Penelope Lee
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 20, 1938 (age 87)
- Birthplace
- Wyke Regis, England, UK
Biography
Born in 1938 in Wyke Regis, England, Penelope Lee has been in a diverse variety of film, television, and theater. She won an arts council scholarship at age 36 to study singing and went to The Aldburgh School for Advanced Students. From this grew the Upottery festival. Performers included Yehudhi Menuhin, Stephan Grepelli, Murray Periaha, Jacqueline du Pre, Timothy West, and Prunella Scales. Throughout her acting career Penelope has worked continually for BBC Radio Drama. She was Nominated Best Actress on BBC Radio in 1978 for Away Day, a one woman play by Franz Xavier Kroetz.
Known For
Filmography
Ladies in Charge
TV · as Headmistress · 1 ep
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
Movie · as Computer (voice)
Phoebe
Movie · as Mrs. Riddle
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
TV · as Partridge · 2 eps
Young Shoulders
Movie · as Mrs. Smithson
Afterward
Movie · as Alida Stair
Shades of Darkness
TV · as Alida Stair · 1 ep
The Plague Dogs
Movie · as Lynn Driver (voice)
Bergerac
TV · as Radiologist · 1 ep
Superman
Movie · as 9th Elder
Pickersgill People
TV · as Polly Boocock · 1 ep
Marie Curie
TV · as Bronya · 5 eps
Black and Blue
TV · as Lady Roe · 1 ep
Shadows of Fear
TV · as Barbara · 1 ep
Doomwatch
TV · as Dr. Mary Bryant · 1 ep
The Flaxton Boys
TV · as Lucy Flaxton · 13 eps
The Informer
TV · as Peggy Harlton · 1 ep
The Big Job
Movie · as Girl on Bench
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Mrs. Marchmont · 1 ep
The Tomb of Ligeia
Movie · as Lady Rowena's Maidservant
Carry On Cabby
Movie · as Girl Kissing in Cab (uncredited)
Festival
TV · as Chorus of Women of Canterbury · 1 ep
Out of This World
TV · as Pat · 1 ep
The Avengers
TV · as Clarissa · 1 ep