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Felicity Kendal
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Felicity Kendal

Known for Doctor Who · The Graham Norton Show · The One Show

Felicity Ann Kendal CBE is an English actress, working in television and theatre. She has appeared in numerous stage and screen roles over a more than 50-year career, but the role that brought attention to her career was that of Barbara Good in the 1975 television series The Good Life.

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Born
Sep 25, 1946
Birthplace
Olton, West Midlands, England, UK
Known For
Acting

Biography

Felicity Ann Kendal CBE is an English actress, working in television and theatre. She has appeared in numerous stage and screen roles over a more than 50-year career, but the role that brought attention to her career was that of Barbara Good in the 1975 television series The Good Life.

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Known For

TVDoctor Who
Doctor WhoLady Eddison · 2005
★ 7.6
TVThe Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton ShowSelf · 2007
★ 7.2
TVThe One Show
The One ShowSelf - Guest · 2006
★ 4.3
TVLoose Women
Loose WomenSelf · 1999
★ 3.4

Filmography

Movies

Shakespeare-WallahLizzie Buckingham
1965
TM
The Mayfly and the FrogThe Girl
1966
ValentinoJune Mathis
1977
Twelfth NightViola
1980
On the RazzleChristopher
1983
The Wandering CompanySelf
1984
Romeo and JulietNarrator (voice)
1992
We're Back! A Dinosaur's StoryElsa (voice)
1993
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-MouseHunca Munca (voice)
1996
Parting ShotsJill Saunders
1999
How Proust Can Change Your LifeThe Narrator
2000
TF
The Funny Blokes of British ComedySelf
2005
Diary of a Mother on the EdgeNarradora/Narrator
2008
All About The Good Life
2010
Felicity Kendal's Indian Shakespeare Quest
2012
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at OurselvesActing Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Anything GoesMrs. Evangeline Harcourt
2021
The Good Life: Secret & Scandals(archive footage)
2022
S
SlammerHelen Fyre (voice)
2023
Merchant IvorySelf
2024
The Good Life: Inside Out
2025
Frank and Percy
2026

Television

The Wednesday PlayThe Girl · 1 eps
1964
Thirty-Minute TheatreLa Principessa · 1 eps
1965
Boy Meets GirlMina · 1 eps
1967
Half Hour StoryCandy · 1 eps
1967
Man in a SuitcaseMarcelle Robart · 1 eps
1967
T
TrappedEllen Seers · 1 eps
1967
Jason King1 eps
1971
Edward the SeventhPrincess Vicky · 7 eps
1975
The Good LifeBarbara Good · 28 eps
1975
TS
The Sunday DramaThekla Hiketier · 1 eps
1977
CO
Clouds of GloryDorothy Wordsworth · 2 eps
1978
DY
Do You Remember?Victoria · 1 eps
1978
The BBC Television ShakespeareViola · 1 eps
1978
Solo13 eps
1981
WoganSelf - Host · 3 eps
1982
The MistressMaxine Mansel · 12 eps
1985
French & SaundersHerself · 1 eps
1987
Shakespeare: The Animated TalesNarrator (voice) · 1 eps
1992
The Camomile LawnHelena · 5 eps
1992
HF
Honey for TeaNancy Belasco · 7 eps
1994
Loose WomenSelf · 1 eps
1999
Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf · 1 eps
2001
Rosemary & ThymeRosemary Boxer · 22 eps
2003
Strictly Come DancingSelf · 2 eps
2004
Doctor WhoLady Eddison · 1 eps
2005
The One ShowSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2006
TW
That's What I Call TelevisionSelf · 1 eps
2007
The Graham Norton ShowSelf · 2 eps
2007
Inside No. 9Patricia · 1 eps
2014
LudwigLady Camilla Bryce · 1 eps
2024
RivalsCarole Miroy · 1 eps
2024
Small Town ScandalSue · 8 eps
2026

Photos

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