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 (although some family comedies have continued to re-appear on those networks since then), teen sitcoms for the most part began to shift more towards broadcast networks intentionally aimed at younger audiences than the Big Three and cable television. In 1989, the sitcom "Saved by the Bell" (a retooling of the 1987–88 Disney Channel comedy "Good Morning, Miss Bliss") premiered on NBC. The series quickly became a fan favorite and one of the most highly rated and popular teen shows of all time. "Saved by the Bell" had its main characters go through typical teen issues and the drama of high