Penelope Keith
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
The Good Life: Inside Out
2024To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy as Self - Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
2022The Good Life: Secret & Scandals as (archive footage)
2020Britain's Most Expensive Home: Building for a Billionaire as Narrator (voice)
2017Penelope Keith's Coastal Villages as Self - Presenter
2015BBC: The Secret Files as Self - Presenter
2013Death Comes to Pemberley as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
2011The Manor Reborn as Self - Presenter
2011Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes as Self
2010All About The Good Life
2006The Secret Show
2003Margery and Gladys as Margery Heywood
2003Boohbah
1998Coming Home as Aunt Louise
1995Next of Kin
1994Law and Disorder
1994Aladdin as Madam Dim Sum (voice)
1992Beauty and the Beast as Madame Bonbec (voice)
1990No Job for a Lady as Jean Price
1986Executive Stress
1985Moving
1984Hay Fever as Judith Bliss
1984Tickle on the Tum as Dora
1982Spider's Web as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
1982On Approval as Maria
1982Wogan as Self
1981Priest of Love as Dorothy Brett
1980Donkeys' Years as Lady Driver
1979To the Manor Born as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
1978The Hound of the Baskervilles as Massage Receptionist
1977The Norman Conquests as Sarah
1976Private Lives as Amanda Prynne
1975Two's Company as Mrs. Philips
1975The Good Life as Margo Leadbetter
1974Ghost Story as Rennie
1973Penny Gold as Miss. Hartridge
1972Rentadick as Reporter
1970Take a Girl Like You as Tory Lady
1970Every Home Should Have One as Lotte von Gelbstein
1970John Clare: "I Am" as Agnes Strickland
1970Kate as Wenda Padbury
1969A Touch of Love as Nurse (uncredited)
1968Secret Ceremony as Hotel Assistant (uncredited)
1968Wild, Wild Women as Daisy
1967Carry On Doctor as Plain Nurse (uncredited)
1966The Liars as Lady Winnie
1965BBC Play of the Month as Maria Wislack
1961The Avengers as Nanny Brown (credit only)
1961The Avengers as Audrey Long
—Sweet Sixteen