Known for

Acting

Born

Nov 20, 1938 (87 years old)

Place of birth

Wyke Regis, England, UK

Penelope Lee

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.

Titles

The Avengers

Series • 1961

BBC Play of the Month

Series • 1965

Bergerac

Series • 1981

Superman

Movie • 1978

Doomwatch

Series • 1970

Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

Series • 1985

Out of This World

Series • 1962

Pickersgill People

Series • 1978

Shades of Darkness

Series • 1983

Ladies in Charge

Series • 1986

The Plague Dogs

Movie • 1982

Marie Curie

Series • 1977

The Tomb of Ligeia

Movie • 1964

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

Movie • 1985

The Big Job

Movie • 1965

Carry On Cabby

Movie • 1963

Young Shoulders

Movie • 1984