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Biography

Born

5/1/1946, Srinagar, Kashmir, India

Birth Name

Joanna Lamond Lumley

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (13)

Role
- Jam and Jerusalem
  Delilah Stagg (Series 1)
  - S 2: Ep 1 Festive Special
    1/1/08
  - S 1: Ep 8 Christmas Panto
    12/30/06
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 6
    12/26/06
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 5
    12/22/06
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 4
    12/15/06
  - + 4 More Credits
- Sensitive Skin (UK)
  Davina Jackson
  - S 1: Ep 6 1-6
    12/15/05
  - S 1: Ep 5 1-5
    12/8/05
  - S 1: Ep 4 Piano Lessons
    12/1/05
  - S 1: Ep 3 1-3
    11/26/05
  - S 1: Ep 2 1-1
    11/19/05
- Absolutely Fabulous
  Patricia "Patsy" Stone
  - S 5: Ep 10 White Box
    12/25/04
  - S 5: Ep 9 The Story Of Absolutely Fabulous
    1/2/04
  - S 5: Ep 8 Cold Turkey
    12/24/03
  - S 5: Ep 7 Exploitin'
    12/5/03
  - S 5: Ep 6 Schmoozin'
    11/28/03
  - + 34 More Credits
- Mirrorball
  Jackie Riviera
- Dr Willoughby
  Donna Sinclair
  - S 1: Ep 6 Awards
    12/13/99
  - S 1: Ep 5 Scandal
    12/6/99
  - S 1: Ep 4 Speculation
    11/29/99
  - S 1: Ep 3 Family Wedding
    11/22/99
  - S 1: Ep 2 Young Pretenders
    11/15/99
  - + 1 More Credits
- Foxbusters
  Simms/Voracity/Evita
  - S 1: Ep 1 Hen Night
    9/9/99
  - S 1: Ep 2 Where Egos Dare
- Class Act
  Kate Swift
  - S 1: Ep 1 Series 1 Episode 1
    4/7/94
- Cluedo
  Mrs Elizabeth Peacock #5
  - S 4: Ep 6 Publish and Be Damned
    5/24/93
  - S 4: Ep 5 Where There's a Will
    5/17/93
  - S 4: Ep 4 The Hanged Man
    5/10/93
  - S 4: Ep 3 The Word, The Flesh And The Devil
    5/3/93
  - S 4: Ep 2 Seven Deadly Sinners
    4/26/93
  - + 1 More Credits
- Children in Need
  Presenter
  - S 2: Ep 19 1988
    11/18/88
  - S 2: Ep 18 One Day to Go
    11/17/88
  - S 2: Ep 16 Children In Need Says Thank You
    2/16/88
  - S 2: Ep 15 1987
    11/27/87
  - S 2: Ep 14 A Time to Give
    11/26/87
  - + 4 More Credits
- Sapphire and Steel
  Sapphire
  - S 4: Ep 4 Adventure Six, Part 4
    8/31/82
  - S 4: Ep 3 Adventure Six, Part 3
    8/26/82
  - S 4: Ep 2 Adventure Six, Part 2
    8/24/82
  - S 4: Ep 1 Adventure Six, Part 1
    8/19/82
  - S 3: Ep 6 Adventure Five, Part 6
    8/26/81
  - + 29 More Credits
- The New Avengers
  Purdey
  - S 2: Ep 12 Emily
    12/17/77
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Gladiators
    11/25/77
  - S 2: Ep 13 Forward Base
    11/18/77
  - S 2: Ep 10 Complex
    11/11/77
  - S 2: Ep 9 K is for Kill: Tiger by the Tail (2)
    11/4/77
  - + 21 More Credits
- Foxbusters
  Sims/Voracity/Evita
  - S 1: Ep 13 Passing the Buck
  - S 1: Ep 12 Three Hens and a Baby
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Long Walk Home
  - S 1: Ep 10 See The Dog, See The Dog Run
  - S 1: Ep 9 Going Underground
  - + 5 More Credits
- Call My Bluff
  Panellist
Guest Star (47)

