Actors’ Benevolent Fund has been in crisis since its trustees were toppled in a mutiny by a younger factionDame Penelope Keith and a host of other entertainers were unfairly treated by the Charity Commission when they were thrown off an actors’ charity, an official review has concluded. A cast of stars from the 1970s were wrongly snubbed by the regulator when they were ousted by rivals in a procedural coup at the £36 million Actors’ Benevolent Fund (ABF), according to an internal report. SponsoredKeith, 83, who played Margo Leadbetter in The Good Life and has since been a deputy lieutenant of Surrey, complained in withering terms to the commission about how the stars had been wronged. The charity, which has been helping actors and stage managers in distress since the Victorian era, has been in crisis since its long-serving leaders were toppled

Source: The Times January 13, 2024 04:18 UTC