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Joanna Lumley

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79 Years Old

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.

Born

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India on 1st May 1946

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Jam and Jerusalem
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Roseanne
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A Bucket O' French and Saunders
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Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
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Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
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EuroTrip
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Joanna Lumley's Britain
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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Ella Enchanted
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Philip and Elizabeth
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The New Avengers
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Up in Town
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Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
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James and the Giant Peach
Aunt Spiker
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Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon
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The Glory Boys
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Joanna Lumley's Danube
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Absolutely Anything
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She's Funny That Way
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Sapphire & Steel
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Mistresses
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Netflix Tudum 2025
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Nancherrow
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Dr Willoughby
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Alice in Wonderland
Tiger Lily (voice)
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The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
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Curse of the Pink Panther
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Trail of the Pink Panther
Marie Jouvet
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The Magic Roundabout
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The Friday Night Project
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
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Coming Home
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Prince Valiant
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Sensitive Skin
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula
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Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
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Finding Alice
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The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
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Finding Your Feet
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Boogie Woogie
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Carnage: Swallowing the Past
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Maybe Baby
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The House That Dripped Blood
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Twiggy
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Stories of Lost Souls
Last in Line
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Shirley Valentine
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Cold Comfort Farm
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Starting Out
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Innocent Lies
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The Cat's Meow
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Parting Shots
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Falling for Figaro
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
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And the Winner Isn't
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A Ghost in Monte Carlo
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Late Bloomers
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The Ballad of Tam Lin
Georgia
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Gangsta Granny
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Mad Cows
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
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Some Girls Do
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Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
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7 Up & Me
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Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
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A Rather English Marriage
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The Making of a Lady
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The Genius of Roald Dahl
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The Forgotten Toys
Annie (voice)
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Patsy Stone
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Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
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Coming Home Image
Coming Home
Diana Carey-Lewis
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Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
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Nancherrow
Diana Carey-Lewis
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The Plank
Hitcher
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The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Mrs. Lovett
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In Search of Dracula
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imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter Image
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
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Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
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Attenborough at 90
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Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lady Narborough
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How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
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Mirrorball
Jackie Riviera
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Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
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50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
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Wogan on Wodehouse
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The Weather in the Streets
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Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
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The Breaking of Bumbo
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Electric Blue - The Movie
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The Snowman Live Stage Show
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In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
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Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
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Games That Lovers Play
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Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
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Counting Tigers
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Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
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Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
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Standing Room Only
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The Man You're Not
Joanna Lumley
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An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
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Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
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20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
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My Week with Maisy
Mrs. Foster
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Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
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Bette Midler: One Night Only
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Girl Friday
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Electric Blue 002
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