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Joanna Lumley

Born Joanna Lamond Lumley
1 May 1946 (1946-05-01) (age 62)
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Spouse(s) Stephen Barlow

Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress and former model best known for her roles in The New Avengers, Absolutely Fabulous, Sapphire and Steel, Sensitive Skin and as a Bond Girl in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Srinagar ( Dogri: श्रीनगर Urdu: سرینگر Kashmiri: سِرېنَگَر श्रीनगर is the capital of the disputed state ( Dogri: जम्मू और कश्मीर Urdu: جموں و کشمیر is the northernmost state of India. For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British Stephen Barlow (born June 30, 1954) is a British conductor He was a Chorister at Canterbury Cathedral before studying at King's School The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. The New Avengers was a British Secret agent fantasy adventure television series produced during 1976 and 1977. Absolutely Fabulous (also known as Ab Fab) was a BAFTA and Emmy Award -winning British sitcom written by and starring Sapphire & Steel is a British television science-fiction series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire Sensitive Skin is an English Black comedy / Drama, produced by Baby Cow Productions for BBC Two. only be added to pages which discuss the film or character depicted in the image On Her Majesty's Secret Service, released in 1969, is the sixth Spy film in the James Bond series, and the only one to star George

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Early life

Joanna Lamond Lumley[1] was born on 1 May 1946 in Srinagar, Kashmir, British India. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Srinagar ( Dogri: श्रीनगर Urdu: سرینگر Kashmiri: سِرېنَگَر श्रीनगर is the capital of the disputed state ( Dogri: जम्मू और कश्मीर Urdu: جموں و کشمیر is the northernmost state of India. For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British Her parents were Major James Rutherford Lumley, who served in the 6th Gurkha Rifles, a regiment of the British Indian Army, and Thya Rose Weir; they married in 1941. Major is a Military rank the use of which varies according to country The 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles was a regiment of the British Indian Army, before being transferred to the British Army following India's independence A regiment is a Military unit, composed of a variable number of Battalions – commanded by a Colonel. See Indian Army for the post-independence (and post- partition) army of the Republic of India. After the independence of India in 1947, the Lumleys settled in Kent, England. The term " Indian independence movement " is diffuse incorporating various national and regional campaigns agitations and efforts of both Nonviolent and Militant KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland [1] Joanna was educated at St Mary's School in Sussex, England, and afterwards attended the Lucie Clayton finishing school. Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Tall, leggy, slim and blonde, she spent three years as a photographic model, and is said to have made her TV debut in a well-known UK advert for Nimble bread first screened in 1969. [2] She also appears in episode 1. 6 of The Bruce Forsyth Show (1966). Bruce Forsyth, CBE (born Bruce Joseph Forsyth Johnson on 22 February 1928) is a British BAFTA award-winning She also worked as a house model for Jean Muir. Jean Elizabeth Muir CBE FCSD ( July 17 1928 - May 28 1995) was an English fashion designer (though she herself preferred the description

Career

Early career

Lumley's acting career began with the role of a Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). only be added to pages which discuss the film or character depicted in the image On Her Majesty's Secret Service, released in 1969, is the sixth Spy film in the James Bond series, and the only one to star George She went on to have a brief but memorable role in Coronation Street in which she turned down Ken Barlow's offer of marriage. Coronation Street (commonly known as 'Corrie' is an award-winning Soap opera created by Tony Warren Ken Barlow refer to Ken Barlow (Coronation Street Ken Barlow (basketball

In the Are You Being Served? episode entitled "His and Hers" broadcast on BBC1 on 11 April 1973 (season 1; episode 4), she was guest star as perfume representative Miss French. Are You Being Served? was a long-running British sitcom broadcast from 1972 to 1985 Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Perfume is a mixture of fragrant Essential oils and Aroma compounds Fixatives and Solvents used to give the human body animals objects and living In the 3 April 1975 episode entitled "German Week" (season 3; episode 6), she was again guest star, on that occasion as "German Lady. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "

Major roles

Her first major role, however, was as Purdey in The New Avengers, a revival of the secret agent series The Avengers. The New Avengers was a British Secret agent fantasy adventure television series produced during 1976 and 1977. The Avengers was a British Television series featuring Secret agents in 1960s Britain. Although critical reaction to the series was lukewarm, the casting of Lumley was seen as inspired and following the tradition of iconic Avengers actresses Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg and Linda Thorson. Honor Blackman (born 22 August 1925) is an English actress, who is perhaps best known for the roles of Cathy Gale in Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE (born 20 July 1938 is an English actress. Linda Thorson (born Linda Robinson, June 18 1947, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress on TV and films mostly Lumley's bobbed hairstyle quickly became known as the 'Purdey bob' and was hugely popular for a time in the mid-1970s.

