Penelope Keith
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: April 2, 1940
Place of Birth: Sutton, Surrey, England, UK
Known For
Moving
Moving is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1985. It stars Penelope Keith and was written by Stanley Price. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television.
The Secret Show
The Secret Show is a British animated show commissioned by BBC Worldwide in partnership with BBC Children's. Production of the show began in 2004 and first debuted in 2006. It currently airs on CBBC, ABC1, BBC One, BBC Kids, Teletoon+, MBC3, 2x2, Disney Channel Latin America, TVB Pearl, and TSR 2. It debuted on the American Nicktoons on January 20, 2007, and was later cancelled in 2011. It also used to air on Jetix Latin America
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
The Good Life
Tom and Barbara Good escape the rat race and pursue a self-sufficient lifestyle in Surbiton, much to the concern, frustration and sometimes envy of their neighbours Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. Entitled ‘Good Neighbors’ when shown in the USA.
Margery and Gladys
Haughty housewife Margery and her cleaner Gladys go on the run after mistakenly believing that they have killed a teenage burglar.
Spider's Web
Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, is given to daydreaming. 'Supposing I were to come down one morning and find a dead body in the library, what should I do?' she muses. Clarissa has her chance to find out when she discovers a body in the drawing-room of her house in Kent.
The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
The cosy sitcom had storylines tackling mid-life crises, drunken wife-swapping and more.
Next of Kin
Andrew and Maggie Prentice have taken early retirement and plan to move to France, however when tragedy strikes they are left to care for their three grandchildren: Georgia, Jake and Michael and are going nowhere fast.
Two's Company
Two's Company is a British television situation comedy series that ran from 1975-79. Produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV Network, the programme starred Elaine Stritch and Donald Sinden.
Filmography
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
as (archive footage)
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Presenter
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
as Self - Presenter
as Margery Heywood
as Aunt Louise
as Madam Dim Sum (voice)
as Madame Bonbec (voice)
as Jean Price
as Judith Bliss
as Dora
as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
as Maria
as Self
as Dorothy Brett
as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
as Massage Receptionist
as Sarah
as Amanda Prynne
as Mrs. Philips
as Margo Leadbetter
as Rennie
as Mrs Hittaway
as Miss. Hartridge
as Reporter
as Tory Lady
as Lotte von Gelbstein
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Hotel Assistant (uncredited)
as Daisy
as Plain Nurse (uncredited)
as Maria Wislack
as Nanny Brown (credit only)
as Audrey Long