Joanna Lumley : Biography, Pictures, Photos, Trivia, Address, Filmography (The New Avengers)

Joanna Lumley (born May 1, 1946 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India) is a British actress and former model who is best known for her portrayal of the chain smoking, boozing, cocaine-sniffing and other drug-taking sexpot Patsy Stone on the British comedy television show Absolutely Fabulous. She is also a noted animal rights campaigner and vegetarian.

Tall, leggy, thin and blonde, she began her acting career as a Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Her first major role was as Purdey in The New Avengers: a revival of the secret agent series The Avengers.

She has specialised in playing upper-class parts, and her distinctive plummy voice has reinforced this. However, following her rise to fame, she revealed that she had been an unmarried mother during the 1960s when it was socially unacceptable. The first of her two subsequent marriages was to comedy writer, Jeremy Lloyd.

Lumley was awarded an OBE in 1995. In 1999 she appeared in The Curse of Fatal Death - a special Comic Relief episode of Doctor Who - as a female version of the Doctor.

She is also a car enthusiast, whose favourite TV programme is Top Gear. Her favourite car is a Triumph Stag convertible.

Joanna Lumley is a British actress known for her role in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous, in which she plays Patsy Stone. Lumley was born on May 1, 1946 in Srinagar, in the state of cashmere, India. She grew up in England and studied at the London dance and comedy school.

Lumley began her acting career in the 1960s, playing in television series such as The New Avengers and The New Avengers. She also played in films such as we her Majesty's Secret Service and The Shipping News. In 1992, she obtained the role of Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous, a television series which was a real success and which was broadcast for several years.

In addition to her acting career, Lumley is also engaged in humanitarian and environmental causes. She was notably a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and supported campaigns for the protection of tigers and elephants. She also received several awards for her work, including the title of Lady Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2017.

In summary, Joanna Lumley is a British actress known for her role in the Absolutely Fabulous series and for her commitment to humanitarian and environmental causes.

Is an active crusader for Animal Rights.

Is a vegetarian.

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Joanna was awarded an OBE in 1995

After Joanna failed her RADA audition she went into modelling. She was told she was "Too fat and too ugly" !!

Received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters in 1994 from Kent University in Canterbury "for her contribution to the entertainment industry and her active charitable work."

Her Grandfather was Colonel Leslie Weir CIE, a political officer of the British Raj in India (were she was born). Joanna recreated the trip he and his wife made in 1931 to the King of Bhutan in "Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon" (1997).

Has an honorary degree From Oxford Brookes University.

Spouse : Stephen Barlow (1986 - present), Jeremy Lloyd (23 May 1970 - September 1970) (divorced)

Has one adult son, Jamie.

Her father was a major in the Ghurka Rifles.

Has one son, James (Jamie) Lumley, born in 1967, from a relationship with photographer Michael Claydon.

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