Penelope Keith
Penelope Keith
Dame Penelope Keith, DBE, DLis 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 Empirein the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the arts and to charity...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth2 April 1940
people giving actors
So often actors only mix with actors, which is quite incestuous, and doesn't give them the insight into how other people work.
people age reason-why
I'm sure that is a reason why young people occasionally bash up old people - because the ages don't mix any more.
people may young
Older people, who just happen to have been around longer, may not be cleverer than the young, but they have seen more.
home people watches
Young people don't want to sit at home and watch television; they'd sooner be out doing their own thing.
believe humiliation dont-believe
I don't believe in public humiliation. It went out with the stocks.
mother chocolate paper
We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance.
thinking very-sad term
I think it is very sad that 'sitcom' has become a pejorative term.
thinking theatre actors
I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time.
people fantasy lord
A lot of people have it - that fantasy of being lord or lady of the manor, either in the present or at some time in history.
school appreciate elocution
We have this wonderful language and we don't appreciate it. That's old-fashioned me, but when I went to school, everyone had elocution lessons, not to sound posh but so you could be understood.
thinking actors retiring
I don't think actors ever retire, they just stop being asked to work.