Penelope Keith
Actor, TV Actor
1940 –
Who is Penelope Keith?
Penelope Keith, CBE, DL is an English actress. Having started her television career in the 1950s, Penelope Keith became a household name in the United Kingdom in the 1970s when she played Margo Leadbetter in the sitcom The Good Life. This role earned Keith her first of two BAFTAs, the second being in 1978 for The Norman Conquests. One year after The Good Life's finale, Keith was the lead character in another BBC sitcom, To the Manor Born, a show that received audiences of more than 20 million. In the 1980s and 1990s, she appeared as the lead character in six other sitcoms. Since the 1990s, Keith has appeared rarely on television and works mainly in the theatre.
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- Born
- Apr 2, 1940
Sutton - Also known as
- Penelope Anne Constance Hatfield
- Penelope Ann Constance H Keith
- Penelope Keith CBE
- Parents
- Spouses
- Rodney Timson
(1978/02/06 - )
- Rodney Timson
- Nationality
- England
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
- Lived in
- Sutton, St Helens
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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