Lesley Joseph
Lesley Diana Joseph (born 14 October 1945) is an English actress and broadcaster, whose career on stage and screen spans over fifty years. She is best known for playing Dorien Green in the television sitcom Birds of a Feather from 1989 to 1998 and again from 2014 to 2020. Other television credits include Absurd Person Singular (1985) and Night and Day (2001–2003).
For the American tennis player, see Lesley Joseph (tennis).
Lesley Joseph
1964–
5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
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Her stage roles include UK touring productions of Thoroughly Modern Millie (2005), Calendar Girls (2011) and Annie (2015). In 2018, she was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, for the original West End production of Young Frankenstein.
Early life[edit]
Joseph was born on 14 October 1945,[1] in Finsbury Park, Haringey, London, England.[2] She grew up in Kingsthorpe, Northampton and attended Northampton School for Girls.[3]
Career[edit]
Stage[edit]
In May 1973, Joseph appeared in Godspell at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth.[4]
Joseph appeared in Cinderella at Theatre Royal, Plymouth in 2008 and the Orchard Theatre in Dartford in 2009 and starred as Myra Wilson in the UK Tour of Hot Flush!. In 2014, Hot Flush! embarked on its third UK tour.
From 4 December 2010 to 22 January 2011, she appeared at The Grand Opera House, Belfast as the Wicked Queen in the pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
In the Summer of 2011, Joseph appeared as Chris in the stage show Calendar Girls, based on the film of the same name.
Between 2014 and 2015, she performed at the Theatre Royal Nottingham as the Wicked Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
In 2015, she appeared as Miss Hannigan in the stage production of Annie at certain venues, sharing the role with Jodie Prenger and Elaine C Smith she was cast as the fairy godmother in Cinderella at the cliffs pavilion (Southend on sea). In 2016/17, she was part of the cast in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. Joseph then portrayed Frau Blucher in the West End production of Young Frankenstein.[5]
Between 2022 and 2023, Joseph starred in Sister Act: The Musical.[6]