest of Love (1981)
Computer Games
- Flight of the Amazon Queen (1995)
Theatre
- The Norman Conquests (1974) [Played Sarah in the original West End production at the Globe Theatre London.
- Star Quality (2001)
- Blithe Spirit (2004) [Playing Madame Arcati at the Savoy Theatre London]
External links
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