1. Lesley Diana Joseph was born on 14 October 1945 and is an English actress and broadcaster, whose career on stage and screen spans over fifty years.
22 Facts About Lesley Joseph
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Lesley Joseph 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.
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Lesley Joseph grew up in Kingsthorpe, Northampton and attended Northampton School for Girls.
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In May 1973, Lesley Joseph appeared in Godspell at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth.
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In mid 2011, Lesley Joseph appeared as Chris in the stage show Calendar Girls, based on the film of the same name.
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Lesley Joseph then portrayed Frau Blucher in the West End production of Young Frankenstein.
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Between 2022 and 2024, Lesley Joseph starred in Sister Act: The Musical, playing the roles of Sister Mary Lazarus and Mother Superior.
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From 1989 to 1998, Lesley Joseph played Dorien Green in the BBC One sitcom Birds of a Feather, alongside Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson.
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In December 2011, it was confirmed that Lesley Joseph would reunite with fellow Birds of a Feather cast members, Quirke and Robson, for a theatre adaptation of the series.
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Lesley Joseph starred in the ITV soap Night and Day from 2001 to 2003 playing the show's resident bitch, Rachel Culgrin.
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In 2002, Lesley Joseph appeared on a special edition of What Not to Wear, where she was given a makeover by Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine.
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Lesley Joseph appeared in the 2014 series Secrets of the Asylum, a two-part series for ITV.
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In 2015, Lesley Joseph took part in ITV's celebrity sheep herding series Flockstars, beginning on 30 July.
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In 2014, Lesley Joseph appeared with Forrest Dunbar on ITV2's Freshers: A Year On.
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Lesley Joseph made frequent appearances on Channel 5's Big Brother's Bit on the Side.
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On 22 August 2016, it was announced that Lesley Joseph would take part in the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Lesley Joseph was one of the four competitors who appeared in the special Christmas edition of The Great British Sewing Bee that was transmitted on New Year's Eve 2020 on BBC 1.
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In 2022, Lesley Joseph won the seventh series of Celebrity Coach Trip alongside her Birds of a Feather co-star Linda Robson.
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Lesley Joseph began presenting a radio show in 2008 on BBC London 94.9 with Christopher Biggins, airing every Sunday between 9am to 12noon.
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Biggins left the show after a few months, however Lesley Joseph has continued to host.
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Lesley Joseph stood in for Vanessa Feltz on her weekday morning talk show whilst Feltz was on holiday.
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Lesley Joseph's mother, Rebecca Mundy, was born in May 1912 and died in March 2016, aged 103.