Joanna Lumley Joanna Lumley Joanna Lamond Lumley, (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress, former model, author and activist. She won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous" (1992–2012), and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of "La Bête". In 2013, she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards and in 2017, she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award. Lumley's other television credits include "The New Avengers" (1976–77), "Sapphire & Steel" (1979–82), "Sensitive Skin" (2005–07), and
James Saunders (playwright) transfer in April 1979, starring Dinsdale Landen, Gwen Watford, David Burke and Angela Down. Saunders' television work included "Watch Me I'm a Bird" (1964), and the BBC sitcom "Bloomers" (1979), starring Richard Beckinsale (in the year that he died) playing an unsuccessful actor working in a flower shop. Beckinsale's co-star was Anna Calder-Marshall. Stage plays include: James Saunders (playwright) James Saunders (8 January 1925 – 29 January 2004) was a prolific English playwright born in Islington, London. His early plays led to him being considered one of the leading British exponents of the Theatre of the Absurd. He was educated