Joanna Lumley
Born in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India — May 01 1946
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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…
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Wednesday
Grandmama Hester Frump
The Avengers
Purdey
Agatha Christie's Marple
Dolly Bantry
The Wolf of Wall Street
Aunt Emma
Summer Camp Island
Adult Susie (voice)
Lewis
Esme Ford
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Guest Judge
Absolutely Fabulous
Patsy Stone
Lovejoy
Victoria Cavero
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self - Guest Announcer
The New Avengers
Purdey
Corpse Bride
Maudeline Everglot (voice)
Going Live!
Self
Me Before You
Mary Rawlinson
Fool Me Once
Judith Burkett
Are You Being Served?
Miss French
The BAFTA Awards
Host
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Roseanne
Patsy Stone
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Various
Blankety Blank
Mistresses
Vivienne Roden
Children In Need
Self
Paddington 2
Felicity Fanshaw
Car S.O.S.
Herself
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
Narrator (voice)
Jam and Jerusalem
Delilah Stagg
Sapphire & Steel
Sapphire
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The English Girl
Celebrity Gogglebox
Self
Cluedo
Mrs. Peacock
EuroTrip
Hostel Clerk
Steptoe and Son
Bunty
Comic Relief
Oxbridge Blues
Gigi
Ella Enchanted
Dame Olga
James and the Giant Peach
Aunt Spiker
Plunder
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
Narrator (voice)
Sensitive Skin
Davina Jackson
The Cazalets
Production
Amandaland
Felicity
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
Finding Alice
Sarah
Absolutely Anything
Fenella
The Foxbusters
Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)
Mistral's Daughter
Lally Longbridge
Coming Home
Diana Carey-Lewis
Alice in Wonderland
Tiger Lily (voice)
She's Funny That Way
Vivian Claremont
The Forgotten Toys
Annie (voice)
Class Act
Kate Swift
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Patsy Stone
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self
Parting Shots
Freda
Curse of the Pink Panther
Countess Chandra
Twiggy
Self
Nancherrow
Prince Valiant
Morgan Le Fey
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
Narrator
Trail of the Pink Panther
Marie Jouvet
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
Self
The Magic Roundabout
Ermintrude (voice)
And the Winner Isn't
Self
Some Girls Do
Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
Mad Cows
Gillian
Boogie Woogie
Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
The Cuckoo Waltz
Harriet Paulden
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Self
Stories of Lost Souls
Last in Line
Maybe Baby
Shiela
Mirrorball
Jackie Riviera
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Jessica Van Helsing
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
Finding Your Feet
Jackie
The Glory Boys
Helen
Innocent Lies
Lady Helena Graves
Coming Home
Diana Carey-Lewis
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Female Doctor
Joanna Lumley's Britain
Self - Host
Late Bloomers
Charlotte
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Lady Drayton
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nancherrow
Diana Carey-Lewis
The Cat's Meow
Elinor Glyn
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Mrs. Lovett
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Dad's the Prime Minister
Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
Cast
7 Up & Me
Narrator (voice)
Shirley Valentine
Marjorie Majors
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
Cold Comfort Farm
Mary Smiling
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Patsy Stone
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Herself (voice)
Final Chance to Save
Herself
The Making of a Lady
Lady Maria Byrne
Posh Nosh
Narrator (voice)
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Georgia
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
Self - Presenter
Frank and Percy
Joanna Lumley's India
Herself
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
Self - Presenter
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Half Tusk (voice)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lady Narborough
A Rather English Marriage
Liz Franks
Attenborough at 90
Self
Standing Room Only
Last in line
Joanna Lumley's Danube
Self - Host
Gangsta Granny
The Queen
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Self
Dr Willoughby
Donna Sinclair
The Breaking of Bumbo
Susie
Joanna Lumley's Postcards
The Plank
Hitcher
Falling for Figaro
Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Mrs Stone
Up in Town
Madison Blakelock
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
Herself
Joanna Lumley's Japan
Herself
Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
Self - Presenter
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Narrator (voice)
Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
Self - Presenter
The House That Dripped Blood
Games That Lovers Play
Fanny Hill
Girl Friday
Presenter
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
Narrator
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Electric Blue - The Movie
(archive footage)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self
The Weather in the Streets
Kate
Wogan on Wodehouse
Self
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Miss Parkyn
Jewels of the Med
Self - Narrator (voice)
Betjeman and Me
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Self
The Friday Night Project
Self - Host
Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
Herself - Presenter
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
Herself
Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
Self - Narrator (voice)
My Week with Maisy
Mrs. Foster
Bette Midler: One Night Only
Self - Host
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
Self
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Self - Presenter
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Philip and Elizabeth
Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon
Herself
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
Herself
The Man You're Not
Joanna Lumley
The Forgotten Toys
Annie (voice)
Counting Tigers
Narrator (voice)
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Self
Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land
The Genius of Roald Dahl
Herself
In Search of Dracula
Herself
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
Herself - Host
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
Presenter
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
Presenter
The Snowman Live Stage Show
Narrator
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
Self
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
Herself - Presenter
Electric Blue 002
(archive footage)
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee