Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE FRGSis a British actress, voice-over artist, former model, author and activist. She starred in the British television series Absolutely Fabulous as Patsy Stone, as well as in The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel, Jam & Jerusalem and Sensitive Skin. In film she has appeared in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Trail of the Pink Panther, and James and the Giant Peach...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth1 May 1946
order lions able
I am now an old lioness, if I see my young ones getting out of order, I've got to be able to say to them this is not how lions behave. This is not right.
congratulations love-life long
The Treorchy Male Choir's version of "Myfanwy" is one of the most glorious things I've ever heard in all my long life. Love and congratulations to you all.
grandmother atlas my-grandmother
My grandmother is a famous atlas.
blessed giving charity
I am blessed beyond the realms of blessedness, and easily the greatest pleasure is giving it away
mirrors hairspray antidote
I find it a great antidote lipstick and mirrors and hairspray.
space skins study
NASA space scientists have been studying giraffe skin so they can apply what they learn from it to the construction of spacesuits.
pregnancy eight nine
We transported eight giraffes, and there are now nine because one gave birth to a male shortly afterwards. They carry their pregnancies very well-they all looked the same.
thinking growing miles
I've looked forward to being older because you will have that many more miles covered. We mustn't be led into thinking getting old is bad. Growing old is good.
blow feet lions
It's an incredibly difficult thing to bring a giraffe down. They can kill a lion with a single blow from their feet.
political suffering freedom-of-speech
Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama.
thinking lips giraffe
I was once kissed on the lips by a giraffe, and I don't think I've ever got over it.
jobs thinking effort
I would do anything to keep looking the job. I think you make an extra effort if you're on show.
kitchen toys bed
I have a toy giraffe on my bed. I've got photographs over my desk as well as a mask of a giraffe in my kitchen. I am totally hooked.
death-of-a-loved-one remembrance dying
Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room.