
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