Joanna Lumley
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Joanna Lumley

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Biography

Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley DBE FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is a British actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer, and activist. She has won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012), and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of La Bête. In 2013, she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards, and in 2017 she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award.

Lumley's other television credits include The New Avengers (1976–1977), Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982), Sensitive Skin (2005–2007), Jam & Jerusalem (2006–2008) and Finding Alice (2021–present) as well as playing Elaine Perkins in Coronation Street in 1973. Her film appearances include On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Shirley Valentine (1989), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Ella Enchanted (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016). She had roles in two episodes of Are You Being Served? (1973–1975) written by Jeremy Lloyd, whom she had married and divorced three years prior to her first appearance on the show.

Lumley is an advocate and human rights activist for Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign. She supports charities and animal welfare groups, such as Compassion in World Farming and Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals. Lumley was made a Dame (DBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to drama, entertainment and charity.

Films Featuring Joanna Lumley

James and the Giant Peach

19966.6

Corpse Bride

20057.6

The House That Dripped Blood

19716.4

Prince Valiant

19975.2

Cold Comfort Farm

19956.8

The Cat's Meow

20025.8

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

19735.6

Maybe Baby

20005.4

Ella Enchanted

20046.5

Curse of the Pink Panther

19834.6

Attenborough at 90

20168.0

Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan

2021

The Magic Roundabout

20055.4

Mad Cows

19994.4

Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words

2023

Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life

202110.0

A Rather English Marriage

19985.5

Shirley Valentine

19896.3

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

20005.9

Innocent Lies

19954.6

A Ghost in Monte Carlo

19905.3

Late Bloomers

20115.2

The Wolf of Wall Street

20138.0

The Ballad of Tam Lin

19705.1

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

20148.0

Counting Tigers

2019

Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

20088.4

The Tale of Sweeney Todd

19985.7

Nancherrow

19996.2

Coming Home

19985.4

The Making of a Lady

20125.9

The Breaking of Bumbo

19704.7

Gangsta Granny

20136.1

She's Funny That Way

20155.9

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout

19967.3

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

19987.7

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

19957.0

Boogie Woogie

20105.1

An Audience with Dame Edna Everage

19803.8

My Week with Maisy

202410.0

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

19696.6

Absolutely Anything

20155.9

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

20237.0

Games That Lovers Play

19714.0

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

19997.4

Trail of the Pink Panther

19825.1

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

20165.3

Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me

2015

Bette Midler: One Night Only

Bette Midler: One Night Only

2014

Girl Friday

1994

Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark

2012

Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am

2014

Alice in Wonderland

19996.2

Me Before You

20167.9

Finding Your Feet

20177.0

The Snowman Live Stage Show

2010

Stories of Lost Souls

20045.7

Standing Room Only

2004

Parting Shots

19995.5

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

20176.4

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

20165.7

Some Girls Do

19695.8

Paddington 2

20177.5

And the Winner Isn't

20176.3

Wogan on Wodehouse

2011

EuroTrip

20046.6

The Forgotten Toys

19958.1

The Weather in the Streets

19834.3

Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers

201710.0

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

19734.2

Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began

20087.0

7 Up & Me

20197.5

Electric Blue - The Movie

19824.5

Electric Blue 002

19806.0

The Genius of Roald Dahl

2012

In Search of Dracula

20208.4

20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas

20189.0

Falling for Figaro

20216.5

The Plank

19797.4

Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years

20206.5

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

2021

The Picture of Dorian Gray

20213.0

Mirrorball

20008.0

Twiggy

20257.7

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

20248.0

In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett

19957.0

The Man You're Not

2017

Netflix Tudum 2025

20255.5

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower

20257.5

My Favourite Attenborough Moment

My Favourite Attenborough Moment

2006

Frank and Percy

Frank and Percy

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

20056.5

The Missing Crown Jewels

The Missing Crown Jewels

20177.0

Saturday Knight Takeaway

Saturday Knight Takeaway

20187.0

Counting Out Time

2007

Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive

2022

The House of Clemens

20258.0