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
Sitcom of its run, including Best Comedy, Best Drama and Best Direction at the Feltex Awards. The first Russian sitcom series was "Strawberry" (resembled "Duty Pharmacy" in Spanish format), which was aired in 1996–1997 on the RTR channel. However, the "boom" of Russian sitcoms began only in the 2000s – when in 2004 the STS started very successful sitcom "My Fair Nanny" (an adaptation of the American sitcom "The Nanny"). Since that time sitcoms in Russia were produced by the two largest entertainment channels of the country – STS and TNT. In 2007 the STS released the first original domestic sitcom