Penelope KeithPenelope Keith, OBE, (born April 2, 1940) is a British actress, best known for her appearances in the BBC television sitcoms To the Manor Born and The Good Life. Her characters are usually likeable but pompous and slightly ridiculous upper-class ladies, as in the preceding examples. In 2000 she served as High Sheriff of Surrey. She was born in Sutton, Surrey, is married to Rodney Timson, and has two adopted sons. Television
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She was born in Sutton, Surrey, is married to Rodney Timson, and has two adopted sons. On July 16, 2004, General Hospital aired a tribute to Lee by holding a memorial service for her character. In 2000 she served as High Sheriff of Surrey. On May 21, 2004, she was posthumously awarded a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award; she was scheduled to receive the award for months, but she died before she could receive it. Her characters are usually likeable but pompous and slightly ridiculous upper-class ladies, as in the preceding examples. In later years, she became known to a new generation as the matriarch Lila Quartermaine on General Hospital and Port Charles. Penelope Keith, OBE, (born April 2, 1940) is a British actress, best known for her appearances in the BBC television sitcoms To the Manor Born and The Good Life. Lee made frequent appearances on television anthology series in the 1940s and 1950s, including Robert Montgomery Presents, The Ford Theatre Hour, Kraft Televison Theatre, Armstrong Circle Theatre and Wagon Train. Take A Girl Like You. When she and her husband, director Robert Stevenson, moved to Hollywood she became associated with John Ford, appearing in several of his movies, notably How Green Was My Valley and Fort Apache. Rentadick. She studied at the Royal Albert Hall, then debuted in 1932 with a bit part in the film His Lordship. Priest of Love. She was born Joan Boniface Winnifrith in Igtham, Kent, England, the daughter of a clergyman who encouraged her desire to act. Penny Gold. Anna Lee (January 2, 1913 - May 14, 2004) was an English actress. Madhouse Mansion. Every Home Should Have One. Coming Home (1998). Next of Kin (1995). Law and Disorder (1994). No Job for a Lady (1990). Executive Stress (1986). Moving (1985). Waters of the Moon (1983). On Approval (1982). To the Manor Born (1979). The Norman Conquests: Living Together (1978). The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978). Much Ado About Nothing (1978). The Good Life (1975). Kate (1970). |