Culture Secretary reappoints Trustee of the Theatres Trust
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport reappoints Dame Penelope Keith DL as member of the Theatres Trust.
Biography
Dame Penelope Keith DL
Dame Penelope Keith, is an English actress, best known for her roles in the British sitcoms 바카라 사이트˜The Good Life바카라 사이트™ and 바카라 사이트˜To the Manor Born바카라 사이트™. She began her career in repertory theatre before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963, her theatre credits include Alan Ayckbourn바카라 사이트™s 바카라 사이트˜The Norman Conquests바카라 사이트™ and Michael 바카라 사이트˜Frayn바카라 사이트™s Donkeys바카라 사이트™ Years바카라 사이트™ for which she won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance.
Since the late 1990s, she has worked mainly in the theatre, including Keith Waterstone바카라 사이트™s 바카라 사이트˜Good Grief바카라 사이트™, Noël Coward바카라 사이트™s 바카라 사이트˜Blithe Spirit바카라 사이트™, Richard Everett바카라 사이트™s 바카라 사이트˜Entertaining Angels바카라 사이트™ and as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde바카라 사이트™s 바카라 사이트˜The Importance of Being Earnest바카라 사이트™.
She succeeded Lord Olivier as president of the Actors바카라 사이트™ Benevolent Fund and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1990, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2007, and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the arts and to charity.