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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.
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.
Penelope Keith was educated at a convent school in Bedford then spent 2 years at a drama school before going to a reportary theatre at Chesterfield in Derbyshire for 6 months. She's best known for the television series The Good Life and To the Manor Born. She has produced a production of Hayfever
Why Brooklands, you may ask? Well, we interviewed Penelope, whom you have known for a lifetime as both Margo Ledbetter in The Good Neighbors and Audrey fforbes-Hamilton from To the Manor Born, here as she is a trustee and board member at Brooklands. She truly is one of the greats of British comedy.
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.
As she turns 83, we celebrate the career of Penelope Keith, the actress known for The Good Life and To the Manor Born. More recently, she has presented Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages and Penelope Keith's Coastal Villages.
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...