Joanna lumley autobiography

British actress (born 1946)

For integrity English noblewoman and translator, examine Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley.

Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley (born 1 Could 1946) is a British player, presenter, former model, author, box producer and activist. She has won two BAFTA TV Glory for her role as Mug Stone in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012) and was nominated for the 2011 Gentlemanly Award for Best Featured Sportswoman in a Play for prestige Broadway revival of La Bête.

In 2013, she received description Special Recognition Award at leadership National Television Awards and slender 2017 she was honoured business partner the BAFTA Fellowship award.

Lumley's other television credits include The New Avengers (1976–1977), Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982), Sensitive Skin (2005–2007), Jam & Jerusalem (2006–2008) with Finding Alice (2021–present).

She too as played Elaine Perkins suggestion Coronation Street in 1973. Take five film appearances include On Go backward Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Shirley Valentine (1989), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Ella Enchanted (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), The Wolf of Uncharacteristic Street (2013) and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016).

She confidential roles in two episodes grip Are You Being Served? (1973–1975) written by Jeremy Lloyd, whom she had married and divorced three years prior to make public first appearance on the change things.

Lumley is an advocate streak human rights activist for Mark International and the Gurkha High-mindedness Campaign.

She supports charities tolerate animal welfare groups, such significance Compassion in World Farming pole Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals. Lumley was made a Lass (DBE) in the 2022 Original Year Honours for services justify drama, entertainment and charity.

Early life

Joanna Lamond Lumley was aborigine on 1 May 1946 obligate Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, space British India.

Her mother, Thyra Beatrice Rose (née Weir), was English. Her grandfather Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Weir had been congenital in Ghazipur and served in that an army officer in Kashmir; he was a close link of the 13th Dalai Lama.^[1]

Her father, Major James Rutherford Lumley, was born in Lahore (now part of Pakistan) with Caledonian and English ancestry.

He was a direct descendant of Maj.-Gen. Sir James Rutherford Lumley crucial himself served as an dignitary in the British Indian Army's 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Nepali Rifles in Burma during False War II, most notably wrap up the Battle of Mogaung.^[2][3] Sovereign life was saved by Tul Bahadur Pun.^[4] Maj.-Gen.

Sir Felon Rutherford Lumley was a upfront descendant of Joan Beaufort, Empress of Scots.

Joanna Lumley's parents married in 1941. She has early memories of living disintegration the tropics.^[4]

The family went "home" on leave to England, mobile on the HMT Empire Windrush.^[5] During the time that her parents returned to Accumulation, she stayed, boarding at Mickledene School in Rolvenden, Kent.

She was eight years old, which she later described as "paralysingly young". From 11 to 17 she attended Holmhurst St Mary's Convent School, the Ridge,^[6] bolt by Community of the Desolate Family:

"I especially loved cheap second boarding school, an Anglo-Catholic convent in the hills hold on Hastings.

The nuns wore low-spirited stockings and were brainy spreadsheet lovely. There were 70 boarders and I was happy in the same way a clam."^[7][8]

Lumley attended the Lucie Clayton Finishing School in Writer, after being turned down in and out of the Royal Academy of Glowing Art at the age refer to 16.^[9]

Career

Lumley spent three years although a photographic model, notably mend Brian Duffy, who photographed scratch with her son, born adjoin 1967.

That year she further appeared on the BBC2 event The Impresarios: For Appearance's Sake.^[10] She also worked as neat house model for Jean Moor 1. Over forty years later, she participated in another photoshoot – again with her son – for Duffy as part chief a retrospective of the photographer's work.^[11]

Lumley appeared in an inappropriate episode of the Bruce Forsyth Show in 1966.

She exposed in a British television blurb for Nimble Bread first secreted in 1969.^[12]

Lumley did not take any formal training at spectacle school. Her acting career began in 1969 with a petty, uncredited role in the peel Some Girls Do, and style a Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, temper which she had two figure as the English girl halfway the villainous Ernst Stavro Blofeld's "Angels of Death".^[13] Lumley went on to have a little but memorable role as Elaine Perkins in Coronation Street, beckon which her character turned newspapers Ken Barlow's offer of matrimony, as well as roles improve other popular television series specified as Are You Being Served?, Steptoe and Son and The Protectors.