In 1979 she appeared in another series with a cult following: Sapphire and Steel, opposite David McCallum. This article does not discuss "cult" in the original sense of "veneration" or "religious practice" for that usage see Cult (religious practice Sapphire & Steel is a British television science-fiction series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire David Keith McCallum Jr (born September 19, 1933) is a prolific Scottish actor and the son of concertmaster violinist David McCallum Sr Conceived as ITV's answer to Doctor Who, Lumley played a mysterious ephemeral being ('Sapphire') who, with her cohort 'Steel', dealt with breaches in the fabric of time. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC.

Lumley went on to find fame with a new generation for her portrayal of the chain smoking, boozing, cocaine-sniffing and other drug-taking sexpot fashion director Patsy Stone on the British comedy television show Absolutely Fabulous (1992 - 2005). Tobacco Smoking is the inhalation of smoke from burned dried or cured leaves of the Tobacco plant most often in the form of a Cigarette. Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant Drug abuse has a wide range of definitions related to taking a Psychoactive drug or Performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect British Comedy, in Film, Radio and Television, is known for its consistently quirky characters plots and settings and has produced some of the most Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Absolutely Fabulous (also known as Ab Fab) was a BAFTA and Emmy Award -winning British sitcom written by and starring

She has specialised in playing upper-class parts, and her distinctive plummy voice has reinforced this. However she has demonstrated her ability to go beyond stereotypical images, most notably in the monologue series of playlets Up In Town (2002), written by Hugo Blick, and focusing on a society hostess's realisation that her star is fading. A monologue is an extended uninterrupted speech or poem by a single person

Other work has included: The Curse of Fatal Death — a special 1999 Comic Relief episode of Doctor Who — where she was a female version of the Doctor, a film about a journey made by her grandparents in Bhutan - In the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon (1996) - and A Rather English Marriage (nominated for a BAFTA for Best Actress 1999) and Dr Willoughby. Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death is a four-episode special of Doctor Who made for the Red Nose Day charity Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in The Kingdom of Bhutan (buːˈtɑːn is a Landlocked nation in South Asia. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation In 1995 she provided the voice of Annie the rag doll in the animated series The Forgotten Toys. In 1999 she also provided the voice for Sims the chicken in the BAFTA award winning animated series The Foxbusters. The Foxbusters was a British Animation very loosely based on the Dick King-Smith book The Fox Busters. In 2000 she co-produced a new drama series entitled The Cazalets. She has also appeared in a TV series on Sarawak, where she spent time as a girl. Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the Island of Borneo.

Lumley stars as the elderly Delilah Stagg in the 2006 sitcom; Jam & Jerusalem alongside Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and Sue Johnston. Jam & Jerusalem is a British sitcom that has aired on BBC One since 2006 Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957 is a Welsh actress and Comedian. Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958 is a BAFTA and Emmy Award -winning English Comedian, Screenwriter and actress Susan Johnston, usually known as Sue Johnston, (born 7 December 1943) is an English actress. In July 2007 she starred in the second series of the drama Sensitive Skin where she played the main character Davina Jackson. Sensitive Skin is an English Black comedy / Drama, produced by Baby Cow Productions for BBC Two. The BBC has said this will be the final series of the dark comedy.

Other work

Lumley has gained prominence as a voice over actress and is one of the most recognised voices in the United Kingdom. [1] Users of AOL in the United Kingdom are familiar with Joanna Lumley's voice. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located She recorded the greeting "Welcome to AOL" for that company. It is, therefore, the first thing that a UK AOL user hears when logging on.

