Felicity Kendal: The Good Lithe
Talent…
… These are the lovely ladies and gorgeous girls of eras gone by whose beauty, ability, electricity and all-round x-appeal deserve celebration and – ahem – salivation here at George’s Journal…
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It’s Easter, which means it’s spring (sort of), so what better subject for our second ‘Talent’ offering than the garden goddess who was a byword for Surbiton-based suburban self-sufficiency from the ’70s and is now a formidable grande dame of the West End theatre? Yes, that’s right, it’s the delightful, game and unforgettable Mrs Barbara Good, none other than Felicity Kendal…
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Profile
Name: Felicity Ann Kendal, CBE
Nationality: English
Profession: Actress
Born: 25 September 1946 in Olton, Solihull, Warwickshire (now West Midlands), England
Height: 5ft
Known for: Roles in The Good Life ~ TV (1975-78), Solo ~ TV (1981-82), The Camomile Lawn ~ TV (1992), Rosemary & Thyme ~ TV (2003-06)/ Work as a stage actress, often in the West End, including the Tom Stoppard plays The Real Thing (1982), Hapgood (1988), Arcadia (1993) and Indian Ink (1995), and, most recently, The Vortex (2008), The Last Cigarette (2009) and Mrs Warren’s Profession (2010)
Strange but true: Her father led a traveling repertory company in India, in which she often appeared while growing up - performing in rural villages and before royalty
Peak of fitness: Willing a tub of plants to grow by cooing at them in her trademark croaky voice in The Good Life episode I Talk To The Trees
George
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