Editing Penelope Keith (section)

==Awards and honours==
On 2 April 2002, her 62nd birthday, Keith began a one-year term as [[High Sheriff of Surrey]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=56531|page=4283|date=9 April 2002}}</ref> the third woman to hold the post. She has also served in the past as a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of [[Lord Lieutenant of Surrey|Surrey]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=57207|page=1979|date=16 February 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/6218219.stm|title=Actress honoured for charity work|publisher=BBC|date=30 December 2006}}</ref>

Keith was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the 1989 New Year Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=51578|page=10 |supp=y|date=30 December 1988}}</ref> She was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the [[New Year Honours 2007|2007 New Year Honours]] for "charitable services".<ref name="BBC News"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=58196|page=8 |supp=y|date=30 December 2006}}</ref> In the [[2014 New Year Honours]], she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to the Arts and to Charity.<ref>Staff (31 December 2013), [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25550751 "New Year's Honours: Lansbury and Keith become dames"], ''BBC News''; retrieved 17 March 2014.</ref>

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!Year
!Award
!Work
!Result
|-
|rowspan=2|1976
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play|Olivier Award for Best Actress in a New Play]]
|rowspan=2|''[[Donkeys' Years|Donkey's Years]]'' <ref name="years">{{cite web|url=http://www.olivierawards.com/winners/view/item98510/olivier-winners-1976/ |title=Previous Winners: Olivier Winners 1976 |publisher=Olivier Awards |access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref>
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance|Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1977
|[[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress]]
|''[[Private Lives]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance]]
|''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1978
|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress
|''The Norman Conquests'' / ''Saving it for Albie''
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance
|''The Good Life'' / ''[[The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968 TV series)|The Morecambe & Wise Show]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1980
|''[[To the Manor Born]]''
|{{nom}}
|}