Dame Penelope Keith is best known for creating two of TV's greatest comedy characters: Margo Leadbetter in the 1970s sitcom The Good Life, all outrageous fashions and withering put-downs; and the ...

On 3 April, Penelope Keith will become High Sheriff of Surrey. The most celebrated snob in British sitcom will spend a year as the Queen's official representative in the ultimate Home County.

And now Dame Penelope Keith is to look back and star in a special programme celebrating 50 years of BBC’s The Good Life. The quintessential British sitcom ran for four series on the BBC from ...

Margot's cafe would lower the tone: Fishing villages says no to Penelope Keith's plan Last updated at 14:29 24 January 2008 Her character in The Good Life constantly complained that the neighbours ...

As Margot Leadbetter in The Good Life, she was never afraid to speak her mind. More than 30 years on, Penelope Keith appears to be following her character’s lead.

Actress Penelope Keith may be best know for playing posh characters but today she officially became a titled woman – a Dame Commander. All Sections. News you can trust since 1754.

She's been Margot, To the manor born, the High Sheriff of Surrey - and now Penelope Keith from Godalming is a Dame in the Queen's New Year Honours. Last updated Tue 31 Dec 2013 Read more ...

Penelope Keith and Angela Lansbury are among those made dames in the New Year Honours list, with Antony Gormley, ... She said Margot and Audrey would have been "chuffed" by the honour.

Actress Penelope Keith has officially been made a dame at a ceremony at Windsor Castle. The 73-year-old star of The Good Life was joined by fellow performer Michael Crawford, who was appointed CBE ...

Penelope Keith, who played her, stood five-foot-10 tall – add the towering platforms that characterised the series' run from 1975 to 1978, and you have a true-to-life glamazon. The Good Life and ...