Lesley Joseph Lesley Joseph Lesley Diana Joseph (born 14 October 1945) is an English actress and broadcaster, best known for playing Dorien Green in the television sitcom "Birds of a Feather" from 1989 to 1998, and again since 2014. Other television credits include "Absurd Person Singular" (1985) and "Night and Day" (2001–03). Her stage roles include UK touring productions of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (2005), "Calendar Girls" (2011) and "Annie" (2015). In 2018, she was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, for the original West End production of "Young Frankenstein". Joseph was born in Hackney, London and
Teen sitcom Disney Channel series to incorporate dark and frightening themes, although the third season that was much lighter in tone was not as popular with fans). Disney Channel's first truly successful sitcom was "Even Stevens", centering on the sibling rivalry between lead characters Ren and Louis Stevens; it was followed one year later (in 2001) by "Lizzie McGuire", which centered on a junior high school girl dealing with the onset of puberty, trying to become popular and other teen issues, and topped "Even Stevens" in popularity among viewers. "That's So Raven", which mixed fantasy and real-life issues (centering on a girl