Joanna Lumley

Films include:. Ten years after she was featured as a Playmate, she posed again for Playboy and will appear in the January 2005 issue. Television includes:. McCarthy wrote and starred in the feature film "Dirty Love" which will premiere at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Lumley was awarded an OBE in 1995. The couple have a son, Evan, who was born May 18, 2002. The first of her two subsequent marriages was to comedy writer, Jeremy Lloyd. The couple separated and McCarthy married John Mallory Asher on September , 1999.

However, following her rise to fame, she revealed that she had been an unmarried mother during the 1960s when it was socially unacceptable. McCarthy had a relationship with Ray Manzella who was also her manager. She has specialised in playing upper-class parts, and her distinctive plummy voice has reinforced this. McCarthy is the author of Jen-X (1997), an autobiography, and Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth (2004). Her first major role was as Purdey in The New Avengers: a revival of the secret agent series The Avengers. She has also appeared in the movies Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995), The Stupids (1996), BASEketball (1998), and Scream 3 (2000). Tall, leggy, thin and blonde, she began her acting career as a Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. McCarthy had two short-lived television series; The Jenny McCarthy Show, a variety show, and Jenny, a sitcom.

Joanna Lumley (born May 1, 1946 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India) is a British actress and former model who is best known for her portrayal of the chain smoking, boozing, cocaine-sniffing and other drug-taking sexpot Patsy Stone on the British comedy television show Absolutely Fabulous. She became a popular success on the series due to her good looks and sense of humor. Trail of the Pink Panther. In 1995, McCarthy was hired by MTV to co-host a new series Singled Out. Tam Lin. She was chosen to be the centerfold in the October 1993 issue and was subsequently named Playmate of the Year in 1994. Ironically, her success as a model led to her quitting college and moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in show business. Sweeney Todd. In an attempt to make money for college, she submitted her picture to Playboy magazine.

Some Girls Do. In 1992, McCarthy was studying nursing at Southern Illinois University. Shirley Valentine. A Catholic, Jenny graduated from Mother McAuley Liberal High School and was named MVP of her softball and field hockey teams. The Satanic Rites of Dracula. She is the second oldest of four daughters. Prince Valiant. Jennifer 'Jenny' McCarthy (born November 1, 1972, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American model and actress.

Parting Shots. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Mad Cows. James and the Giant Peach.

Innocent Lies. Games That Lovers Play. Funny Bones. Don't Just Lie There, Say Something.

Curse of the Pink Panther. The Breaking of Bumbo. Up In Town. A Rather English Marriage.

Sapphire and Steel. The New Avengers. Coronation Street.