She appeared as a guest host on Channel 4's The Friday Night Project, which aired on 3 August 2007. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Lumley has also appeared on the last run of ITV1's Parkinson (TV series) as a guest, on 27 October 2007, discussing the subject of young girls across the UK and how they need to behave better if they hope to be successful. This article deals with the ITV1 brand name as it is broadcast at present Parkinson was a British television Chat show presented by Sir Michael Parkinson. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. She was asked to write the introduction to a re-edition in November 2007 of the book called 'The Magic Key To Charm' written by the pioneering female journalist Eileen Ascroft. Eileen Ascroft was a journalist and writer Her first husband was celebrated film-maker Alexander Mackendrick, who produced Whisky Galore, The Ladykillers This is a book of tips to women, first written by Ascroft in 1938 about how to be glamorous. "I thought it was absolutely enchanting, it's how young women were told how to behave in the old days and I think it might be just coming back for a bit of a revival," she explained in the interview.

"Because, I have to say I adore our young ones and I think we have got some of the prettiest and loveliest girls in the world but I think sometimes the behaviour gets a bit bad and I think the girls let themselves down. They are so pretty and so lovely but they should behave better, I think, then they will be more successful. "

In 1999 she appeared in the Comic Relief spoof Doctor Who episode 'The Curse of Fatal Death' as the final incarnation as the Doctor. Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death is a four-episode special of Doctor Who made for the Red Nose Day charity

Private life

Following her rise to fame, she revealed that she had been an unmarried mother during the 1960s when it was socially unacceptable; her son, James, was born in 1967. James Lumley's natural father is the photographer Michael Claydon and is of Anglo Indian ethnicity. Anglo-Indians are people who have mixed Indian and British ancestry and the term is sometimes used in the West. The first of her two subsequent marriages was to comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd (Are You Being Served? see early career). Jeremy Lloyd (born Danbury Essex, England, 31 July 1932) is an English Actor and Scriptwriter, best known In 1986 she married conductor Stephen Barlow; they live in London. Stephen Barlow (born June 30, 1954) is a British conductor He was a Chorister at Canterbury Cathedral before studying at King's School

Lumley was awarded an OBE in 1995. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS). History Founding members of the Society include Sir John Barrow, Sir John Franklin and Francis Beaufort. In 2006 she was awarded an honorary degree from the University of St. Andrews. The University of St Andrews is the oldest University in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world, having been founded between

She is a noted animal rights campaigner and vegetarian. "Animal liberation" redirects here for other uses see Animal liberation (disambiguation. Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes Meat (including game and slaughter by-products Fish (including Shellfish and other sea She is also a car enthusiast, whose favourite TV programme is Top Gear. Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi- NTA and International Emmy Award -winning BBC Television series about motor vehicles mainly Her favourite car is a Triumph Stag convertible. The Triumph Stag was a British car sold between 1970 and 1978 by the Triumph Motor Company, which featured styling by the Italian designer She has been involved with a number of charities, including The Druk White Lotus School (in Kashmir), the Born Free Foundation, Mind (the UK mental health charity), Sight Savers, The Friends of Kadzinuni and many others. The Druk White Lotus School is located in Shey, Ladakh, high in the Indian Himalaya. The Born Free Foundation is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom. Mind (formally the National Association for Mental Health) is a Mental health charity in England and Wales. She has an interest in and concern about environmental matters, and sponsors the Joanna Lumley Fellowship in Environmental Science at the University of Oxford. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, At the 2007 Chelsea Flower Show, Lumley had a fuchsia named after her. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, officially the Great Spring Show and part of London's summer Social season. Fuchsia is a Genus of flowering Plants mostly Shrubs and can grow long shoots which were identified by Charles Plumier in the late-17th

