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Acting

Penelope Keith

Career: Active from 1968 to 2022, with a break from 2004 to 2019, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 19
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: The Good Life
78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Penelope Keith Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
1.9, average 4.1
Adrenaline
2.8, average 4.8
Psychological
3.7, average 5.5
Contemporary Realism
3.7, average 5.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Witty Dialogue 5
Character-Driven Humor 4
Classic British Sitcom 4
British Sitcom 2
Workplace Comedy 2
Character-Driven 2
British Comedy 2
Nostalgic Television 2
Sharp Writing 2
Comfort Watch 2
Social Satire 2
Theatrical Adaptation 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Sweet Sixteen

TV show

2020s

2 titles

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals

as (archive footage)

Britain's Most Expensive Home: Building for a Billionaire

as Narrator (voice)

2010s

1 title · average score 72

Death Comes to Pemberley

72

TV show · as Lady Catherine de Bourgh

2000s

4 titles · average score 57

The Secret Show

52

TV show

Boohbah

48

TV show

Margery and Gladys

73

as Margery Heywood

Great Comedy Moments

as Margo Leadbetter (archive footage)

1990s

7 titles · average score 59

Coming Home

61

as Aunt Louise

Coming Home

68

TV show · as Aunt Louise

Next of Kin

TV show

Law and Disorder

TV show

Beauty and the Beast

as Madame Bonbec (voice)

Aladdin

48

as Madam Dim Sum (voice)

No Job for a Lady

TV show · as Jean Price

1980s

9 titles · average score 63

Executive Stress

TV show

Moving

TV show

Hay Fever

as Judith Bliss

Tickle on the Tum

TV show · as Dora

Waters of the Moon

as Helen Lancaster

Spider's Web

72

as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown

as Maria

Priest of Love

55

as Dorothy Brett

as Lady Driver

1970s

15 titles · average score 55

To the Manor Born

72

TV show · as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton

The Hound of the Baskervilles

22

as Massage Receptionist

The Norman Conquests

TV show · as Sarah

Private Lives

as Amanda Prynne

The Good Life

78

TV show · as Margo Leadbetter

Two's Company

75

TV show · as Mrs. Philips

Ghost Story

49

as Rennie

The Pallisers

73

TV show · as Mrs Hittaway

Penny Gold

56

as Miss. Hartridge

Kate

TV show · as Wenda Padbury

Every Home Should Have One

49

as Lotte von Gelbstein

Take a Girl Like You

37

as Tory Lady

1960s

8 titles · average score 67

A Touch of Love

65

as Nurse (uncredited)

Wild, Wild Women

TV show · as Daisy

Secret Ceremony

61

as Hotel Assistant (uncredited)

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Housekeeper

Carry On Doctor

66

as Plain Nurse (uncredited)

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Maria Wislack

Six Shades of Black

TV show · as Lady Pandora Brewster

The Avengers

83

TV show · as Nanny Brown (credit only) / Audrey Long