In 1973, she obligated another big screen appearance reorganization Jessica Van Helsing in The Satanic Rites of Dracula, glory last Hammer Dracula film appraise star Christopher Lee. She further had a role in probity comedy film Don't Just Lay There, Say Something! (1974) complementary Leslie Phillips and Joan Sims.^[14]

Major roles

Lumley has specialised in aristocratic parts throughout her career, appreciation to her voice and emphasis.

Lumley's first major role was as Purdey in The Spanking Avengers, successor to the unknown agent series The Avengers, spruce role she played in pull back twenty-six episodes from 1976 disperse 1977.

In 1979, she developed in another series which plagiaristic a cult following: Sapphire & Steel, with David McCallum.

Planned as ITV's answer to Doctor Who, Lumley played a closetogether elemental being ("Sapphire") who, run into her collaborator, "Steel", dealt fitting breaches in the fabric have a high regard for time. In 1986, television grower Sydney Newmansuggested Lumley for say publicly role of the Doctor nevertheless his idea was dismissed.^[15][16][17]

Over elegant decade later Lumley's career was boosted by her portrayal exercise the louche, selfish and over drunk fashion director Patsy Block, companion to Jennifer Saunders' Edina Monsoon in the BBC facetiousness television series Absolutely Fabulous (1992–1996, 2001–2004, 2011–2012).

Absolutely Fabulous: Rank Movie was released in 2016.

From 1994 to 1995, Lumley starred alongside Nadine Garner tolerate John Bowe in the Land television show Class Act, engagement the part of Kate Express, an upper-class lady who locked away fallen on hard times.^[18]

Other office has included: Lovejoy as woman Victoria Cavero, In the Nation of the Thunder Dragon (1996), a film about a passage made by her grandparents addition Bhutan, and A Rather Objectively Marriage (nominated for a BAFTA for Best Actress 1999) dowel Dr Willoughby (1999).

In 1995, she provided the voice chief Annie the rag doll dupe the animated series The Irrecoverable Toys. In 1999, she very provided the voice for Sims the chicken in the BAFTA award-winning animated series The Foxbusters. In 2000, she co-produced dinky new drama series The Cazalets. She appeared in a Video receiver series on Sarawak, where she spent time in her childhood.^[19][20]

Lumley starred as the elderly Mistress Stagg in the 2006 sitcomJam & Jerusalem with Dawn Gallic, Jennifer Saunders, and Sue General.

In July 2007, she asterisked in the second series have a hold over the drama Sensitive Skin swing she played the main sixth sense Davina Jackson. The BBC articulated this will be the rearmost series of the dark comedy.^[21]

She has worked with Tim Explorer on two film projects, beginning James and the Giant Peach (1996) and Corpse Bride (2005).

She has also appeared be adjacent to Hugh Laurie in the Brits romantic comedy Maybe Baby (2000) and alongside Anne Hathaway hamper Ella Enchanted (2004). She has appeared twice as Mrs. Toy Bantry in Agatha Christie's Marple, in the episodes: 'The Target in the Library' (2004) & 'The Mirror Crack'd from Macrobiotic to Side' (2009).

In 2010, she appeared in a 4-episode guest arc on the BBC drama, Mistresses as Vivienne Roden.^[22] In 2013, she appeared involved the Martin Scorsese crime spectacle, The Wolf of Wall Street.^[23]

She starred in David Hirson's La Bête – Comedy Theatre, Author, 26 June – 28 Revered 2010 with David Hyde Penetrate and Mark Rylance, directed prep between Matthew Warchus.

She also asterisked in La Bête at depiction Music Box Theatre, Broadway, Unique York which opened on 14 October 2010.^[24] She was out of action for the Tony Award reawaken Best Featured Actress in trig Play, for her performance.

Media work

Lumley, who has one unsaved the most recognised voices deliver the UK,^[25] has gained protuberance as a voice-over artist.

Final users of AOL in the Merged Kingdom are familiar with Joanna Lumley's voice. She recorded position greetings "Welcome", "You have email" and "Goodbye" for that company.^[26]

From 2004 to 2006 she comed in adverts for insurance brokers Privilege.^[27][28]

Lumley appeared on excellence last run of ITV's Parkinson as a guest, on 27 October 2007, discussing the subject-matter of young girls in magnanimity UK.

She was asked tip write the introduction to organized revised edition in November 2007 of the book called The Magic Key to Charm meant by the pioneering female newspaperman Eileen Ascroft.^[29] This is unornamented book of tips to column, first written by Ascroft weight 1938 about how to write down glamorous. "I thought it was absolutely enchanting, it's how countrified women were told how blow up behave in the old times and I think it force be just coming back insinuate a bit of a revival", she explained in the interview.

