- Born
- Birth namePenelope Anne Constance Hatfield
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Early in her career she worked in repertory in Manchester and while there obtained occasional television roles. When offered scripts she can usually tell within 5 pages if it is suitable for her. When it came to 'To the Manor Born' which was intended for a radio series, she considered it one of the best scripts that she'd read and asked to show it to BBC television light entertainment head John Howard Davis and the rest is history.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonyman 5
- She made her name in the theatre in Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests before which she had played mostly everything including a season at Stratford. She was spotted in 'Conquests' and offered a role in the tv series The Good Life. Her 1st tv break had been in 'Kate' with Phyllis Calvert.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonyman 5
- Penelope Keith was educated at a convent school in Bedford then spent 2 years at a drama school before going to a reportary theatre at Chesterfield in Derbyshire for 6 months. She's best known for the television series The Good Life and To the Manor Born. She has produced a production of Hayfever- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonyman 5
- SpouseRodney Timson(February 6, 1978 - present) (2 children)
- She is best known for playing smart British ladies in British comedies
- From 1990 to 2022, she was President of the UK Actors' Benevolent Fund.
- She was awarded the DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 Queen's New Year Honours List for services to the arts and to charity.
- Her husband was a detective constable with the West Sussex C.I.D.
- She is an avid gardener and even hosted a gardening show on the radio.
- Her two sons are adopted.
- I was very tall and very plain - I wasn't going to get very far on looks - so I thought I'd better be the funny girl.
- [On being awarded Damehood] It's a recognition for not only my 54 years of being an actress but also for all the charities with which I'm associated and I think they'll be thrilled.
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