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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Ekin Karasin

Joanna Lumley says she only worked to 'keep herself alive' and has 'no career'

Dame Joanna Lumley has insisted she didn’t want a successful acting career and simply took on roles to “keep herself alive”.

The 79-year-old star has enjoyed a prolific film and television career spanning five decades, with credits like On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The New Avengers, Absolutely Fabulous, and more recently, Amandaland.

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