Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 20, 1938 (age 88)
Place of Birth
Wyke Regis, England, UK
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 - Movies
Superman
as 9th Elder
The Plague Dogs
as Lynn Driver (voice)
The Big Job
as Girl on Bench
The Tomb of Ligeia
as Lady Rowena's Maidservant
Carry On Cabby
as Girl Kissing in Cab (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
as Computer (voice)
Phoebe
as Mrs. Riddle
Afterward
as Alida Stair
Young Shoulders
as Mrs. Smithson
Known For - TV Shows
The Avengers
as Clarissa
Bergerac
as Radiologist
BBC Play of the Month
as Mrs. Marchmont
Festival
as Chorus of Women of Canterbury
Doomwatch
as Dr. Mary Bryant
Shadows of Fear
as Barbara
The Informer
as Peggy Harlton
Out of This World
as Pat
Black and Blue
as Lady Roe
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
as Partridge