The impeccable Penelope Keith
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For years I thought Felicity Kendal’s Barbara Good was the star of The Good Life. I was wrong. Dame Penelope Keith, who has died aged 86, stole the series. It was Keith’s magnificently disapproving Margo Leadbetter, forever appalled by homemade wine, muddy boots and suburban self-sufficiency, who proved impossible to shake.
The scripts gave her some wonderfully acerbic lines, but scripts alone don’t explain why her words still crackle half a century on. She delivered them with a precision and
The scripts gave her some wonderfully acerbic lines, but scripts alone don’t explain why her words still crackle half a century on. She delivered them with a precision and
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