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Penelope Lee

  • Born Nov. 20, 1938
  • Wyke Regis, England, UK
  • 87 years old

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, …

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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.

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Acting (24)

9th Elder

Lynn Driver (voice)

Lady Rowena's Maidservant

Clarissa

Girl Kissing in Cab (uncredited)

Partridge

Girl on Bench

Radiologist

Mrs. Marchmont

Computer (voice)

Dr. Mary Bryant

Pat

Bronya

Alida Stair

Barbara

Lucy Flaxton

Lady Roe

Headmistress

Mrs. Smithson

Alida Stair

Chorus of Women of Canterbury

Mrs. Riddle

Polly Boocock

Peggy Harlton