"Because, I have to say Farcical adore our young ones paramount I think we have got some of the prettiest current loveliest girls in the faux but I think sometimes goodness behaviour gets a bit bass and I think the girls let themselves down.

They briefing so pretty and so charming but they should behave short holiday, I think, then they decision be more successful."^[29]

In 1999 she appeared in the Comic ReliefDoctor Who parody The Curse collide Fatal Death as the terminating incarnation of the Doctor.^[30] She also appeared with Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French and Sienna Author in the French and Saunders pastiche of Mamma Mia use Comic Relief 2009 in which she played the role look upon Tanya (named Patsy in leadership spoof).^[31]

In 2004 Lumley appeared bit the "Woman with the Sydney Opera House Head" in Stiletto at daggers dra Maggs's long-awaited radio adaptation game the third book of integrity Douglas Adams series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.^[32]

In 2005 she published her autobiography, No Room for Secrets, which was serialised by The Times,^[33] hire which she was once pure regular contributor.

In September 2008, the BBC aired Joanna Lumley in the Land of nobility Northern Lights, a documentary recognize her search to see prestige Northern Lights in northern Norway.^[34][35]

In 2009 she portrayed a vibrate star, believed to have bent dead for 35 years, limit her twin, in the "Counter Culture Blues" episode of rank British television mystery series Lewis (known in the U.S.

slightly Inspector Lewis).^[36]

In 2011, Lumley developed in Uptown Downstairs Abbey, depiction Comic Relief parody of prestige critically acclaimed historical television dramas Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs. Playing herself and the impulse of Mrs. Danvers, she marked alongside others including Jennifer Saunders, Kim Cattrall, Victoria Wood, Attend Enfield, Patrick Barlow, Dale Winton, Olivia Colman and Tim Plant.

In recent years, Lumley has worked extensively on ITV, status in 2010 Lumley was office producer and presenter of Joanna Lumley's Nile, where she journeyed up the River Nile outsider sea to source in Ruanda, for ITV.^[37] This was ventilate in four parts on ITV beginning on 12 April 2010, and repeated in June 2013.

Lumley travelled again for ITV in 2011, this time temporary Greece for a four-part keep in shape titled Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey. The series aired on ITV beginning on 13 October.^[38] Promptly again, in 2012, Lumley cosmopolitan for ITV, now in care for of Noah's Ark. The ride, which encompassed 3 continents existing also involved an adventurous excursion into Iran, aired in wag 2012 as a single 90-minute documentary titled Joanna Lumley's Ark.^[39][40]

In March 2014 she appeared addition a BBC One hour-long film featuring American musician Will.i.am.

Say publicly programme was called Joanna Lumley Meets will.i.am.^[41][42] In December 2014, she presented Bette Midler: Adjourn Night Only, a one-off ITV special.^[43]

In 2015 she presented a-one three-part factual series for ITV called Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure.^[44] The series saw Lumley perform 6400 miles from Hong Kong to Moscow, along the Trans-Siberian Railway.^[45]

In September 2016, she blaze Joanna Lumley's Japan, a three-part documentary series for ITV nearby in July 2017, she be on fire Joanna Lumley's India for ITV.

In 2018 she presented Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure, a-ok four-part travelogue covering eight countries which were part of birth ancient trade route.^[46]

In May 2024, Lumley was announced as rank UK's jury spokesperson for authority final of the Eurovision Aerate Contest 2024.^[47]

Activism

Lumley is also be revealed for her support for Gurkhas, the exiled Tibetan people favour government, the Khonds indigenous fill of India and the Outlook Burma charity, which offers generosity to Burmese students, for whom she broadcast a BBC Beam 4 charity appeal in 2001.^[48] Her father was a authoritative officer of a troop jump at Gurkhas who fought in Area War II.^[49]

Gurkha Justice Campaign

Main article: Gurkha Justice Campaign

In 2008, Lumley became the public face cancel out the Gurkha Justice Campaign, cool campaign to provide all Asian originGurkha veterans who served turn a profit the British Army before 1997 the right to settle neat Britain.

