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Penelope Keith est une Actrice Britannique née le 2 avril 1940
Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith, DBE, DL (born Penelope Anne Constance Hatfield; 2 April 1940) is an English actress, 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.
Keith joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963, and went on to win the 1976 Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the play Donkeys' Years. She became a household name in the UK playing Margo Leadbetter in the sitcom The Good Life (1975–78), winning the 1977 BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance. In 1978, she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for The Norman Conquests. She then starred as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in the sitcom To the Manor Born (1979–81), a show that received audiences of more than 20 million. She went on to star in another six sitcoms, including Executive Stress (1986–88), No Job for a Lady (1990–92) and Next of Kin (1995–97). Since 2000, she has worked mainly in the theatre, with her roles including Madam Arcati in Blithe Spirit (2004) and Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest (2007).
Keith and Timson live in Milford, Surrey. Keith has a great passion for gardening. In 1984, she had a rose named after her. Penelope Keith has been President of the Actors' Benevolent Fund since 1990, taking over after the death of Lord Olivier, and is president of the South West Surrey National Trust.
On 2 April 2002, her 62nd birthday, she began a one-year term as High Sheriff of Surrey, the third woman to hold the post. She is also a Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey.
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1990 New Year Honours, and was promoted to a Commander (CBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours for "charitable services".
In the 2014 New Year Honours, she became a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the Arts and to Charity.
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Nom de naissance Penelope Anne Constance Hatfield
Nationalité Royaume-uni
Naissance 2 avril 1940 (84 ans)
Récompenses Laurence Olivier Awards
Nationalité Royaume-uni
Naissance 2 avril 1940 (84 ans)
Récompenses Laurence Olivier Awards
Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith, DBE, DL (born Penelope Anne Constance Hatfield; 2 April 1940) is an English actress, 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.
Keith joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963, and went on to win the 1976 Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the play Donkeys' Years. She became a household name in the UK playing Margo Leadbetter in the sitcom The Good Life (1975–78), winning the 1977 BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance. In 1978, she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for The Norman Conquests. She then starred as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in the sitcom To the Manor Born (1979–81), a show that received audiences of more than 20 million. She went on to star in another six sitcoms, including Executive Stress (1986–88), No Job for a Lady (1990–92) and Next of Kin (1995–97). Since 2000, she has worked mainly in the theatre, with her roles including Madam Arcati in Blithe Spirit (2004) and Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest (2007).
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In 1978, the year The Good Life ended, she married Rodney Timson, a policeman. They had met while he was on duty at Chichester Theatre where Keith was performing. Timson, who is four years her junior, had been married twice before. They adopted two children.Keith and Timson live in Milford, Surrey. Keith has a great passion for gardening. In 1984, she had a rose named after her. Penelope Keith has been President of the Actors' Benevolent Fund since 1990, taking over after the death of Lord Olivier, and is president of the South West Surrey National Trust.
On 2 April 2002, her 62nd birthday, she began a one-year term as High Sheriff of Surrey, the third woman to hold the post. She is also a Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey.
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1990 New Year Honours, and was promoted to a Commander (CBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours for "charitable services".
In the 2014 New Year Honours, she became a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the Arts and to Charity.
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Margery and Gladys (2003)
, 1h38Réalisé par Geoffrey Sax
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Comédie
Acteurs Penelope Keith, Alan David, June Brown, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Martin Freeman, Peter Vaughan
Rôle Margery Heywood
Note70%
Recently widowed Margery Heywood (Penelope Keith) and her cleaning woman Gladys Gladwell (June Brown) disturb a would-be burglar breaking into Margery's house in Kent. Margery attacks the burglar with a heavy glass vase, and knocks him unconscious. Believing that she has killed him, she panics and flees the house with Gladys, leaving behind her handbag.
, 3h22Réalisé par Giles Foster
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Guerre, Historique
Acteurs Emily Mortimer, Peter O'Toole, David McCallum, Joanna Lumley, Paul Bettany, Penelope Keith
Rôle Aunt Louise
Note67%
En 1936, la jeune Judith Dunbar entre en pension à St. Ursula, un collège de filles, lorsque ses parents et sa jeune sœur s'installent à Singapour, alors colonie britannique. Elle y rencontre Loveday Carey-Lewis et les deux jeunes filles se lient d'une profonde amitié. Au contact de Loveday, Judith découvre un monde de richesses et de privilèges, la famille de son amie possédant le magnifique domaine de Nancherrow en Cornouailles.
Aladdin (1992)
, 49minutesRéalisé par Micky Dolenz, Diane Eskenazi
Genres Animation
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Jeff Bennett, Derek Jacobi, Corey Burton, Jason Connery, Barry Bostwick, Cam Clarke
Note59%
The story begins with a young boy named Aladdin, trying to make money by being a servant for a day, with no success. Meanwhile, a shifty man named Hassim, who has journeyed from Africa, visits the local medicine woman, Fatima, who tells Hassim that in order to reach a certain treasure that he wants, he needs Aladdin. Hassim visits Aladdin and his mother, claiming that he's Aladdin's long lost uncle, and says that he can make them rich beyond their wildest dreams.
