Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 20, 1938
Place of Birth
Wyke Regis, England, UK
Credits
24 titles
Penelope Lee
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
Headmistress
Phoebe
Mrs. Riddle
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
Computer (voice)
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
Partridge
Young Shoulders
Mrs. Smithson
Afterward
Alida Stair
Shades of Darkness
Alida Stair
The Plague Dogs
Lynn Driver (voice)
Bergerac
Radiologist
Superman
9th Elder
Pickersgill People
Polly Boocock
Marie Curie
Bronya
Black and Blue
Lady Roe
Shadows of Fear
Barbara
Doomwatch
Dr. Mary Bryant
The Flaxton Boys
Lucy Flaxton
The Informer
Peggy Harlton
BBC Play of the Month
Mrs. Marchmont
The Big Job
Girl on Bench
The Tomb of Ligeia
Lady Rowena's Maidservant
Festival
Chorus of Women of Canterbury
Carry On Cabby
Girl Kissing in Cab (uncredited)
Out of This World
Pat
The Avengers
Clarissa