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
sitting ugly sound
Language is my bugbear. Everyone says things now like 'I was sat' instead of 'I was sitting', which just sounds so ugly.
british-actress egoism shyness
Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.
drama play gone
With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go on.
beautiful thinking cities
I'm a bit of a Scotophile. I have a house on the Black Isle, so I'm in Scotland quite a lot and think Edinburgh is just the most beautiful city.
stars jobs character
The character I play in Star Quality says acting is the be-all and end-all of her life. I'm not like that. I do enjoy working and I give every job my best shot but I never feel, What on Earth am I going to do now?
ego depth shyness
Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.
television typical stage
I always used to say when I was on television that I prefer to be on stage and when on stage I prefer to do television. Typical human condition.
husband scotland yesterday
I'm not against accents - my husband's from Lancashire and has a rural Lancs accent. We've just got back from Scotland yesterday, and I love that Highland burr.
book thinking manners
In my book, all manners are is thinking of somebody else.
touring
I love touring, I really do.
friendly vibes building
I don't feel 'vibes' when I enter a building - don't feel the previous owners looking down on me. But I do know when a place feels friendly.
nature grandchildren tree
I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.
nice communication voice
In this great age of communication, there a lot of people you can't actually understand. I know everyone tweets, and twits and texts and all that, but actually we've all got voices, and it is awfully nice to hear them and if you can understand what people are saying.
art garden thinking
Everyone wants instant everything, and they want instant success, but I always think you should treat things in the arts like a garden, and let them grow.