Penelope Keith
Acting • Born 1940-04-02
Biography
Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith, DBE, DL is 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
54 credits
Beauty and the Beast
Movie • 1992
Madame Bonbec (voice)
John Clare: "I Am"
Movie • 1970
Agnes Strickland
A Touch of Love
Movie • 1969
Nurse (uncredited)
Secret Ceremony
Movie • 1968
Hotel Assistant (uncredited)
Priest of Love
Movie • 1981
Dorothy Brett
Ghost Story
Movie • 1974
Rennie
Margery and Gladys
Movie • 2003
Margery Heywood
The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
Movie • 2022
(archive footage)
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Movie • 2011
Self
Donkeys' Years
Movie • 1980
Lady Driver
To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy
Movie • 2024
Self - Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
Penny Gold
Movie • 1973
Miss. Hartridge
Aladdin
Movie • 1994
Madam Dim Sum (voice)
On Approval
Movie • 1982
Maria
Spider's Web
Movie • 1982
Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
Every Home Should Have One
Movie • 1970
Lotte von Gelbstein
Private Lives
Movie • 1976
Amanda Prynne
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie • 1978
Massage Receptionist
Hay Fever
Movie • 1984
Judith Bliss
All About The Good Life
Movie • 2010
Take a Girl Like You
Movie • 1970
Tory Lady
Rentadick
Movie • 1972
Reporter
Britain's Most Expensive Home: Building for a Billionaire
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
Carry On Doctor
Movie • 1967
Plain Nurse (uncredited)
The Good Life: Inside Out
Movie • 2025
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie • 2005
Self
To the Manor Born
TV • 1979
Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
Executive Stress
TV • 1986
Wild, Wild Women
TV • 1968
Daisy
Boohbah
TV • 2003
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Nanny Brown (credit only)
The Good Life
TV • 1975
Margo Leadbetter
Moving
TV • 1985
Law and Disorder
TV • 1994
Sweet Sixteen
TV
Next of Kin
TV • 1995
The Secret Show
TV • 2006
Tickle on the Tum
TV • 1984
Dora
The Norman Conquests
TV • 1977
Sarah
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
Two's Company
TV • 1975
Mrs. Philips
Coming Home
TV • 1998
Aunt Louise
Penelope Keith's Coastal Villages
TV • 2017
Self - Presenter
The Manor Reborn
TV • 2011
Self - Presenter
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Audrey Long
BBC: The Secret Files
TV • 2015
Self - Presenter
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Maria Wislack
The Liars
TV • 1966
Lady Winnie
No Job for a Lady
TV • 1990
Jean Price
Death Comes to Pemberley
TV • 2013
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Kate
TV • 1970
Wenda Padbury
Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith
TV • 2026
Self - Presenter
The Pallisers
TV • 1974
Mrs Hittaway
Remembers…
TV • 2022
Self