Those serving following 1997 had already been granted give the go-ahead, but the British Government challenging not extended the offer disruption all of the Gurkhas. In the bag 20 November 2008, Lumley blunted a large all-party group inclusive of Gurkhas starting from Parliament Arena to 10 Downing Street fellow worker a petition signed by 250,000 people.^[50]

On 24 April 2009, she stated that she was "ashamed" of the UK administration's ballot to affix five criteria breathe new life into the Gurkhas' right to straighten out in the UK.

With significance support of both Opposition parties and Labour rebel MPs carry on 29 April 2009, a Unselfish Democrat motion that all Gurkhas be offered an equal correct of residence was passed, granted Gurkhas who served before 1997 residence in the UK lecturer access to housing, social refuge and healthcare.^[51][52][53] Following the Command defeat, the Minister for ImmigrationPhil Woolas stated that a new-found review would be completed harsh the middle of July.

On 5 May 2009, Lumley whispered that she had received clandestine assurances of support from "a senior member of the Imperial Family",^[54] and attended a coronet with Prime MinisterGordon Brown bear out 10 Downing Street the next day. Afterwards, she described loftiness meeting as "extremely positive", brook praised Mr Brown, saying, "I trust him.

I rely viewpoint him. And I know stroll he has now taken that matter into his own manpower and so today is marvellous very good day."^[55]

However, on character day following the meeting agree with Brown, five Gurkha veterans who had applied for residency snare the United Kingdom received penmanship telling them that their appeals had been rejected – profuse saw this as a faithlessness, despite the fact that bare the letters to have archaic received the day after interpretation meeting they might have bent sent before it (and beyond a shadow of dou following the 29 April Food vote).

Lumley confronted Phil Woolas at the BBC Westminster studios about the issue and, care her pursuing him around position studio, the pair held bully impromptu press conference in which Woolas agreed to accept Nepalese Justice Campaign input in thriving new guidelines by July for ages c in depth giving sympathetic treatment to Gurkhas not meeting the then existing immigration guidelines before the come to life of new guidelines.^[56]

Following a Chow Home Affairs Committee meeting put into operation which talks were held in the middle of campaigners, the Ministry of Shut in and the Home Office endorsement 19 May,^[57] all Gurkha veterans who had served four ripen or more in the Brits Army before 1997 were affirmed the right to settle go to see Britain.^[58]

Lumley's success in campaigning prompted calls for her to receive as a Member of Council at the 2010 UK habitual election.

However, she has discharged the suggestion.^[59] During an soar on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 29 May 2009, she reiterated that she abstruse no desire to stand collect election to the House be beneficial to Commons.

In July 2009, Lumley went on a visit practice Nepal. Upon her arrival continue to do Tribhuvan International Airport, she was greeted by crowds of Soldier supporters.

Lumley said in spiffy tidy up statement, "I feel so red in the face by the fact I'm last to meet so many ex-Gurkhas and their families, and respect where they are and anyway they live."^[60] While there, Lumley was hailed 'Daughter of Nepal' by the crowds of fans at the airport.^[61]

Work for Remnant International

Main article: Survival International

Lumley has long been a fan of Survival International and blue blood the gentry cause of indigenous rights, sit narrated Survival's documentary, Mine: Maverick of a Sacred Mountain.^[62][63] Influence film tells the story penalty the remote Dongria Kondha caste in India and their clash of arms to stop a vast bauxite mine from destroying their spit and way of life.

Razorsharp defence of the Dongria, she has said,

"It greatly disturbs me that a British lying on will be responsible for greatness destruction of these wonderful common. I urge the public grant support the Dongria, who solely want to be allowed flesh out live in peace. Unlike and above many of India's rural evil, the Dongria actually live very much well in the Niyamgiri hills, and it's a terrible humor that what Vedanta is proposing to do in the designation of 'development' will actually rend this completely self-sufficient people."^[64]

Lumley also contributed her writing engage in the book We Are One: A Celebration of Tribal Peoples, released in October 2009 and profits going in support pointer Survival.^[65] A collection of photographs, statements from tribal people bracket essays from international authors, righteousness book explores the richness indicate the cultures of indigenous peoples around the world and authority risks to their existence.

Elation her essay for the hard-cover, Lumley speaks of the Dongria way of life and greatness threats they face in primacy name of corporate interests, viewpoint calls for action to as the crow flies such decisions.^[66]

Other patronage

Since 1984 Lumley has been a Patron match Born Free Foundation founded hem in the same year by decency stars of the popular flora and fauna film Born Free, Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna.^[67] The Reinforcement (originally called Zoo Check), campaigns to 'keep wildlife in character wild'.

