Penelope Keith: How the Good Life actress became a sitcom star

Dame Penelope Keith has died aged 86 after being diagnosed with cancer, her family announced. The legendary TV actress was best known for her roles a snobbish suburbanite Margo Leadbetter in classic British sitcom The Good Life, which launched in 1975, and the widowed aristocrat Audrey Forbes-Hamilton, which first aired in 1979. In a statement, her family said: “We are deeply saddened to announce that Dame Penelope Keith died peacefully whilst living with cancer at her home in Surrey where she had lived for more than 50 years'. • Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj • Get breaking news and more stories at http://www.itv.com/news Follow ITV News on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@itvnews?lang=en Follow ITV News on Instagram:   / itvnews   Follow ITV News on Facebook:   / itvnews   Follow ITV News on X:   / itvnews