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Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley’s screen credits include Aunt Emma in The Wolf of Wall Street, Mary Rawlinson in Me Before You, and Maudeline Everglot (voice) in Corpse Bride.
Born May 1, 1946 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India3 movies on MoviHero
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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), Jam & Jerusalem (2006–2008) and Finding Alice (2021–present) as well as playing Elaine Perkins in Coronation Street in 1973. Her film appearances include On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Shirley Valentine (1989), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Ella Enchanted (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016). …
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She had roles in two episodes of Are You Being Served? (1973–1975) written by Jeremy Lloyd, whom she had married and divorced three years prior to her first appearance on the show.
Lumley is an advocate and human rights activist for Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign. She supports charities and animal welfare groups, such as Compassion in World Farming and Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals. Lumley was made a Dame (DBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to drama, entertainment and charity.
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- 2026Frank and PercyActor
- 2025A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the TowerMrs Stone
- 2025Netflix Tudum 2025Self
- 2025TwiggySelf
- 2025The House of ClemensSelf
- 2024Absolutely Fabulous: Inside OutSelf / Patricia "Patsy" Stone
- 2024My Week with MaisyMrs. Foster
- 2023imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, BitterSelf
- 2023Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own WordsSelf
- 2022Spike Milligan: The Unseen ArchiveSelf - Friend
- 2021Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My LifeSelf
- 2021Joanna Lumley and the Human SwanPresenter
- 2021Falling for FigaroMeghan Geoffrey-Bishop
- 2021The Picture of Dorian GrayLady Narborough
- 2021The Vicar of Dibley: Inside OutSelf
- 2020Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable YearsNarrator
- 2020In Search of DraculaHerself
- 2019Counting TigersNarrator (voice)
- 20197 Up & MeNarrator (voice)
- 201820 Years of the Black Eyed PeasHerself - Host
- 2018Saturday Knight TakeawaySelf
- 2017Finding Your FeetJackie
- 2017The Missing Crown JewelsSelf
- 2017Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely ChampersSelf - Presenter
- 2017And the Winner Isn'tSelf
- 2017Paddington 2Felicity Fanshaw
- 2017The Man You're NotJoanna Lumley
- 2017Carnage: Swallowing the PastHerself (voice)
- 2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at OurselvesComedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The MoviePatsy Stone
- 2016Attenborough at 90Self
- 2015Joanna Lumley: Elvis and MeSelf
- 2015She's Funny That WayVivian Claremont
- 2015Absolutely AnythingFenella
- 2014Bette Midler: One Night OnlySelf - Host
- 201450 Years of BBC Two ComedyNarrator (voice)
- 2014Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.AmPresenter
- 2013Gangsta GrannyThe Queen
- 2012Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's ArkHerself - Presenter
- 2012The Making of a LadyLady Maria Byrne
- 2012The Genius of Roald DahlHerself
- 2011Wogan on WodehouseSelf
- 2011Late BloomersCharlotte
- 2010The Snowman Live Stage ShowNarrator
- 2010Boogie WoogieMrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
- 2008Ian Fleming: Where Bond BeganHerself
- 2008Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern LightsHerself
- 2007Counting Out TimeHerself
- 2006My Favourite Attenborough MomentSelf
- 2005The Funny Blokes of British ComedyMiss French (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005The Magic RoundaboutErmintrude (voice)
- 2004Stories of Lost SoulsLast in Line
- 2004Ella EnchantedDame Olga
- 2004EuroTripHostel Clerk
- 2004Standing Room OnlyLast in line
- 2002The Cat's MeowElinor Glyn
- 2000MirrorballJackie Riviera
- 2000Whispers: An Elephant's TaleHalf Tusk (voice)
- 2000Maybe BabyShiela
- 1999Mad CowsGillian
- 1999Parting ShotsFreda
- 1999Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal DeathThe Female Doctor
- 1999Alice in WonderlandTiger Lily (voice)
- 1999NancherrowDiana Carey-Lewis
- 1998A Rather English MarriageLiz Franks
- 1998Absolutely Fabulous: A LifePatsy Stone (archive footage)
- 1998The Tale of Sweeney ToddMrs. Lovett
- 1998Coming HomeDiana Carey-Lewis
- 1997Prince ValiantMorgan Le Fey
- 1996Absolutely Fabulous: The Last ShoutPatsy Stone
- 1996James and the Giant PeachAunt Spiker
- 1995Innocent LiesLady Helena Graves
- 1995In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny EverettSketch Performer (Archive Footage)
- 1995How to Be Absolutely FabulousPatsy Stone (archive footage)
- 1995Cold Comfort FarmMary Smiling
- 1995The Forgotten ToysAnnie (voice)
- 1994Girl FridayPresenter
- 1990A Ghost in Monte CarloLady Drayton
- 1989Shirley ValentineMarjorie Majors
- 1983The Weather in the StreetsKate
- 1983Curse of the Pink PantherCountess Chandra
- 1982Trail of the Pink PantherMarie Jouvet
- 1982Electric Blue - The Movie(archive footage)
- 1980An Audience with Dame Edna EverageActor
- 1979The PlankHitcher
- 1973Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!Miss Parkyn
- 1973The Satanic Rites of DraculaJessica Van Helsing
- 1971The House That Dripped BloodActor
- 1971Games That Lovers PlayFanny Hill
- 1970The Ballad of Tam LinGeorgia
- 1970The Breaking of BumboSusie
- 1969On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceThe English Girl
- 1969Some Girls DoRobot Saboteur (uncredited)
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