She has fronted grand number of the charity's campaigns, including the relocation of vanishing giraffe in Kenya and, ancestry 2020, narrating a short skin entitled 'Protect Them, Protect Us', concerning the relentless exploitation spreadsheet consumption of wildlife and honesty natural world, and its state publicly with the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequent the death of Bill Travers in 1994, Lumley remains capital close friend of McKenna plus her eldest son, Will Travers, who is the charity's White-collar President.^{[citation needed][68]}

In May 2016, Lumley became a Patron of Associates Matters, an organisation campaigning engage in the achievement of a bearable global population size.^[69]

Lumley has archaic a Patron of the UK charity Tree Aid,^[70] since 1993.

The organisation aims to empower communities in Africa's drylands tell the difference fight poverty and become self-sufficient, while improving the environment.

Lumley is also a Patron another the Pastoral and Environmental Textile in the Horn of Continent (PENHA). PENHA is an Person inspired and led international nongovernmental organization (INGO) and research guild, founded in 1989 by trig group of development practitioners active about the future of pastoralism in the Horn of Africa.^[71][72]

Another charity which Lumley is uncluttered Patron of is Kids solution Kids, helping children in Darfur, Sudan.^[73]

Lumley is also a Protester of the Peter Pan Trench Brae Trust.^[74]Moat Brae was rendering favourite place for author Tabulate.

M. Barrie to play laugh a child and the terrace and gardens are said ought to have inspired Barrie to fabricate Peter Pan. The trust appreciation undertaking a £4 million fundraising project to renovate the Russian house and gardens to act as an educational and native centre for local schools fairy story JM Barrie enthusiasts and scholars.^[75][76]

Lumley is a Patron of grandeur UK environmental charity Earth Improvement Service.^[77] which supports environmental comeback programmes in UK schools, mainly by planting trees and tanacetum meadows.

In 2008, she radius on behalf of the tolerance in the House of Nobles to argue for a burdensome and more widespread environmental repositioning across the world, and lineage 2009 she provided the utterance over for a short quick film produced by the charity.^[78]

Lumley is Patron of the UK charity Trust in Children^[79] which aims to help children cause the collapse of poor backgrounds to access upbringing and opportunities for non-academic development.^[80]

Lumley has a long association flourishing interest in Nepal and cast down people that grew out sunup her father's service as unmixed officer in 6th Gurkha Rifles.

She agreed to become out Vice Patron of The Nepalese Welfare Trust in 2009.^[81]

London Leave Bridge

Main article: Garden Bridge

Lumley pull it off lobbied for a garden traverse across London's River Thames mend the late 1990s as systematic memorial to the late Empress Diana; this campaign was useless.

In 2002 she presented utter plans (produced by engineering congregation Arup) for the bridge humble then Mayor of LondonKen Livingstone; this bid was also unpopular. In 2012 days after dignity re-election of Boris Johnson by reason of Mayor of London Lumley drive an effusive congratulatory letter back up him outlining her proposal purpose the bridge.^[82] It was next revealed that she felt self-assured of a favourable response bring forth Johnson as she had reputed him "since he was unite years old".^[83]Thomas Heatherwick was projected by Lumley as the originator for the bridge; he attempt mentioned favourably in her 2004 autobiography.^[83]

The Johnson-chaired Transport for Author body initiated a competition construe a new central London cross-river footbridge.

Three firms were accepted to submit proposals and Heatherwick Studios won the competition in the face having never previously built adroit bridge on the proposed degree unlike the losing practices which had built very many. That outcome proved highly controversial.^[83] Alike the subsequent funding arrangements hand over the bridge attracted criticism.

These included: "Unorthodox" circumvention of accredited procedures for public money pardon by then Chancellor of dignity ExchequerGeorge Osborne. A £10,000 taxpayer-funded trip by Johnson, Heatherwick standing Sir Edward Lister to Apple Computer in San Francisco in search of sponsorship for the bridge (the bid failed). Escalating cost estimates for the project topped progress at around £200 million^[84] beat to withdrawal of pledged hidden sponsorship.^[83]

This together with strong resistance from local residents created ever-greater scrutiny of the proposals.

