Penelope Keith
Born: 1940-04-02 in Sutton, Surrey, England, UK
Died: 2026-06-29
Known For: Acting
Biography
Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith, DBE, DL (née Hatfield; 2 April 1940 – 29 June 2026) was 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.
Filmography
2026
- Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith as Self - Presenter
2024
- To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy as Self - Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
2022
- Remembers… as Self
- The Good Life: Secret & Scandals as (archive footage)
2020
- Britain's Most Expensive Home: Building for a Billionaire as Narrator (voice)
2017
- Penelope Keith's Coastal Villages as Self - Presenter
2016
- Penelope Keith at Her Majesty's Service ... (Presenter)
2015
- BBC: The Secret Files as Self - Presenter
2013
- Death Comes to Pemberley as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
2011
- The Manor Reborn as Self - Presenter
- Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes as Self
2006
2005
2003
- Boohbah
- Margery and Gladys as Margery Heywood
1998
- Coming Home as Aunt Louise
- Coming Home as Aunt Louise
1995
1994
1992
- Aladdin as Madam Dim Sum (voice)
- Beauty and the Beast as Madame Bonbec (voice)
1990
- No Job for a Lady as Jean Price
1986
1985
1984
- Tickle on the Tum as Dora
- Hay Fever as Judith Bliss
1983
- Waters of the Moon as Helen Lancaster
1982
- Wogan as Self
- Spider's Web as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
- On Approval as Maria
1981
- Priest of Love as Dorothy Brett
1980
- Donkeys' Years as Lady Driver
1979
- To the Manor Born as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
1978
- The Hound of the Baskervilles as Massage Receptionist
1977
- The Norman Conquests as Sarah
1976
- Private Lives as Amanda Prynne
1975
- The Good Life as Margo Leadbetter
- Two's Company as Mrs. Philips
1974
- The Pallisers as Mrs Hittaway
- Ghost Story as Rennie
1973
- Penny Gold as Miss. Hartridge
1972
- Rentadick as Reporter
1970
- Kate as Wenda Padbury
- Every Home Should Have One as Lotte von Gelbstein
- John Clare: "I Am" as Agnes Strickland
- Take a Girl Like You as Tory Lady
1969
- A Touch of Love as Nurse (uncredited)
1968
- Secret Ceremony as Hotel Assistant (uncredited)
- Wild, Wild Women as Daisy
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Housekeeper
- Carry On Doctor as Plain Nurse (uncredited)
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Maria Wislack
- Six Shades of Black as Lady Pandora Brewster
1961
- The Avengers as Nanny Brown (credit only)