'I feel lucky': Joanna Lumley 株 her secrets to a long-継続している marriage after 30 years of 結婚の／夫婦の bliss with Stephen Barlow ... and 収容する／認めるs it's important to not 'look 負かす／撃墜する' on your partner

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Joanna Lumley has opened up on her secrets to a long-継続している marriage, admitting that it's important to not 'look 負かす／撃墜する' on your partner.

The actress, 76, candidly 賞賛するd her 'brilliant' and 'fantastic' husband, Stephen Barlow, with whom she's been married to for over 30 years.

反映するing 支援する on their 関係, she 表明するd how 'lucky' she feels to still be married to him.

Speaking to The 無線で通信する Times, Joanna said:?'I admire my husband. I admire him because he's brilliant.?

'I think he's fantastic. I feel lucky to be married to such a brilliant and amazing person.?

Grateful: Joanna Lumley has opened up on her secrets to a long-lasting marriage, admitting that it's important to not 'look down' on your partner. Pictured with husband Stephen Barlow in 2016

感謝する: Joanna Lumley has opened up on her secrets to a long-継続している marriage, admitting that it's important to not 'look 負かす／撃墜する' on your partner. Pictured with husband Stephen Barlow in 2016

'It's important that you don't look 負かす／撃墜する on your partner.'?

Joanna and Stephen have been happily married since 1986 and live in London, while they also own a home in Scotland.?

The actress is mother to son James, known as Jamie, from her previous 関係 with photographer Michael Claydon.?

一方／合間, in her new BBC 無線で通信する show Conversations from a Long Marriage, Joanna plays wife to Roger Allam.

The 攻撃する，衝突する-comedy 調査するs the 関係 of a long-married couple who has 耐えるd both ups and 負かす／撃墜するs.?

Speaking about their chemistry, Joanna said:?'Maybe our 発言する／表明するs match.

'I've always believed that when you see a couple, somehow they have to look 権利 together. But they also have to sound 権利 together.'?

Allam agreed. He 追加するd that 無線で通信する 生産者s have said to him that '無線で通信する 演劇 is more like cinema than theatre, that a mic is the 同等（の） of a camera'.?

Candid:?The actress, 76, candidly praised her 'brilliant' and 'fantastic' husband, Stephen Barlow, with whom she's been married to for over 30 years
Candid:?The actress, 76, candidly praised her 'brilliant' and 'fantastic' husband, Stephen Barlow, with whom she's been married to for over 30 years

Candid:?The actress, 76, candidly 賞賛するd her 'brilliant' and 'fantastic' husband, Stephen Barlow, with whom she's been married to for over 30 years

Brilliant:?Speaking to The Radio Times , Joanna said: 'I admire my husband. I admire him because he's brilliant'

Brilliant:?Speaking to The 無線で通信する Times , Joanna said: 'I admire my husband. I admire him because he's brilliant'

Joanna spent three years as a model at the beginning of her career before starting off as an actress in 1969 with an uncredited 役割 in Some Girls Do.

She went on to 星／主役にする as a 社債 Girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1967 and then landed her big break in the 70s TV series The New Avengers.

Joanna then starred in Sapphire and Steel from 1979 and became a 世帯 指名する as Patsy 石／投石する in beloved series 絶対 Fabulous, which kicked off in 1992.

More recently,?Joanna opened up and said that women used to be 'tougher' and （人命などを）奪う，主張するd it is the new 'fashion' for people to （人命などを）奪う，主張する they are a '犠牲者'.

Looking back:?Reflecting back on her early modelling days, Joanna (pictured in 1970) said women looked after themselves and were 'tough' as she spoke about sexism and harassment

Looking 支援する:?反映するing 支援する on her 早期に modelling days, Joanna (pictured in 1970) said women looked after themselves and were '堅い' as she spoke about sexism and いやがらせ

The actress candidly 発言する／表明するd her opinions on the #MeToo movement and （人命などを）奪う，主張するd it is 'mad' that people are now calling themselves '犠牲者s'.

< p class="mol-para-with-font">反映するing 支援する on her 早期に modelling days, she said women looked after themselves and were '堅い' 支援する then as she spoke about sexism and いやがらせ.

She told Prospect Magazine:?'If someone whistled at you in the street, it didn't 事柄, if someone was groping, we slapped their 手渡すs.?

Fame:?Joanna became a household name as Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous, which kicked off in 1992 (pictured with Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous The Movie in 2016)

Fame:?Joanna became a 世帯 指名する as Patsy 石／投石する in 絶対 Fabulous, which kicked off in 1992 (pictured with Jennifer Saunders in 絶対 Fabulous The Movie in 2016)

'We were やめる 堅い and looked after ourselves… the new fashion is to be a 犠牲者, a 犠牲者 of something. It's pathetic, we have gone mad.'

どこかよそで, Joanna returned to her guest 役割 in Motherland for a much-心配するd Christmas special.

The BBC2 comedy has earned a legion of fans since it first 空気／公表するd in 2016, taking a comical look at the jealousies, 競争s and insecurities の中で a group of mothers at 最初の／主要な school.

Read the 十分な Interview with Joanna in the 無線で通信する Times out now.?

Struggles:?But Joanna recently revealed that she was broke even when she became well-known as Purdey in The New Avengers

Struggles:?But Joanna recently 明らかにする／漏らすd that she was broke even when she became 井戸／弁護士席-known as Purdey in The New Avengers

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