Penelope Lee
Born: 1938-11-20 in Wyke Regis, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1986
- Ladies in Charge as Headmistress
1985
- Miss Marple: The Moving Finger as Partridge
- Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks as Computer (voice)
- Phoebe as Mrs. Riddle
1984
- Young Shoulders as Mrs. Smithson
1983
- Shades of Darkness as Alida Stair
- Afterward as Alida Stair
1982
- The Plague Dogs as Lynn Driver (voice)
1981
- Bergerac as Radiologist
1978
- Superman as 9th Elder
1977
- Marie Curie as Bronya
1973
- Black and Blue as Lady Roe
1970
- Doomwatch as Dr. Mary Bryant
- Shadows of Fear as Barbara
1969
- The Flaxton Boys as Lucy Flaxton
1966
- The Informer as Peggy Harlton
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Mrs. Marchmont
- The Big Job as Girl on Bench
1964
- The Tomb of Ligeia as Lady Rowena's Maidservant
1963
- Festival as Chorus of Women of Canterbury
- Carry On Cabby as Girl Kissing in Cab (uncredited)
1962
- Out of This World as Pat
1961
- The Avengers as Clarissa