Joanna Lumley

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1946-05-01 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India

Joanna Lumley

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), J...

Acting

1996

2005

Corpse Bride

as Maudeline Everglot (voice)

1997

Prince Valiant

as Morgan Le Fey

1995

Cold Comfort Farm

as Mary Smiling

2001

The Cat's Meow

as Elinor Glyn

1973

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

as Jessica Van Helsing

2000

Maybe Baby

as Shiela

2004

Ella Enchanted

as Dame Olga

1983

Curse of the Pink Panther

as Countess Chandra

2004

The Magic Roundabout

as Ermintrude (voice)

1999

Mad Cows

as Gillian

1998

1989

Shirley Valentine

as Marjorie Majors

2000

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

as Half Tusk (voice)

1995

Innocent Lies

as Lady Helena Graves

1990

A Ghost in Monte Carlo

as Lady Drayton

2011

Late Bloomers

as Charlotte

2013

1970

2014

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

as Narrator (voice)

2019

Counting Tigers

as Narrator (voice)

1998

1999

Nancherrow

as Diana Carey-Lewis

1998

Coming Home

as Diana Carey-Lewis

2012

The Making of a Lady

as Lady Maria Byrne

2013

Gangsta Granny

as The Queen

2015

She's Funny That Way

as Vivian Claremont

1998

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

as Patsy Stone (archive footage)

1995

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

as Patsy Stone (archive footage)

2009

Boogie Woogie

as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold

2024

My Week with Maisy

as Mrs. Foster

1969

2015

1971

1999

1982

1994

Girl Friday

as Presenter

1999

Alice in Wonderland

as Tiger Lily (voice)

2016

Me Before You

as Mary Rawlinson

2017

2004

Stories of Lost Souls

as Last in Line

2004

Standing Room Only

as Last in line

1999

2017

2016

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

1969

Some Girls Do

as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)

2017

Paddington 2

as Felicity Fanshaw

2004

EuroTrip

as Hostel Clerk

1995

The Forgotten Toys

as Annie (voice)

2019

7 Up & Me

as Narrator (voice)

1982

Electric Blue - The Movie

as (archive footage)

1980

Electric Blue 002

as (archive footage)

2020

2018

2021

Falling for Figaro

as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop

1979

The Plank

as Hitcher

2021

The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Lady Narborough

2000

Mirrorball

as Jackie Riviera

2025

Twiggy

as Self

1995

In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett

as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)

2017

The Man You're Not

as Joanna Lumley

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