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  1. Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith, DBE, DL ( 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 ...

  2. Penelope Keith - Awards - IMDb - Awards, nominations, and wins. Menu. Movies. ... Penelope Keith. 2 wins & 3 nominations. BAFTA Awards. 1980 Nominee BAFTA TV Award.

    • Actress, Soundtrack
    • April 2, 1940
  3. Penelope Keith. Actress: The Good Life. 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.

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    • Sutton, Surrey, England, UK
  4. 4. She is an award-winning stage actress. In 1976, Keith won an Olivier Award – the top prize in British theater – for her performance in the classic farce Donkeys' Years. She has also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and starred in West End productions of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and Noël Coward's Blithe ...

  5. Penelope Keith. Actress: The Good Life. 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...

    • Actress, Director, Soundtrack
    • April 2, 1940
  6. Check all the awards won and nominated for by Penelope Keith - British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actress (1978) , British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance (1977) , Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance (1976) and more awards.

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  8. ITN. Dame Penelope Keith is best known for creating two of TV's greatest comedy characters: Margo Leadbetter in the 1970s sitcom The Good Life, all outrageous fashions and withering put-downs; and the haughty-but-humorous Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in To The Manor Born in the early 1980s. These formidable characters have so dominated the public ...

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