Beauty and the Beast (1992)
, 49minutesRéalisé par Diane Eskenazi
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Fantasy, Aventure, Animation, Romance
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Irene Cara, Daran Norris, Jason Connery, Christopher Lee, Susan Silo, Michael Hordern
Note54%
Un prince transformé en une bête hideuse en punition en raison de ses manières cruelles et égoïstes emprisonne dans son château une jeune femme aventureuse nommée Belle. Pour devenir humain de nouveau, la Bête doit gagner l'amour de Belle avant qu'il ne soit trop tard.
Spider's Web (1982)
, 1h45Réalisé par Basil Coleman
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Thriller, Policier
Acteurs Robert Flemyng, Penelope Keith, Thorley Walters, David Yelland, Brian Protheroe, Holly Aird
Rôle Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
Note72%
Priest of Love (1981)
, 1h38Réalisé par Christopher Miles
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner, Sarah Miles, Penelope Keith, Jorge Rivero
Rôle Dorothy Brett
Note59%
Il s'agit d'un film biographique à propos de l'écrivain britannique D. H. Lawrence et sa femme Frieda (née Von Richthofen).
Le chien des Baskervilles (1978)
, 1h25Réalisé par Paul Morrissey
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller, Comédie, Horreur, Policier
Thèmes Sherlock Holmes, Buddy movie
Acteurs Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Penelope Keith, Denholm Elliott, Joan Greenwood, Hugh Griffith
Rôle Massage Receptionist
Note45%
Comédie parodique très librement inspirée du roman d'Arthur Conan Doyle.
Histoire de Fantômes (1974)
Réalisé par Stephen Weeks
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Horreur
Acteurs Marianne Faithfull, Penelope Keith, Anthony Bate, Barbara Shelley, Murray Melvin, Leigh Lawson
Rôle Rennie
Note48%
Convié par son ancien camarade de fac, McFayden, Talbot prend le train pour une spectaculaire demeure campagnarde. Il fait le voyage en compagnie de l’étrange Duller qui doit participer au même week-end de chasse. Immense et inoccupée depuis longtemps, la maison est plutôt effrayante, mais les compagnons occasionnels de Talbot le sont tout autant. Dès la première nuit, ce dernier est le témoin de phénomènes inexplicables qu’il semble être le seul à voir.
Penny Gold (1973)
Réalisé par Jack Cardiff
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller
Acteurs James Booth, Francesca Annis, Nicky Henson, Joss Ackland, Sue Lloyd, Joseph O'Conor
Rôle Miss. Hartridge
Note52%
Rentadick (1972)
Réalisé par Jim Clark
Genres Comédie
Acteurs James Booth, Richard Briers, Julie Ege, Ronald Fraser, Donald Sinden, Tsai Chin
Rôle Reporter
Note40%
Every Home Should Have One (1970)
, 1h34Réalisé par Jim Clark
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Marty Feldman, Judy Cornwell, Patrick Cargill, Julie Ege, Jack Watson, Shelley Berman
Rôle Lotte von Gelbstein
Note50%
An advertising man is tasked by his boss with trying to come up with a sexy new image for porridge. He is also struggling with his chaotic home life, where his wife has become involved in a campaign to "clean up" television.
Take a Girl Like You (1970)
, 1h41Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie romantique, Romance
Thèmes Sexualité, Erotique
Acteurs Oliver Reed, Hayley Mills, Noel Harrison, John Bird, Sheila Hancock, Ronald Lacey
Rôle Tory Lady
Note56%
In one of a small set of adult roles she did during the 1970s and 1980s, Mills plays Jenny, a good girl who comes to a small British town to start a simple life. Soon she becomes the centre of male attention all around the town. Leading the pack is the honest but gruff Patrick who shares one thing along with the other men: have sex with the right girl, and who he and the others consider the right girl is
L'Histoire d'une femme (1969)
, 1h47Réalisé par Waris Hussein
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame
Acteurs Sandy Dennis, Ian McKellen, Eleanor Bron, John Standing, Rachel Kempson, Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Rôle Nurse (uncredited)
Note62%
Karin étudie la musique à Rome et tombe amoureuse de Bruno. Elle apprend qu'il est marié et retourne donc en Suède. Elle rencontre David. Ils se marient et ont une fille. David est envoyé à Rome. Karin retrouve Bruno.
Cérémonie secrète (1968)
, 1h45Réalisé par Joseph Losey
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller
Acteurs Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow, Robert Mitchum, Peggy Ashcroft, Pamela Brown, Robert Douglas
Rôle Hotel Assistant (uncredited)
Note61%
Leonora, prostituée à Londres, est abordée, lors d'une visite dans un cimetière, par Cenci, jeune et riche héritière qui semble la prendre pour sa mère. Invitée par Cenci dans sa superbe demeure où elle vit seule, Leonora, accepte d'endosser le rôle de Margaret, la mère de Cenci. Les deux femmes, dont l'une a perdu sa fille et l'autre n'accepte pas la mort de sa mère, vont alors jouer à un jeu dangereux aux confins de la folie.