Selected credits

Television

Theatre

Film

Books

By Lumley

She has also narrated a number of audiobooks and provided forewords for works by other authors. Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane a fictional street Coronation Street (commonly known as 'Corrie' is an award-winning Soap opera created by Tony Warren Are You Being Served? was a long-running British sitcom broadcast from 1972 to 1985 The New Avengers was a British Secret agent fantasy adventure television series produced during 1976 and 1977. Sapphire & Steel is a British television science-fiction series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire Cluedo was a Television Game show in the United Kingdom, Australia and other countries based on the board game of the same name Absolutely Fabulous (also known as Ab Fab) was a BAFTA and Emmy Award -winning British sitcom written by and starring Girl Friday is a 1994 BBC Reality television series starring Joanna Lumley in which she spends nine days on the Cold Comfort Farm is a comic Novel by Stella Gibbons, published in 1932 The Tale of Sweeney Todd is a 1998 Television movie directed by John Schlesinger. Coming Home is a 1978 Drama film which tells the story of an injured Vietnam War veteran's difficulty in re-entering civilian life A Rather English Marriage is a Novel by Angela Lambert, first published in 1992, and later adapted for Television by Andrew Nancherrow was a TV movie sequel to Rosamunde Pilcher 's Coming Home. Up In Town is a six-part series of short (10 minute monologues featuring Joanna Lumley as the middle-aged divorced and lonely Madison Blakelock Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi- NTA and International Emmy Award -winning BBC Television series about motor vehicles mainly Sensitive Skin is an English Black comedy / Drama, produced by Baby Cow Productions for BBC Two. Jam & Jerusalem is a British sitcom that has aired on BBC One since 2006 Blithe Spirit may refer to Blithe Spirit (play, a comic play Blithe Spirit (film, a 1945 British comedy film Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian Playwright Henrik Ibsen. Private Lives is a play written by Noel Coward in 1930 Coward who also starred in the first production alongside Gertrude Lawrence and Laurence Olivier Jack and the Beanstalk is an English Fairy tale, closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant Killer. The Cherry Orchard (Вишнëвый сад or Vishniovy sad in Russian) is Russian Playwright Anton Chekhov 's last Some Girls Do is a 1969 British Comedy Spy film directed by Ralph Thomas. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, released in 1969, is the sixth Spy film in the James Bond series, and the only one to star George Tamas " Tam " Lin (also called Tamlane, Tamlin, Tam Lien, Tam-a-Line, Tam Lane, or True Thomas Don't Just Lie There Say Something! is a 1973 British Film based on the popular "Whitehall Farce " written by The Satanic Rites of Dracula is a 1974 Hammer Horror film directed by Alan Gibson, and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee Trail of the Pink Panther is a 1982 Comedy film starring Peter Sellers. Curse of the Pink Panther is a 1983 comedy film the eighth installment of the Pink Panther series of films started by Blake Edwards in the early Shirley Valentine is a play by Willy Russell. Synopsis Taking the form of a Monologue by a middle-aged Working class Liverpool Cold Comfort Farm is a comic Novel by Stella Gibbons, published in 1932 James and the Giant Peach is a 1996 Fantasy film directed by Henry Selick, based on the Roald Dahl book of the same name Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, or simply Prince Valiant, is a Comic strip created by Hal Foster. Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death is a four-episode special of Doctor Who made for the Red Nose Day charity Maybe Baby is a 2000 British film, written and directed by Ben Elton based upon his novel Inconceivable The Cat's Meow is a Drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Ella Enchanted is a Comedy Film and the screen adaptation of Gail Carson Levine 's 1997 novel of the same name but EuroTrip is a 2004 American Comedy film produced by the same people as Road Trip and Old School The Magic Roundabout (released in France as Pollux le manège enchanté and in North America with an amend form For the 1987 film by Stuart Gordon, see Dolls (1987 film. For the 2002 film by Takeshi Kitano, see Dolls (film. Girl Friday is a 1994 BBC Reality television series starring Joanna Lumley in which she spends nine days on the

About Lumley

Notes

  1. ^ a b Barratt, Nick. "Family Detective : Joanna Lumley", The Daily Telegraph, 2007-08-04, p. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.  W16.  
  2. ^ Sweney, Mark. "Nimble Builds on Heritage", The Guardian (MediaGuardian), 2006-09-14. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.  

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NAME Lumley, Joanna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lumley, Joanna Lamond
SHORT DESCRIPTION British actress and former model
DATE OF BIRTH 1 May 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Srinagar, India
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Srinagar ( Dogri: श्रीनगर Urdu: سرینگر Kashmiri: سِرېنَگَر श्रीनगर is the capital of the disputed state India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
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