Penelope Keith was born in Sutton in 1940. Her father, an army officer who was a Mayor by the end of the second World War, left her mother Connie when she was a baby, and she spent her early years in Clacton-on-sea, Essex and Clapham, South London.
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Keith joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963 and went on to win the 1976 Oliver Award for Best Comedy Performance for the play Donkey Years.
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She became a household name in the UK playing Margo Leadbetter in the sitcom, The Good Life winning the 1977 BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance.
Since 2000, she has worked mainly in the theatre, with her roles including Madam Arcati in Blithe Spirit and Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest (2007).
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