BRIAN CONLEY - LESLEY JOSEPH - ROLLO (AND FAMILY) -

SOOTY: RICHARD CADELL AND FRIENDS - THE PATTON / ELLIOTT FAMILY - JOHN CHALLIS - BOBBY CRUSH - THE KRANKIES - SU POLLARD - CLIVE WEBB & DANNY ADAMS -

ANDY FORD - JOHN BARROWMAN - ANNE CHARLESTON - JIM DAVIDSON - JEFFREY HOLLAND - COLIN BAKER - NICK THOMAS - PAUL HENDY - GARY WILMOT - CHRISTOPHER BIGGINS

FAME

THE PANTO ARCHIVE HALL OF

2025

Lesley
Joseph

2025

Lesley Diana Joseph (born 14 October 1945) is an English actress and broadcaster, whose career on stage and screen spans over fifty years. She 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. Other television credits include Absurd Person Singular (1985) and Night and Day (2001–2003).

Her stage roles include UK touring productions of Thoroughly Modern Millie (2005), Calendar Girls (2011) and Annie (2015). In 2018, she was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, for the original West End production of Young Frankenstein. Lesley has been entertaining panto audiences now for over 30 years and now it's time to celebrate her achievements by adding her to the PANTO ARCHIVE HALL OF FAME!

"I love pantomime, its serious,
its funny, its magical and it tells a story," Lesley

A NOTE FROM GARY L JOHNSON

What can we say about Lesley Joseph - like many of you my first introduction to Lesley

was seeing her as a young child in BIRDS OF A FEATHER. I remember saying she used to

be the crazy lady who "popped" around to see the two little girls. Anyway fast forward to

today we all know that Lesley is more than that. She's gone on to many fantastic

performances but let me take a moment to focus on her in panto. Since researching her work

for this award it's been amazing to see how much Lesley has done and how highly everyone speaks about her. Her performances in pantomimes have entertained the whole family every year and every year she still keeps a top performance as one of the high headliners - a name that everyone looks for each year. Well done Lesley you've worked really hard and we're proud to welcome you to the hall of fame!