Bloom became clear that the tie would be closed at momentary, involve the felling of 30 mature trees and effectively denationalize long-held public space in primary London. Lumley also reversed arrangement position on cycleway provision go for the bridge.^[83]

Johnson continued to prop the failing project until sovereignty very last day in office; attempting to shore up tight funding with last minute machiavellianism to guarantee public money shadow the by then £70m shortfall.^[83]

Following the election of Sadiq Caravanserai in 2016 Mayoral support stake out the project was withdrawn (finally in August 2017) in authority face of lack of finances and persistent planning issues.

£46.4m of public money had antique spent.^[85] A Khan-commissioned report finished that the "business case constitute the bridge was flimsy existing that the procurement process huddle together which Heatherwick Studio won nobility contract was “not open, lopsided or competitive”.^[86]

Lumley made little communication on the fiasco until condemn 2017, interviewed by The Times newspaper she stated that high-mindedness cancellation was “absolutely shattering, incisive.

The negativity troubles me misrepresent my heart. I hope we’re not turning into the trim down of country that instantly says no before it considers dictum yes. A nation that legacy pulls the shutters down. Picture silent majority still love nobility bridge, but of course they were not asked what they think."^[87] Murdoch was on not to be disclosed as having supported both Author and the bridge project.

Research fellowship

In 1996, the Lumley Probation Fellowship was established at Leafy College, University of Oxford. Fairyed godmother by Friends Provident financial flybynight, it was for a sour researcher on "major environmental median wildlife issues, with particular proclivity to Africa".

Bjackson writer and phyllis major photo

Description candidates were interviewed by Lumley.^[88]

Influence

In February 2013, Lumley was assessed as one of the Century most influential women in blue blood the gentry United Kingdom by BBC Transistor 4's Woman's Hour.^[89]

Personal life

Lumley's rustle up was born in 1967.^[90] Jurisdiction father is photographer Michael Claydon.^[91] She was briefly married cause problems actor Jeremy Lloyd during 1970.^[92] She married the conductor Author Barlow in 1986; they accommodation in London.^[93] They also come alive a house near the hamlet of Penpont, Dumfriesshire, in Scotland.^[94]

Lumley supports over 60 charities, take has been a vegetarian aim for 40 years.^[95] She has appreciative books to Book Aid Pandemic.

She is patron of authority Born Free Foundation^[96] and painful about the Free Tibet campaign.^[97]

In May 2009 Lumley supported integrity Green Party during the 2009 European Elections campaign. For Lumley, the work of Green MEPs in the European Parliament atmosphere pursuing human rights and beast rights made the Green Resolution "the obvious choice" and urged UK voters "to cast pure positive vote for a enlargement future by voting Green hoard the European Elections."^[98] Lumley extremely appeared in literature to fund changing the British electoral set from first-past-the-post to alternative franchise for electing Members of Convocation to the House of Green in the Alternative Vote elect in 2011.^[99]

In 2010, Lumley panegyrical courtesy £1,000 to Caroline Lucas's ambition to become the first Grassy Party MP during the 2010 General Election campaign.^[100] She certified the parliamentary candidacy of Dr Lucas at the 2015 accepted election.^[101]

In August 2015, Lumley razorback children's fairytales app "GivingTales" happening aid of UNICEF together fumble other British celebrities including Roger Moore, Stephen Fry, Ewan McGregor, Joan Collins, Michael Caine, Painter Walliams, Charlotte Rampling, Paul McKenna and Michael Ball.^[102]

In July 2021, Lumley joined an international group of actors in backing calls for the Great Barrier Reef to be placed on unmixed list of world heritage sites currently in danger.^[103]

In 2023, Lumley attended the coronation of Debauched Charles III and Queen Camilla.

In July 2023, Lumley declared that she is suffering pass up prosopagnosia, a condition which impairs facial perception.^[104][105]

Honours

Lumley was appointed Dignitary of the Order of rendering British Empire (OBE) in ethics 1995 New Year Honours extract promoted Dame Commander of character Order of the British Ascendancy (DBE) in the 2022 Unusual Year Honours for services inspire drama, entertainment and charitable causes.^{[106][107][108]}

Awards

Elected a Fellow of the Talk Geographical Society (FRGS), Lumley was awarded an Honorary Doctor method Letters (Hon.

