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Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
Lesley JOSEPH (1946-)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Lesley Joseph, actress, was surprised by Michael Aspel during the curtain call of the pantomime Dick Whittington at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, from where the programme was then recorded.
Lesley, who was born in London but grew up in Northampton, trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She worked predominantly in theatre throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including a year-long tour of the musical Godspell and playing the lead role in Piaf.
On television, she had small roles in ITV's drama series Minder and the television min-series Jesus of Nazareth, before being cast in the BBC sitcom Birds of a Feather, as Dorien Green - a role that made her a household name.
"Who knew? I've come over all peculiar!"
programme details...
- Edition No: 902
- Subject No: 885
- Broadcast date: Wed 4 Jan 1995
- Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
- Recorded: Fri 16 Dec 1994
- Venue: Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
- Series: 35
- Edition: 10
- Code name: Coat
on the guest list...
- Vicky - mother
- Elizabeth - daughter
- Andrew - son
- Robin - brother
- Rosemarie Ford
- Windsor Davies
- Jeffrey Holland
- Kriss Akabusi
- Pauline Quirke
- Linda Robson
- Arnold Bennett
- Barbara Haynes
- Richard Stilgoe
- Jack Tinker
- Laurence Marks
- Maurice Gran
- Pat Coombs
- Pippa - cousin Filmed tributes:
- Tony Slattery
- Miss Webb
- Miss Rawding
- Miss Lightwood
- Maureen Lipman
- Jess Conrad
- Britt Ekland
- Michael Van Wijk - Wolf
- Rolf Harris
related appearances...
- Kriss Akabusi - May 1995
- The Night of 1000 Lives - Jan 2000
- Anita Dobson - Mar 2002
production team...
- Researcher: Sue Green
- Writer: Roy Bottomley
- Director: Brian Klein
- Associate Producer: John Graham
- Executive Producer: Peter Estall
- Producer: Malcolm Morris
- names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life
the sitcom stars
a celebration of a thousand editions
Screenshots of Lesley Joseph This Is Your Life
Series 35 subjects
Andrew Lloyd Webber | Leslie Crowther | Mike Reid | Martin Bell | Marti Caine | David Wallace | Danny Baker | Stephanie ColePeter Ustinov | Lesley Joseph | Arthur C Clarke | Barry Cryer | Gretchen Franklin | Edward Woodward | Ned Sherrin | Spike Milligan
Howard Keel | Raymond Gainer | June Whitfield | Debbie Reynolds | Bill Cotton | Jimmy Hill | George Baker | James Herbert
Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray | Ivor Broom | Kriss Akabusi | Helen Shapiro