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Felicity Kendal Biography (1946-)

Born September 25, 1946, in Olton, Warwickshire, England; daughter of Geoffrey (an actor, director, and theatrical manager) and Laura (an actress; maidenname, Liddell) Kendal; sister of Jennifer Kendal (an actress); married DreweHenley (an actor; divorced); married Michael Rudman (divorced); married Tom Stoppard (a playwright), 1992 (divorced); children: one son (some sources citetwo children).

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

September 25, 1946

Olton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Changeling boy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1947
• Carla, Minor Murder, Savoy Theatre, London, 1967
• Katherine, Henry V, Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, England, 1968
• Lika, The Promise, Phoenix Theatre, 1968
• Amaryllis, Back to Methuselah, Part II, National Theatre Company,Old Vic Theatre, London, 1969
• Hermia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London, 1970
• Hero, Much Ado about Nothing, Open Air Theatre, 1970
• The Lord Byron Show, Open Air Theatre, 1970
• Anne Danby, Kean, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, England, 1970 then Globe Theatre, London, 1971
• Annabella, `Tis Pity She's a Whore, Actors Company, then EdinburghFestival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1972
• Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Oxford Playhouse, 1972
• The Three Arrows, 1972
• Annie, The Norman Conquests, Greenwich Theatre, London, then GlobeTheatre, 1974
• Vitoshka, Once upon a Time, Little Theatre, Bristol, England, 1976
• Mara, Clouds, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1978
• Raina, Arms and the Man, Greenwich Theatre, 1978
• Constanze, Amadeus, National Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre, London, 1979
• Desdemona, Othello, National Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre, 1980
• Christopher, On the Razzle, National Theatre, London, 1981-1982
• Title role, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, National Theatre, 1981-1982
• Annie, The Real Thing, Strand Theatre, London, 1982-1983
• Frances, Made in Bangkok, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1986
• Hapgood, 1988
• Ivanov, 1989
• Much Ado about Nothing, 1989
• Hidden Laughter, 1990
• Tartuffe, 1991
• Heartbreak House, 1992
• Hannah Jarvis, Arcadia, National Theatre, 1993
• An Absolute Turkey, Globe Theatre, 1994
• Flora Crewe, Indian Ink, Aldwych Theatre, 1995
• Mind Millie for Me, 1996
• Madame Arkadina, The Seagull, Old Vic Theatre, 1997
• Waste, 1997
• Alarms and Excursions, Gielgud Theatre, London, later Olivier Theatre, 1998
• Fallen Angels, Apollo Theatre, London, 2000
• Appeared as Dorothy, Jumpers, London; also appeared in TwelfthNight.
• Major Tours
• Toured with her parents' theatre company, appearing as Jessica, The Merchant of Venice, as Ophelia, Hamlet, as Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and as Viola, Twelfth Night, in Far Eastern and Indiancities.
• Film Appearances
• Lizzie Buckingham, Shakespeare Wallah, Continental, 1965
• June Mathis, Valentino, United Artists, 1976
• Voice of Elsa, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (animated), Universal, 1993
• Jill Saunders, Parting Shots, Michael Winner/Scimitar Films, 1998
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Barbara Good, The Good Life, BBC, 1975-1978 broadcast as Good Neighbors, PBS, 1980
• Gemma Palmer, Solo, BBC, 1981-1982 then PBS, 1987
• Maxine, The Mistress, BBC-2, 1985 and 1987
• Nancy Belasco, Honey for Tea, BBC, 1994
• Miniseries
• Princess Vicky, Edward the Seventh (also known as Edward the King and The Royal Victorians), Associated Television, 1975
• Helena, The Camomile Lawn, Channel 4, 1992
• Narrator, "Romeo and Juliet," Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (animated), HBO, 1992
• Movies
• Dorothy Wordsworth, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Clouds of Glory, Granada Television, 1978
• Dorothy Wordsworth, "William and Dorothy," Clouds of Glory, Granada Television, 1978
• Specials
• The May Fly and the Frog (also known as Wednesday Play: The MayFly and the Frog), 1966 then on NET Playhouse, NET (later PBS), 1969
• Viola, Twelfth Night (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare:Twelfth Night), BBC-2, then on The Shakespeare Plays, PBS, 1980
• Christopher, "On the Razzle," Great Performances, PBS, 1986
• Felicity Kendal: A Passage from India (documentary), 2001
• Paul Eddington: A Life Well Lived, BBC, 2001
• Episodic
• "Blind Spot," Man in a Suitcase, Incorporated Television Company,1967
• Toki, "Toki," Jason King, Associated Television and Incorporated Television Company, 1972
• Guest host, Wogan, BBC, 1986
• The Full Wax, BBC, 1993
• French and Saunders, BBC, 1996
• Clive Anderson All Talk, [Great Britain], 1998
• WRITINGS
• Nonfiction
• White Cargo (autobiography), M. Joseph (London), 1998 expanded edition, Penguin (London), 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Evening Standard, September 10, 1998, pp. 4-5
• New Statesman, October 16, 1998, p. 50
• Variety, November 6, 2000, p. 30