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by David K. Smith Born on 1 May 1946 (7:30 PM IST) in Srinagar, Kashmir, India,
Joanna Lamond Lumley was the daughter of a high-born British military major. Upon moving to
Britain in her teens, she trained as a dancer and, after failing her RADA audition, she
did a modeling stint, although she was once told that she was "too fat and too
ugly." One of her first acting opportunities was a bit part in On Her Majesty's
Secret Service (a coincidence in that it starred Diana Rigg). Her career followed in the same unremarkable vein for several
years until she won the
role of Purdey in The New Avengers, and the considerable effort it took to do so
paid off by finally gaining her some decent exposure. Her career continued smoothly, if
unspectacularly, until she wound up on the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous playing the
notorious Patsy Stone, at which point critics and fans declared that she had staged a
"comeback." Whether or not this was actually the case, her AbFab
character nevertheless had become so popular that she was being imitated in TV commercials
by John Cleese, and she has been quite busy ever since. Joanna
married comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd in 1971 and divorced soon after.
Currently married to Steven Barlow, she is a vegetarian and an animal rights crusader,
and has a son named Jamie.
- BAFTA (2000) for The Avengers
- BAFTA (1995) for Absolutely Fabulous
- OBE (1995)
- Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon
- Girl Friday
- Forces Sweetheart
- Stare Back and Smile
- Joanna Lumley: The Biography (Ewbank and Hildred)
Stage |
1995 The Letter |
Leslie Crosby |
1992 Who Shall I Be
Tomorrow? |
1990 Vanilla |
Miralda Sumac |
1990 In Praise of
Rattigan |
1987 An Ideal Husband |
Mrs. Cheveley |
1986 Blithe Spirit |
Elvira |
1984 Hedda Gabler |
Hedda Gabler |
1982 Noel and Gertie |
Gertrude Lawrence |
1981 Private Lives |
Georgia |
1980 As You Like It |
Amanda Prynne |
1975 Othello |
Desdemona |
1975 The End of Me Old
Cigar |
1971 Don't Just Lie There, Say Something |
Miss Parkyn |
1971 Not Now Darling |
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Film |
2005 Tim Burton's Corpse Bride |
Voice of Maudeline |
2005 The Magic Roundabout |
Voice of Ermintrude |
2004 Ella Enchanted |
Dame Olga |
2004 Euro Trip |
Hostel Clerk |
2004 Standing Room Only |
Last in Line |
2001 The Cat's Meow |
Elinor Glyn |
2000 Maybe Baby |
Sheila |
2000 Whispers: An Elephant's Tale |
Voice of Half Tusk |
1999 Mad Cows |
Gillian |
1998 Little Miracles |
1998 Parting Shots |
Fred |
1997 Prince Valiant |
Morgan Le Fey |
1996 James and the Giant Peach |
Aunt Spiker |
1995 Innocent Lies, a.k.a. Halcyon Days |
Lady Helena Graves |
1995 The Forgotten Toys |
Voice of Annie |
1989 Shirley Valentine |
Marjorie Majors |
1983 Curse of the Pink Panther |
Countess Chandra |
1982 Trail of the Pink Panther |
Marie Jouvet |
1980 Lady Chatterley vs. Fanny Hill |
1974 The Satanic Rites of Dracula |
Jessica van Helsing |
1973 Don't Just Lie There, Say Something |
Giselle Parkyn |
1971 Two Girls |
1971 Tam Lin, a.k.a. The Devil's Widow |
Georgia |
1971 The Breaking of Bumbo |
Susie |
1970 Games That Lovers Play |
Fanny Hill |
1970 The House That Dripped Blood |
1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service |
The English Girl |
1969 Some Girls Do |
unbilled bit part |
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Teleplays/TV Movies |
