MANY CONGRATULATIONS to #DameJoannaLumley, honoured in the Queen's New Years Day Honours list for Services to Drama, Entertainment and Charity. Very well deserved
Joanna Lumley said her damehood was "extraordinary" and "completely unexpected". She initially thought the formal letter was bad news, but "burst into
tears" when she realised it was offering her an honour. "It was an
extraordinary shock," she told BBC News. "I put my head in my hands and
sobbed like a baby."Then I thought, how has this happened? Is it a mistake? I truly was
completely thrown by it, and thrilled to bits, and so touched." Joanna won two Bafta Awards for her role as fashionista Patsy Stone in the 1990s BBC sitcom #AbsolutelyFabulous. She also appeared in TV shows The New Avengers and Sapphire & Steel,
and was nominated for a Tony Award on Broadway in 2011. Beyond acting,
she has been praised for her human rights and animal rights campaigning.
I AM SURE MANY of you here will know the #PeterCushing connection?! Joanna Played Jessica Van Helsing with Peter Cushing playing her grandfather in #Hammerfilms 'The Satanic Rites of Dracula' with #ChristopherLee. She played Purdey in the return of the Avengers tv series, with Peter appearing in the very first episode of '#TheNewAvengers'
'The Eagle's Nest' on September 1976. Joanna was also a fabulous guest
in Peter's very own 'The Is Your Life' episode back in February 1990...
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