Penelope Keith

Person · Open Library

Works

19

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Film & TV

Sutton, Surrey, England, UK

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.

Known for

• Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith — Self - Presenter2026
• The Good Life: Inside Out2025
• To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy — Self - Audrey fforbes-Hamilton2024
• The Good Life: Secret & Scandals — (archive footage)2022
• Remembers… — Self2022
• Britain's Most Expensive Home: Building for a Billionaire — Narrator (voice)2020
• Penelope Keith's Coastal Villages — Self - Presenter2017
• BBC: The Secret Files — Self - Presenter2015
• Death Comes to Pemberley — Lady Catherine de Bourgh2013
• Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes — Self2011

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

82

Total plays

14,118

Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith, DBE, DL (née Hatfield; born 2 April 1940) is an English actress primarily known for her roles in the British sitcoms The Good Life and To the Manor Born. She succeeded Lord Olivier as president of the Actors' Benevolent Fund after his death in 1989, and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the arts and to charity.[1] Keith joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963 <a href="https:

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Penelope

Family name

Keith

Gender

female

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Sutton

Occupation

film director

Educated at

Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Image

Penelope Keith (34688820200).jpg

Number of children

2

Residence

Milford

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