BUSINESS RECORDS
Date: 03 April 1940
Annual meeting; 1st qr sales rept
Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith (née Hatfield; born 2 April 1940) is an English actress and presenter, active in film, radio, stage and television and primarily known for her roles in the British sitcoms The Good Life and To the Manor Born. She succeeded Lord Olivier as president of the Actors' Benevolent Fund after his death in 1989, and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the arts and to charity.
Keith joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963, and went on to win the 1976 Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the play Donkeys' Years. She became a household name in the UK playing Margo Leadbetter in the sitcom The Good Life (1975–78), winning the 1977 BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance.
In 1978 Keith won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for The Norman Conquests. She then starred as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in the sitcom To the Manor Born (1979–81), a show that received audiences of more than 20 million. She went on to star in another six sitcoms, including Executive Stress (1986–88), No Job for a Lady (1990–92) and Next of Kin (1995–97). Since 2000, she has worked mainly in the theatre, with her roles including Madam Arcati in Blithe Spirit (2004) and Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest (2007).
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Date: 03 April 1940
Date: 03 April 1940
Date: 03 April 1940
Brit rept German planes in Scapa Flow and convoy attack driven off; repts German patrol ships attacked with bombs; German version of combats
Date: 03 April 1940
By MEYER BERGER
Meyer BERGER
Bklyn United Junkmen's Assn opposes anti-noise laws; scores unscrupulous dealers
Date: 03 April 1940
C I T Safety Foundation awards to newspapermen
Date: 03 April 1940
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
3 dead, 5 hurt, munitions factory blast; inquiry, Scotland
Date: 03 April 1940
By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Douglas CHURCHILL
Weak Link; filming plans