Actor profile

Felicity Kendal

25th September 1946 Olton, West Midlands, England, UK Acting

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.

16 Movies 26 TV Shows 52 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Good Life: Inside Out poster

The Good Life: Inside Out 28th October 2025

Merchant Ivory poster

Merchant Ivory 30th August 2024 as Self

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals poster

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals 12th August 2022 as (archive footage)

Anything Goes poster

Anything Goes 28th November 2021 as Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves poster

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves 12th September 2016 as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Felicity Kendal's Indian Shakespeare Quest poster

Felicity Kendal's Indian Shakespeare Quest 16th May 2012

All About The Good Life poster

All About The Good Life 29th December 2010

How Proust Can Change Your Life poster

How Proust Can Change Your Life 19th March 2000 as The Narrator

Parting Shots poster

Parting Shots 14th May 1999 as Jill Saunders

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

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse 26th December 1996 as Hunca Munca (voice)

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story poster

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story 24th November 1993 as Elsa (voice)

The Wandering Company poster

The Wandering Company 1st January 1984 as Self

On the Razzle poster

On the Razzle 1st March 1983 as Christopher

Twelfth Night poster

Twelfth Night 6th January 1980 as Viola

Valentino poster

Valentino 7th September 1977 as June Mathis

Shakespeare-Wallah poster

Shakespeare-Wallah 1st December 1965 as Lizzie Buckingham

Small Town Scandal poster

Small Town Scandal 9th February 2026 as Sue

Rivals poster

Rivals 18th October 2024 as Carole Miroy

Ludwig poster

Ludwig 25th September 2024 as Lady Camilla Bryce

Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9 5th February 2014 as Patricia

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self - Guest

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 26th March 2005 as Lady Eddison

Strictly Come Dancing poster

Strictly Come Dancing 15th May 2004 as Self

Rosemary & Thyme poster

Rosemary & Thyme 31st August 2003 as Rosemary Boxer

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 2nd November 2001 as Self

Loose Women poster

Loose Women 6th September 1999 as Self

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales poster

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales 9th November 1992 as Narrator (voice)

The Camomile Lawn poster

The Camomile Lawn 5th March 1992 as Helena

French & Saunders poster

French & Saunders 9th March 1987 as Herself

The Mistress poster

The Mistress 17th January 1985 as Maxine Mansel

Wogan poster

Wogan 4th May 1982 as Self - Host

Solo poster

Solo 11th January 1981

The BBC Television Shakespeare poster

The BBC Television Shakespeare 3rd December 1978 as Viola

The Good Life poster

The Good Life 4th April 1975 as Barbara Good

Edward the Seventh poster

Edward the Seventh 1st April 1975 as Princess Vicky

Jason King poster

Jason King 15th September 1971

Man in a Suitcase poster

Man in a Suitcase 27th September 1967 as Marcelle Robart

Boy Meets Girl poster

Boy Meets Girl 4th August 1967 as Mina

Half Hour Story poster

Half Hour Story 16th May 1967 as Candy

Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre 7th October 1965 as La Principessa

The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play 30th September 1964 as The Girl