Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith, DBE, DL (née Hatfield; 2 April 1940 – 29 June 2026) was 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

• 2025The Good Life: Inside Out
• 2022The Good Life: Secret & Scandals — (archive footage)
• 2020Britain's Most Expensive Home: Building for a Billionaire — Narrator (voice)
• Penelope Keith at Her Majesty's Service — Presenter
• Death Comes to Pemberley — Lady Catherine de Bourgh
• 2010All About The Good Life
• The Secret Show
• Boohbah
• 2003Margery and Gladys — Margery Heywood
• 2001Great Comedy Moments — Margo Leadbetter (archive footage)
• 1998Coming Home — Aunt Louise
• Coming Home — Aunt Louise
• Next of Kin
• Law and Disorder
• 1992Aladdin — Madam Dim Sum (voice)
• 1992Beauty and the Beast — Madame Bonbec (voice)
• No Job for a Lady — Jean Price
• Executive Stress — Caroline Fielding
• Moving
• 1984Hay Fever — Judith Bliss
• Tickle on the Tum — Dora
• 1983Waters of the Moon — Helen Lancaster
• 1982On Approval — Maria
• 1982Spider's Web — Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
• 1981Priest of Love — Dorothy Brett
• 1980Donkeys' Years — Lady Driver
• To the Manor Born — Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
• 1978The Hound of the Baskervilles — Massage Receptionist
• Cottage to Let — Peggy Rodway
• The Norman Conquests — Sarah
• 1976Private Lives — Amanda Prynne
• The Good Life — Margo Leadbetter
• Two's Company — Mrs. Philips
• 1974Ghost Story — Rennie
• The Pallisers — Mrs Hittaway
• 1973Penny Gold — Miss. Hartridge
• 1972Rentadick — Reporter
• 1970Every Home Should Have One — Lotte von Gelbstein
• 1970John Clare: "I Am" — Agnes Strickland
• Kate — Wenda Padbury
• 1970Take a Girl Like You — Tory Lady
• 1969A Touch of Love — Nurse (uncredited)
• 1968Secret Ceremony — Hotel Assistant (uncredited)
• Wild, Wild Women — Daisy
• 1967Carry On Doctor — Plain Nurse (uncredited)
• ITV Playhouse — Housekeeper
• BBC Play of the Month — Maria Wislack
• Six Shades of Black — Lady Pandora Brewster
• The Avengers — Nanny Brown (credit only), Audrey Long
• Sweet Sixteen

Appearances as themselves (10)

• Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith — Self - Presenter
• 2024To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy — Self - Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
• Remembers… — Self
• Penelope Keith's Coastal Villages — Self - Presenter
• BBC: The Secret Files — Self - Presenter
• 2011Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes — Self
• The Manor Reborn — Self - Presenter
• 2005The Funny Blokes of British Comedy — Self
• Wogan — Self
• 1977The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show — Herself