Felicity Kendal
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Anything Goes
as Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt
2021
Valentino
as June Mathis
1977
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
as Elsa (voice)
1993
On the Razzle
as Christopher
1983
Parting Shots
as Jill Saunders
1999
Twelfth Night
as Viola
1980
Merchant Ivory
as Self
2024
The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
as (archive footage)
2022
The Mayfly and the Frog
as The Girl
1966
Shakespeare-Wallah
as Lizzie Buckingham
1965
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
The Wandering Company
as Self
1984
All About The Good Life
2010
How Proust Can Change Your Life
as The Narrator
2000
Felicity Kendal's Indian Shakespeare Quest
2012
Slammer
as Helen Fyre (voice)
2023
The Good Life: Inside Out
2025
Frank and Percy
TBA
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
as Hunca Munca (voice)
1996
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Self
2005
TV Appearances
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Solo
1981
Man in a Suitcase
as Marcelle Robart
1967
Doctor Who
as Lady Eddison
2005
The Camomile Lawn
as Helena
1992
The Mistress
as Maxine Mansel
1985
Jason King
1971
Honey for Tea
as Nancy Belasco
1994
The Good Life
as Barbara Good
1975
That's What I Call Television
as Self
2007
Rosemary & Thyme
as Rosemary Boxer
2003
Strictly Come Dancing
as Self
2004