# Penelope Keith Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/penelope-keith Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/penelope-keith.md Podcast: [popular Wiki of the Day](https://stenobird.com/podcast/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172) Published: 2026-06-30T03:49:39+00:00 Episode link: https://wikioftheday.com/wotdep.php?pod=popular&epnum=3345 Audio file: https://wikioftheday.com/pwotd/pwotdpod20260630033935.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/episodes/penelope-keith Duration seconds: 151 ## Resource pWotD Episode 3345: Penelope Keith Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today. With 335,463 views on Monday, 29 June 2026 our article of the day is Penelope Keith. Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith (née Hatfield; 2 April 1940 – 29 June 2026) was an English actress. Active in film, radio, stage and television, where she was also a presenter, Keith is primarily known for her roles in the British sitcoms The Good Life and To the Manor Born. Keith succeeded Lord Olivier as president of the Actors' Benevolent Fund after his death in 1989 and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the arts and to charity. Keith joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963, and went on to win the 1976 Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the play Donkeys' Years. She became a household name in the UK playing Margo Leadbetter in the sitcom The Good Life (1975–1978), winning the 1977 BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance. In 1978, Keith won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for The Norman Conquests. She then starred as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in the sitcom To the Manor Born (1979–1981), a show that received audiences of more than 20 million. Keith went on to star in another six sitcoms, including Executive Stress (1986–1988), No Job for a Lady (1990–1992) and Next of Kin (1995–1997). From 2000, she worked mainly in the theatre, with her roles including Madam Arcati in Blithe Spirit (2004) and Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest (2007). This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 03:49 UTC on Tuesday, 30 June 2026. For the full curren… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/episodes/penelope-keith/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/penelope-keith.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.