Penelope Lee
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(9 total)
Superman
as 9th Elder
The Plague Dogs
as Lynn Driver (voice)
The Tomb of Ligeia
as Lady Rowena's Maidservant
Carry On Cabby
as Girl Kissing in Cab (uncredited)
The Big Job
as Girl on Bench
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
as Computer (voice)
Afterward
as Alida Stair
Young Shoulders
as Mrs. Smithson
Phoebe
as Mrs. Riddle
TV Shows
(13 total)
The Avengers
as Clarissa
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
as Partridge
Bergerac
as Radiologist
BBC Play of the Month
as Mrs. Marchmont
Doomwatch
as Dr. Mary Bryant
Out of This World
as Pat
Shadows of Fear
as Barbara
Marie Curie
as Bronya
The Flaxton Boys
as Lucy Flaxton
Ladies in Charge
as Headmistress
The Informer
as Peggy Harlton