Purdey is a fictional character in the British TV series The New Avengers played by Joanna Lumley from 1976 to 1977. She was a spy working for British intelligence, partnered with John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and Mike Gambit (Gareth Hunt).

Apr 28, 2023 · Lumley is an advocate and human rights activist for Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign. She supports charities and animal welfare groups, such as Compassion in World Farming and Vegetarians’ International Voice for Animals.

Apr 26, 2012 · Purdey was played by the lovely Joanna Lumley from 1976-77. She was a spy working for British Inteligence, partnered with John Steed (Patrick MacNee) and Mike Gambit (Gareth Hunt). When Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell first mapped out the characters for The New Avengers - an updating of The Avengers - the female lead character was to have been ...

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Purdey is the primary female protagonist of the 1970s British action thriller show The New Avengers (itself a continuation of the orignal Avengers series of the 1960s). She is portrayed by famed and beautiful British actress Joanna Lumley, known for her roles in shows such as Absolutely Fabulous...

Aug 7, 2018 · Do you remember Joanna Lumley’s role as Purdey from the 70s TV series the New Avengers? Now that the show is back on our screens on the True Entertainment channel, we’re digging up our old pics and reminiscing about the clothes and of course, the iconic Purdey haircut!

Purdey, not Emma Peel, was the first strong female character I knew on television. Columbia Pictures Television's Police Woman seemed phoney with Angie Dickinson getting her gun out of her handbag; it was Joanna Lumley's willingness to do her own action sequences that made her Purdey character more convincing.

Feb 2, 2025 · Joanna Lumley stars as Purdey in ‘The New Avengers’, 1977. Secret agent Steed, working for an unnamed branch of British intelligence, is teamed up with two partners to fight evil plots for world domination, dealing with suspended …

Dec 6, 2024 · Joanna Lumley as Purdey in The New Avengers (1976) Secret agent Steed, working for an unnamed branch of British intelligence, is teamed up with two partners to fight evil plots for world domination, dealing with suspended …

Successful Single: Joanna Lumley: circa 1978, pp. 14-15, author unknown, England. Purdey: 'Ik was onvruchtbaar maar toch kreegikeenkind' (Also available in English ): Prive, February 18, 1978, p. 28-29, 37, Barbara Plugge, The Netherlands.