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She is best-known for her appearances in the BBC television Situation Comedies '' To The Manor Born '' and '' The Good Life ''. The latter was known in the USA as Good Neighbors). Her characters are usually likeable, very tall (she stands 5'10") but pompous and slightly ridiculous upper-class ladies, as in the above-referenced TV series. She has won two BAFTA TV awards for Best Comedy performer in ''The Good Life'' in 1977 and as Best Actress the following year for ''The Norman Conquests''. She is a ubiquitous presence on UK TV and Radio advertisements including Pimm's , Lurpack butter, Tesco and most famously, The Parker Pen Company (which was named one of the 100 Greatest Adverts in a Channel 4 countdown). She has been President of the '' Actors' Benevolent Fund '' since 1990. In 2000, it was announced that she would be the next High Sheriff of Surrey , and began serving her team in 2002 (she was only the third woman to hold the post). She married, policeman, Rodney Timson in 1978 , and they have two adopted sons. Some sources indicate 1930 as year of birth. TELEVISION
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