Felicity Kendal

Felicity Kendal

Acting • Born 1946-09-25

Acting1Olton, West Midlands, England, UK

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.

Filmography

44 credits
Anything Goes

Anything Goes

Movie • 2021

Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt

Valentino

Valentino

Movie • 1977

June Mathis

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

Movie • 1993

Elsa (voice)

On the Razzle

On the Razzle

Movie • 1983

Christopher

Parting Shots

Parting Shots

Movie • 1999

Jill Saunders

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Movie • 1980

Viola

Merchant Ivory

Merchant Ivory

Movie • 2024

Self

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals

Movie • 2022

(archive footage)

The Mayfly and the Frog

The Mayfly and the Frog

Movie • 1966

The Girl

Shakespeare-Wallah

Shakespeare-Wallah

Movie • 1965

Lizzie Buckingham

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Movie • 2016

Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Wandering Company

The Wandering Company

Movie • 1984

Self

All About The Good Life

All About The Good Life

Movie • 2010

How Proust Can Change Your Life

How Proust Can Change Your Life

Movie • 2000

The Narrator

Felicity Kendal's Indian Shakespeare Quest

Felicity Kendal's Indian Shakespeare Quest

Movie • 2012

Slammer

Slammer

Movie • 2023

Helen Fyre (voice)

The Good Life: Inside Out

The Good Life: Inside Out

Movie • 2025

Frank and Percy

Frank and Percy

Movie

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse

Movie • 1996

Hunca Munca (voice)

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Movie • 2005

Self

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

TV • 2007

Self

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

TV • 2005

Lady Eddison

That's What I Call Television

That's What I Call Television

TV • 2007

Self

The Mistress

The Mistress

TV • 1985

Maxine Mansel

Man in a Suitcase

Man in a Suitcase

TV • 1967

Marcelle Robart

Rosemary & Thyme

Rosemary & Thyme

TV • 2003

Rosemary Boxer

Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing

TV • 2004

Self

Jason King

Jason King

TV • 1971

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV • 2001

Self

Honey for Tea

Honey for Tea

TV • 1994

Nancy Belasco

The Good Life

The Good Life

TV • 1975

Barbara Good

The Camomile Lawn

The Camomile Lawn

TV • 1992

Helena

Solo

Solo

TV • 1981

The One Show

The One Show

TV • 2006

Self - Guest

Wogan

Wogan

TV • 1982

Self - Host

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

TV • 1964

The Girl

Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Patricia

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

TV • 1992

Narrator (voice)

Loose Women

Loose Women

TV • 1999

Self

French & Saunders

French & Saunders

TV • 1987

Herself

Ludwig

Ludwig

TV • 2024

Lady Camilla Bryce

Clouds of Glory

Clouds of Glory

TV • 1978

Dorothy Wordsworth

Edward the Seventh

Edward the Seventh

TV • 1975

Princess Vicky

Small Town Scandal

Small Town Scandal

TV • 2026

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