Dame Penelope Keith, the actress best known for sitcoms The Good Life and To The Manor Born, has died aged 86.
A statement issued this morning on behalf of her family said: ‘We are deeply saddened to announce that Dame Penelope Keith died peacefully whilst living with cancer at her home in Surrey where she had lived for more than 50 years.
‘The family is grateful for the care and support she received throughout her treatments, and ask that their privacy be respected at this time.’
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Actress Dame Penelope Keith, who lived in Surrey, is pictured in a photoshoot in April 2017
Dame Penelope Keith with her husband Rodney Timson at a theatre awards event in 2005
Dame Penelope Keith with Peter Bowles in the BBC’s To The Manor Born, which aired from 1979
(From left) Felicity Kendal, Richard Briers, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington in The Good Life
Penelope Keith is made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle on March 7, 2014
Dame Penelope Keith attends the Wimbledon Championships in London on July 10, 2021
