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Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress, voice-over artist, former model, author and activist, who starred in the British television series ''Absolutely Fabulous'' as Edina Monsoon's best friend, 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'' (1969), ''Trail of the Pink Panther'' (1982), and ''James and the Giant Peach'' (1996). She later appeared in ''Maybe Baby'' (2000), ''Ella Enchanted'' (2004), and ''Corpse Bride'' (2005). She appeared alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the Martin Scorsese crime drama, ''The Wolf of Wall Street'' (2013). She has also appeared in several stage roles and in 2011 was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in ''La Bête''. She has spoken out as a human rights activist for Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign and is now considered a "national treasure" of Nepal because of her support. She is an advocate for a number of charities and animal welfare groups such as Compassion in World Farming and Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals. She is patron of the Farm Animal Sanctuary.〔Gore, Alex. ("Silence of the lambs, pigs and horse: 600 animals could be slaughtered as Joanna Lumley-backed animal sanctuary faces eviction" ), 'The Daily Mail'', London, 29 January 2012. Retrieved on 3 March 2014.〕 She also won the Special Recognition Award at The National Television Awards in 2013. , she is planning, in collaboration with the designer Thomas Heatherwick, a pedestrian bridge across the Thames in London, "Garden Bridge". This is planned to feature trees and gardens.〔 ==Early life== Joanna Lamond Lumley〔(Family detective: Joanna Lumley ) 〕 was born on 1 May 1946 in Srinagar, Kashmir and Jammu to English parents. Her father was Major James Rutherford Lumley, who served in the 6th Gurkha Rifles, a regiment of the British Indian Army, and her mother Thyra Beatrice Rose (née Weir). They married in 1941. Lumley was raised in Kent, England,〔 where she attended Mickledene School in Rolvenden as a boarder. The family spent time in Hong Kong〔(Joanna Lumley - a Life in Pictures )〕 and Malaya〔BBC Learning English 2007 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/teachingenglish/watchandlisten/te_ent_lumley.pdf〕 (now Malaysia).〔 Lumley was educated at St Mary's Convent School in Hastings, Sussex, and afterwards attended the Lucie Clayton Finishing School, after being turned down by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the age of 16. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joanna Lumley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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