Felicity Ann Kendal was born on 25 September 1946 and is an English actress, working principally in television and theatre.
16 Facts About Felicity Kendal
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Felicity Kendal has appeared in numerous stage and screen roles over a more than 70-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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Felicity Kendal was born in Olton, Warwickshire, England, in 1946.
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Felicity Kendal is the younger daughter of Laura Liddell and Geoffrey Kendal, an actor and manager.
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In 1975, Felicity Kendal had her big break on television with the BBC sitcom The Good Life.
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Felicity Kendal appeared in all 30 episodes, which extended over four series and two specials from 1975 to 1978.
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Felicity Kendal made her stage debut aged nine months, when she was carried on stage as a changeling boy in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Felicity Kendal made her London stage debut in Minor Murder.
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Felicity Kendal won the Evening Standard Theatre Award in 1989 for her performances in Much Ado About Nothing and Ivanov.
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In 2002, Felicity Kendal starred in Charlotte Jones's play Humble Boy when it transferred from the National Theatre to the West End.
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In 2021, Felicity Kendal starred as Evangeline Harcourt in the London revival of Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre.
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In 2023, Felicity Kendal starred as Dotty Otley in the London revival of Noises Off at the Phoenix Theatre.
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In 1995, Felicity Kendal was one of the readers of Edward Lear poems on a specially made spoken word audio CD bringing together a collection of Lear's nonsense songs.
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Felicity Kendal has two sons: Charley from her marriage to Henley and Jacob from her marriage to Rudman.
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Felicity Kendal was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1995 New Year Honours for services to drama.
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Felicity Kendal is an ambassador for the charity Royal Voluntary Service, previously known as WRVS.