2001 Masterpiece Theatre: The Cazalets
(Producer) |
2000 Mirrorball |
Jackie Riviera |
1999 Nancherrow |
Diana Carey-Lewis |
1999 Alice in Wonderland |
Voice of Tiger Lily |
1998 Coming Home |
Diana Carey-Lewis |
1998 The Tale of Sweeney Todd |
Mrs. Lovett |
1998 A Rather English Marriage |
Liz Franks |
1996 Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout! |
Patsy Stone |
1995 Cold Comfort Farm |
Mrs. Smiling |
1990 A Ghost in Monte Carlo |
Lady Drayton |
1984 The Glory Boys |
Helen |
1984 Oxbridge Blues: That Was Tory |
Gigi |
1983 That Was Tory |
1983 The Weather in the Streets |
Kate |
1979 The Plank |
Hitchhiker |
1969 The Mark 2 Wife |
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TV Series |
1999 Willoughby M.D. |
Donna Sinclair |
1999 Foxbusters |
Voice |
1998 The Forgotten Toys |
1997 Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon |
Presenter |
1994 Class Act |
Kate Swift |
1994 Girl Friday |
Herself |
1992 Absolutely Fabulous |
Patsy Stone |
1992 A Perfect Hero (miniseries) |
Loretta Stone |
1991 Cluedo, a.k.a. Clue |
Mrs. Peacock |
1991 In Search of the White Rajahs (documentary) |
Narrator |
1984 Mistral's Daughter |
Lally Longbridge |
1979 Sapphire and Steel |
Sapphire |
1976 The New Avengers |
Purdey |
1973 Coronation Street |
Elaine Perkins |
1972 Call My Bluff |
Regular panelist |
1971 It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, Darling |
Samantha Ryder-Ross |
1965 Hector's House |
Voice of Zsazsa the Cat |
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TV Guest Appearances |
2004 Agatha Christie's Marple |
"The Body in the Library" |
Dolly Bantry |
2004 Top Gear |
Herself |
2004 The Late Show |
Herself |
2004 This Morning |
Herself |
2004 Parkinson |
Herself |
2003 My Dad's the Prime Minister |
"The School Play" |
Herself |
2003 Richard & Judy |
Herself |
2002 Friday Night with
Jonathan Ross |
Herself |
2001 This Hour has 22 Minutes |
Herself (unbilled) |
1999 Comic Relief, "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death" |
Herself, The 13th Doctor |
1999 Parkinson |
1999 Des O'Connor Tonight |
Herself |
1998 French and Saunders |
"Titanic" |
Herself |
1998 Ruby |
Herself |
1998 Late Lunch |
Herself |
1997 Clive and Anderson All Talk |
Herself |
1997 The Mrs. Merton Show |
Herself |
1996 Roseanne |
"Satan, Darling" |
Patsy Stone |
1996 How To Be Absolutely Fabulous |
Herself |
1994 The Full Wax |
Series 4, Program 2 |
Herself |
1993 Saturday Zoo |
Herself |
1993 The Full Wax |
Series 3, Program 1 |
Herself |
1993 Comic Relief: Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes |
Herself |
1992 The Full Wax |
Series 2, Program 1 |
Herself |
1992 Lovejoy |
"No Strings" |
Victoria Cavero |
1992 Lovejoy |
"Out to Lunch" |
Victoria Cavero |
1992 Lovejoy |
"Friends in High Places" |
Victoria Cavero |
1991 The Full Wax |
Series 1, Program 4 |
Herself |
1989 Wogan (talk show) |
Guest Host |
1988 Ruby's Celebrity Bash |
Herself |
1984 Alas Smith and Jones |
Herself (unbilled) |
1983 Children In Need |
1983 The Kenny Everett Show |
1981 The Morecambe & Wise Show |
Herself |
1977 Robin's Nest |
Marion Nichols |
1976 The Cuckoo Waltz |
Harriett |
1975 Are You Being Served? |
"German Week" |
German Lady |
1975 General Hospital |
6 episodes |
Flirty Patient |
1973 Are You Being Served? |
"His and Hers" |
His/Her Girl |
1972 Steptoe and Son |
"Loathe Story" |
Bunty Kennington-Stroud |
Joanna Lumley on video |
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