Penelope Lee
Biography
Born in 1938 in Wyke Regis, England, Penelope Lee has been in a diverse variety of film, television, and theater. She won an arts council scholarship at age 36 to study singing and went to The Aldburgh School for Advanced Students. From this grew the Upottery festival. Performers included Yehudhi Menuhin, Stephan Grepelli, Murray Periaha, Jacqueline du Pre, Timothy West, and Prunella Scales. Throughout her acting career Penelope has worked continually for BBC Radio Drama. She was Nominated Best Actress on BBC Radio in 1978 for Away Day, a one woman play by Franz Xavier Kroetz.
Personal Details
Movies (9)
Phoebe
as Mrs. Riddle
1985
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
as Computer (voice)
1985
Young Shoulders
as Mrs. Smithson
1984
Afterward
as Alida Stair
1983
The Plague Dogs
as Lynn Driver (voice)
1982
Superman
as 9th Elder
1978
The Big Job
as Girl on Bench
1965
The Tomb of Ligeia
as Lady Rowena's Maidservant
1964
Carry On Cabby
as Girl Kissing in Cab (uncredited)
1963
TV Shows (13)
Ladies in Charge
as Headmistress
1986
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
as Partridge
1985
Bergerac
as Radiologist
1981
Marie Curie
as Bronya
1977
Black and Blue
as Lady Roe
1973
Shadows of Fear
as Barbara
1970
Doomwatch
as Dr. Mary Bryant
1970
The Flaxton Boys
as Lucy Flaxton
1969
The Informer
as Peggy Harlton
1966
BBC Play of the Month
as Mrs. Marchmont
1965
Festival
as Chorus of Women of Canterbury
1963
Out of This World
as Pat
1962
The Avengers
as Clarissa
1961