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Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley (born 1 May 1946) is a British actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer and activist. She has 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.
A son of the Reverend James Lumley and his wife Alice Rutherford, he was baptised on 22 December 1773 at Longford, Shropshire. [1] Lumley was commissioned into the Honourable East India Company’s Bengal Infantry [2] and by 1824 was a lieutenant-colonel. [3] In January 1837 he was promoted to Major-General. [4]
Harry Lumley (baseball) (1880–1938) Harry Lumley (ice hockey) James Rutherford Lumley (1773–1846), Bengal Army major-general; Jane Lumley, wife of John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley; Joanna Lumley, British actress; John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley; John Lumley (real tennis), British real tennis player; John L. Lumley, American Professor of ...
James Lumley (c. 1706–1766), was an English Member of Parliament. James Lumley may also refer to: Sir James Rutherford Lumley (1773–1846), English soldier of the Bengal Army in British India
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie is a 2016 comedy film directed by Mandie Fletcher, written by Jennifer Saunders and based on the television series Absolutely Fabulous. It stars Saunders, Joanna Lumley , Julia Sawalha , June Whitfield (in her final acting role) and Jane Horrocks , reprising their roles from the series.
The programme begins with Joanna Lumley narrating an account of Ian Fleming's mission to Occupied France in June 1940. Lumley visits Fleming's childhood home Joyce Grove in Oxfordshire. While at the country house, Lumley talks to Ben Mcintrye, who had written a biography of Fleming. They discuss Fleming's style and inspiration for his books.
Like many film adaptations of British television shows of the 1970s, the film was largely poorly received at the time by the critics, although Arthur Thirkell of the Daily Mirror was positive in his review, commenting, "Films based on TV series rarely transfer successfully to the big screen. The Likely Lads is an exception." He praised the film ...