Born in 1938 in Wyke Regis, England, Penelope Lee has been in a diverse variety of film, television, and theater. She won an arts council scholarship at age 36 to study singing and went to The Aldburgh School for Advanced Students. From this grew the Upottery festival. Performers included Yehudhi Menuhin, Stephan Grepelli, Murray Periaha, Jacqueline du Pre, Timothy West, and Prunella Scales. Throughout her acting career Penelope has worked continually for BBC Radio Drama. She was Nominated Best Actress on BBC Radio in 1978 for Away Day, a one woman play by Franz Xavier Kroetz.
Superman
(9th Elder)
The Plague Dogs
(Lynn Driver (voice))
Carry On Cabby
(Girl Kissing in Cab (uncredited))
The Big Job
(Girl on Bench)
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
(Computer (voice))
Afterward
(Alida Stair)
The Tomb of Ligeia
(Lady Rowena's Maidservant)
Young Shoulders
(Mrs. Smithson)
Phoebe
(Mrs. Riddle)
Shadows of Fear
(Barbara)
Doomwatch
(Dr. Mary Bryant)
Marie Curie
(Bronya)
Bergerac
(Radiologist)
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
(Partridge)
The Avengers
(Clarissa)
BBC Play of the Month
(Mrs. Marchmont)
Festival
(Chorus of Women of Canterbury)
Black and Blue
(Lady Roe)
The Informer
(Peggy Harlton)
The Flaxton Boys
(Lucy Flaxton)
Out of This World
(Pat)