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.
Known For
Carry On Doctor
Plain Nurse (uncredited)
The Good Life
Margo Leadbetter
Secret Ceremony
Hotel Assistant (uncredited)
To the Manor Born
Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
A Touch of Love
Nurse (uncredited)
Take a Girl Like You
Tory Lady
Boohbah
Aladdin
Madam Dim Sum (voice)
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Filmography
Acting (53)
Movies (26)
The Good Life: Inside Out
2025
To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy
2024as Self - Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
2022as (archive footage)
Britain's Most Expensive Home: Building for a Billionaire
2020as Narrator (voice)
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011as Self
All About The Good Life
2010
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005as Self
Margery and Gladys
2003as Margery Heywood
Aladdin
1994as Madam Dim Sum (voice)
Beauty and the Beast
1992as Madame Bonbec (voice)
Hay Fever
1984as Judith Bliss
Spider's Web
1982as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
On Approval
1982as Maria
Priest of Love
1981as Dorothy Brett
Donkeys' Years
1980as Lady Driver
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978as Massage Receptionist
Private Lives
1976as Amanda Prynne
Ghost Story
1974as Rennie
Penny Gold
1973as Miss. Hartridge
Rentadick
1972as Reporter
John Clare: "I Am"
1970as Agnes Strickland
Take a Girl Like You
1970as Tory Lady
Every Home Should Have One
1970as Lotte von Gelbstein
A Touch of Love
1969as Nurse (uncredited)
Secret Ceremony
1968as Hotel Assistant (uncredited)
Carry On Doctor
1967as Plain Nurse (uncredited)
Television (27)
Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith
2026as Self - Presenter
Remembers…
2022as Self
Penelope Keith's Coastal Villages
2017as Self - Presenter
BBC: The Secret Files
2015as Self - Presenter
Death Comes to Pemberley
2013as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
The Manor Reborn
2011as Self - Presenter
The Secret Show
2006
Boohbah
2003
Coming Home
1998as Aunt Louise
Next of Kin
1995
Law and Disorder
1994
No Job for a Lady
1990as Jean Price
Executive Stress
1986
Moving
1985
Tickle on the Tum
1984as Dora
Wogan
1982as Self
To the Manor Born
1979as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
The Norman Conquests
1977as Sarah
The Good Life
1975as Margo Leadbetter
Two's Company
1975as Mrs. Philips
The Pallisers
1974as Mrs Hittaway
Kate
1970as Wenda Padbury
Wild, Wild Women
1968as Daisy
The Liars
1966as Lady Winnie
BBC Play of the Month
1965as Maria Wislack
The Avengers
1961as Nanny Brown (credit only)
Sweet Sixteen
Crew (2)
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