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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Movies (25)
The Good Life: Inside Out
2025
To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy
as Self - Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
2024
The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
as (archive footage)
2022
Britain's Most Expensive Home: Building for a Billionaire
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
as Self
2011
All About The Good Life
2010
Margery and Gladys
as Margery Heywood
2003
Aladdin
as Madam Dim Sum (voice)
1994
Beauty and the Beast
as Madame Bonbec (voice)
1992
Hay Fever
as Judith Bliss
1984
Spider's Web
as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
1982
On Approval
as Maria
1982
Priest of Love
as Dorothy Brett
1981
Donkeys' Years
as Lady Driver
1980
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Massage Receptionist
1978
Private Lives
as Amanda Prynne
1976
Ghost Story
as Rennie
1974
Penny Gold
as Miss. Hartridge
1973
Rentadick
as Reporter
1972
Take a Girl Like You
as Tory Lady
1970
Every Home Should Have One
as Lotte von Gelbstein
1970
John Clare: "I Am"
as Agnes Strickland
1970
A Touch of Love
as Nurse (uncredited)
1969
Secret Ceremony
as Hotel Assistant (uncredited)
1968
Carry On Doctor
as Plain Nurse (uncredited)
1967
TV Shows (24)
Penelope Keith's Coastal Villages
as Self - Presenter
2017
Penelope Keith at Her Majesty's Service
Presenter (Crew)
2016
BBC: The Secret Files
as Self - Presenter
2015
Death Comes to Pemberley
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
2013
The Manor Reborn
as Self - Presenter
2011
The Secret Show
2006
Boohbah
2003
Coming Home
as Aunt Louise
1998
Next of Kin
1995
Law and Disorder
1994
No Job for a Lady
as Jean Price
1990
Executive Stress
1986
Moving
1985
Tickle on the Tum
as Dora
1984
Wogan
as Self
1982
To the Manor Born
as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
1979
The Norman Conquests
as Sarah
1977
Two's Company
as Mrs. Philips
1975
The Good Life
as Margo Leadbetter
1975
Kate
as Wenda Padbury
1970
Wild, Wild Women
as Daisy
1968
The Liars
as Lady Winnie
1966
BBC Play of the Month
as Maria Wislack
1965
The Avengers
as Nanny Brown (credit only)
1961