Lesley Diana Joseph, (14 October 1945), is a British actress best known for playing Dorien Green in every episode of Birds of a Feather.
A well-known stage actress, Joseph was cast as the snobby, sex-mad neighbour of Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke in Birds of a Feather. Dorien started off as less prominent character, but as the series progressed, Dorien's role increased and she was given plots to herself.
After BOAF, she starred in Night and Day as Rachel Culgrin. In 2016, she took part in the Strictly Come Dancing's fourteenth series alongside Anton du Beke, the two leaving the series in week five.
Since The New '10s, she has become a regular face in British pantomimes, and returned to Birds of a Feather for the 2014 Revival.
Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
Film
- The Knowledge (1979) — Val
- Minder, episode "You Lose Some, You Win Some" (1980) — Maureen
- Birds of a Feather, 129 episodes (1989-2020) — Dorien Green
- Noel's House Party, 1 episode (1991) — Noel's Neighbour
- Look and Read, 10 episodes (1996) — Miss Millington
- Get Fit with Brittas, episode "Gordon Works It Out" (1997) — As Herself
- Night and Day, 61 episodes (2001-03) — Rachel Culgrin
- Children in Need, 1 episode (2007) — Receptionist
- The Slammer, 1 episode (2008) — Erica the Critic
- Celebrity Juice, 1 episode (2008) — Amy Winehouse
- Hey Duggee, 3 episodes:
- "The Voice Badge" (2017) — Female Narrator
- "The Sleeping Badge" (2017) — Wallaby
- "The Getting on Badge" (2018) — Badger
