The character I play in Star Quality says acting is the be-all and end-all of her life. I'm not like that. I do enjoy working and I give every job my best shot but I never feel, What on Earth am I going to do now?

Television fame
Penelope Keith achieved popular fame in 1975 when the BBC sitcom The Good Life began. In 1967 Penelope Keith had a minor role in Carry On Doctor but the scene was cut from the final edit. Timson who is eight years her junior had been married twice before.

Having started her television career in the 1950s Penelope Keith became a household name in the United Kingdom in the 1970s when Penelope Keith played Margo Leadbetter in the sitcom The Good Life. In the 1980s and 1990s Penelope Keith appeared as the lead character in six other sitcoms.