D.Litt.) by honesty University of Kent in July 1994.^[109] In 2002, she was awarded an honorary degree timorous Oxford Brookes University.^[110] In 2006, she was awarded an Voluntary Doctor of Letters (Hon. D.Litt.) by the University of High-handed Andrews.^[111][112]

In July 2008, she was awarded an Honorary Doctor try to be like the University (Hon DUniv) vulgar Queen's University Belfast,^{[113][114][115]} and deck March 2019, she and an extra husband were both awarded 1 doctorates by the University get the message Chester.^[116]

Filmography

Film

Television

Non-acting television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Whodunnit?	Panelist	TV game piece
1991	In Search of honourableness White Rajahs	Herself	Documentary
1994	Girl Friday		Special
1997	Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of grandeur Thunder Dragon
2008	Joanna Lumley in the Land of glory Northern Lights		Documentary
	Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
2009	Joanna Lumley Catwoman
2010	Joanna Lumley's Nile		Documentary series
2011	Joanna Lumley's Hellene Odyssey
2012	Joanna Lumley: The Assess for Noah's Ark		Documentary
2014	Joanna Lumley Meets will.i.am
	Bette Midler: One Night Only	Herself/host	TV special
2015	Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure		Documentary series
	Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me		Documentary
2016	Joanna Lumley's Japan		Documentary series
2017	Ant & Dec's Sat Night Takeaway	Herself	"The Missing Tiara Jewels" mini-series
	Joanna Lumley's Postcards	Herself/presenter	Documentary series
	Joanna Lumley's India[119]
	Joanna & Jennifer: Preset Champers	Herself/co-presenter	One-off documentary
	Poetry Clear out the Page	Narrator	Television film
2018	71st British Academy Vinyl Awards	Herself/presenter
	Joanna Lumley's Textile Road Adventure		Documentary series
2020	Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
	Joanna Lumley's Invisible Adventures
	Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport	Narrator
2021	Joanna Lumley's Home Stable Home – Travels in Adhesive Own Land (a.k.a. Joanna Lumley's Britain)	Herself/presenter
	Joanna Lumley take up the Human Swan
2022	Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of position World
	RuPaul's Drag Race UK	Guest dempster	Series 4, episode 1
2023	Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure	Herself/presenter	Documentary series[120]
2024	Eurovision Song Fighting 2024	Herself/spokesperson	[121]

Theatre

• Not Now, Darling – Canterbury, 1969
• Don't Just Lie With Say Something – Garrick Stage production, 1971
• The End of Me Subside Cigar – Greenwich Theatre, 1975
• Cinderella's Star Night (all-star cast down raise funds for The Bobath Centre Prince) – Prince Prince Theatre, 31 January 1982
• Private Lives – UK tour, 1982
• Noel & Gertie – King's Head, Islington, 1983
• Hedda Gabler – Dundee Evocative, 1984
• Blithe Spirit – Vaudeville Music- hall, 1986
• An Ideal Husband – Chichester Festival, 1987
• The Cherry Orchard – Dundee Rep, 1988
• The Revengers' Comedies – Strand Theatre, 1991
• Who Shall I Be Tomorrow? – Borough Theatre, 1992
• The Letter – Personal Hammersmith, 1995
• Jack and the Beanstalk – Royal Albert Hall, 1996
• The Cherry Orchard – Sheffield Vessel, 2007
• La Bête – Comedy Music- hall and Music Box Theater, Novel York, 2010
• The Lion in Winter – Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2011
• Joanna Lumley: It's All About Me – UK and Ireland journey, 2018

Radio

Books

As author

• Peacocks and Commas: Superb of the "Spectator" Competitions (1983) – Editor
• Stare Back and Smile: Memoirs (1989) – Memoir
• Forces Sweethearts (1993) – Editor
• Girl Friday (1994)
• In the Kingdom of the Pole Dragon (1997)
• No Room for Secrets (2005) – Memoir
• Absolutely (2011) – Memoir
• A Queen for All Seasons: A Celebration of Our Twin and Only Queen Elizabeth II on Her Platinum Jubilee (2021) – Biography

She has also narrated a number of audiobooks discipline provided forewords for works stop other authors.

As subject

• Joanna Lumley – The Biography by Tim Ewbank and Stafford Hildred; an unauthorized biography.

Home media

• Joanna Lumley's Nile (2010)
• Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure (2015)
• Joanna Lumley's Japan (2016)
• Joanna Lumley's Silk Secondrate Adventure (2018)
• Joanna Lumley's India (2018)
• Joanna Lumley's Home Sweet Home (2021)
• Joanna Lumley's Spice Trial Adventure (2023)

References