Role
- Agatha Christie's Marple
  Dolly Bantry
  - S 5: Ep 4 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
    1/2/11
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Body In The Library
    12/12/04
- The Graham Norton Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 11 Episode 88
    6/21/10
  - S 1: Ep 17 Episode 16
    6/14/07
- The Andrew Marr Show
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 37 6th June, 2010
    6/6/10
  - S 4: Ep 33 3rd May, 2009
    5/3/09
- GMTV
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 173 Wednesday 2nd September
    9/2/09
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
  Herself
  - S 16: Ep 17 Joanna Lumley, The Priests, Brandon Flowers, The Killers.
    5/29/09
  - S 3: Ep 9 Joanna Lumley, Avid Merrion, Derren Brown, Eddie Izzard, Doves.
    12/20/02
- Lewis
  Esme Ford
  - S 3: Ep 4 Counter Culture Blues
    4/12/09
- The One Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 51 Monday 16th March 2009
    3/16/09
- Comic Relief
  Patsy [French & Saunders 'Mamma Mia!']
  - S 8: Ep 12 RND 2009 - Funny For Money
    3/13/09
- Al Murray's Happy Hour
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 6 Series 3 Episode 6
    10/17/08
- Richard & Judy
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 43 Wednesday 13th August
    8/13/08
- French & Saunders
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 1 A Bucket o' French & Saunders (1)
    9/7/07
- The Sunday Night Project
  Self
  - S 5: Ep 10 Joanna Lumley
    8/3/07
- Graham Norton's Bigger Picture
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 4 Episode 18
    10/9/06
- The Paul O'Grady Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 74 Episode 74
    12/22/05
- This Morning
  Herself
  - S 17: Ep 111 Wednesday 8th June
    6/8/05
- Mystery!
  Dolly Bantry
  - S 25: Ep 9 Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1)
    6/5/05
- Top Gear
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 3 Series 5 Episode 3
    11/7/04
- Parkinson
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Ricky Gervais, Joanna Lumley, Kevin Kline, Beverley Knight
    10/2/04
- The Late Late Show (Ireland)
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 5 19 March 2004
    3/19/04
- Ruby (2002)
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Alan Davies, Joanna Lumley
    12/13/02
- Children in Need
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 5 2000 [2 Parts]
    11/17/00
  - S 2: Ep 6 1983 [4 Parts]
    11/25/83
- Parkinson (1998)
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 11 Joanna Lumley, Neil Morrissey, Ian McKellen
    3/26/99
- Doctor Who (1963)
  The Thirteenth Doctor
  - S 27: Ep 7 Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death, Part 4
    3/12/99
- Late Lunch
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 7 Episode 25
    12/2/98
- Ruby (1997)
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 1 Joanna Lumley, Jeanne Moreau, Boy George
    7/6/98
- Light Lunch
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 36 It's a Bolly Good Show
    11/24/97
- Clive Anderson All Talk
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 8 Wesley Snipes, Steve Coogan, Joanna Lumley
    11/20/97
- The Mrs. Merton Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 6 Joanna Lumley, Martin Clunes
    3/21/97
- Roseanne
  Patsy
  - S 9: Ep 7 Satan, Darling
    10/29/96
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 162 Show #0381
    5/16/95
- The Full Wax
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 1 Billy Crystal, Joanna Lumley
    4/22/93
  - S 2: Ep 1 Lauren Bacall, Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Saunders
    3/12/92
  - S 1: Ep 4 Louie Anderson, Tracey Ullman, Joanna Lumley
    2/9/91
- Comic Relief
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 8 RND 1993 - Total Relief
    3/12/93
- Lovejoy
  Victoria Cavero
  - S 3: Ep 3 No Strings
    1/26/92
  - S 3: Ep 2 Out To Lunch
    1/19/92
  - S 3: Ep 1 Friends in High Places
    1/12/92
- Aspel & Company
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 8 Dirk Bogarde, Joanna Lumley, Arthur Marshall
    3/2/85
- Oxbridge Blues
  Gigi
  - S 1: Ep 2 That Was Tory
    11/21/84
- This is Your Life (UK)
  Herself
  - S 25: Ep 2 Patrick Macnee
    10/24/84
- The Kenny Everett Television Show
  Joanna Lumley
  - S 2: Ep 9 Episode 2-9
    8/3/84
- The Kenny Everett Television Show
  Various
  - S 2: Ep 4 Episode 2-4
    3/17/83
- Parkinson (1971)
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 6 Lord Carnarvon, Joanna Lumley, John Romer
    11/7/81
- The Morecambe & Wise Show
  Guest Star
  - S 17: Ep 7 Joanna Lumley / Richard Vernon
    10/13/81
- An Audience With...
  Participating Audience Member
  - S 2: Ep 1 An Audience With Dame Edna
    12/26/80
- The Cuckoo Waltz
  Harriet Paulden
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Babysitter
    7/8/76
- Are You Being Served?
  German Customers
  - S 3: Ep 6 German Week
    4/3/75
- The Generation Game
  Show Guest
  - S 3: Ep 19 Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game
    1/11/75
- Are You Being Served?
  Miss French
  - S 1: Ep 5 His and Hers
    4/11/73
- Steptoe and Son
  Bunty
  - S 7: Ep 5 Loathe Story
    3/20/72
- The Wednesday Play
  Guest Star
  - S 9: Ep 3 The Mark II Wife
    10/15/69
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- The Kenny Everett Television Show
  Various
  - S 4: Ep 4 Episode 4-4
    11/6/86
  - S 3: Ep 3 Episode 3-3
    4/27/85
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 1-5
    3/18/82
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 1-4
    3/11/82
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 1-3
    3/4/82

Joanna Lumley News

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AbFab's Revival: Still Fabulous After All These Years

By Seth Abramovitch, Jan 09, 2012

It’s remarkable, really, how Edina and Patsy -- caricatures meant to lampoon the gaudy and clueless nouveau riche who sprung out of Margaret Thatcher’s England -- still seem so timely in a post-Occupy Wall Street world. read more
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The Office Adds Jim Carrey to Its Finale

By Tim Surette, Apr 23, 2011

Plus: Battlestar Galactica is reborn (sorta), Jimmy Fallon gets another season, and The Glades has a return date. read more

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Trivia
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- In May 2000, Joanna won the BAFTA Special Award for her role in The Avengers. She shared the award with the three other ladies who played Steed's partner over the years. They were; Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg and Linda Thorson.
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- In 2003, Joanna won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for Best Light Entertainment Performance for her role as Patricia "Patsy" Stone on Absolutely Fabolous.
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- Joanna is a Buddhist, having been born in India to Buddhist parentage.
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- Joanna: I'm aware of my body.
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- Joanna: I never mind scrubbing floors, vacuuming or bending and carrying stuff. Each time I do it I think, this is instead of going to the gym.
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- Joanna: I have a toy giraffe on my bed. I've got photographs over my desk as well as a mask of a giraffe in my kitchen. I am totally hooked.
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