Editing Penelope Keith (section)

===Early career===
Keith began her television career in programmes such as ''[[The Army Game]]'', ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[Wild, Wild Women]]'' and ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''.<ref name="Express26Oct07"/> In the early 1970s, she appeared in ''[[Morecambe and Wise|The Morecambe & Wise Show]]'', ''[[Ghost Story (1974 film)|Ghost Story]]'' and ''[[The Pallisers]]''. Her film appearances during this time included ''[[Every Home Should Have One]]'', ''[[Take a Girl Like You (film)|Take A Girl Like You]]'', ''[[Rentadick]]'' and ''[[Penny Gold]]''. In 1967, she had a minor role in ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'', but the scene was cut from the final edit.<ref name="Express26Oct07"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.carryonline.com/carryonline/reframe.html?http://www.carryonline.com/carryonline/carryondoctor.html|title=Carry On Doctor |website=carryonline.com|access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> She appeared as a nurse in [[A Touch of Love (1969 film)|''A Touch of Love'']] 1969.

Her best known theatre appearance, in 1974, was playing Sarah in ''[[The Norman Conquests]]'', alongside [[Felicity Kendal]], her co-star in ''The Good Life''. Keith and Kendal would often film ''The Good Life'' during the day and perform on stage in the West End in the evening.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

In 1977 Keith starred in [[Brian Sibley]]'s comedy radio broadcast titled ''...And Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sibley|first=Brian|date=January 2008|url=https://briansibleytheworks.blogspot.com/2008/01/blog-post.html|title=''...And Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree'' (text)|publisher=[[Blogger (service)|Blogger]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sibley|first=Brian|date=December 9, 2013|url=https://soundcloud.com/brian-sibley/and-yet-another-partridge-in-a|title=''...And Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree'' (audio)|publisher=[[SoundCloud]]}}</ref> voicing a woman named Cynthia Bracegirdle whose boyfriend, Algernon Fotherington-Smythe, sends her the 364 gifts mentioned in ''[[The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)|The Twelve Days of Christmas]]''.