
Felicity Kendal
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Anything Goes
2021

Valentino
1977

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993

On the Razzle
1983

Parting Shots
1999

Twelfth Night
1980

Merchant Ivory
2024

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
2022

The Mayfly and the Frog
1966

Shakespeare-Wallah
1965

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016

The Wandering Company
1984

All About The Good Life
2010

How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000

Felicity Kendal's Indian Shakespeare Quest
2012

Slammer
2023

The Good Life: Inside Out
2025

Frank and Percy
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Solo
1981

Man in a Suitcase
1967

Doctor Who
2005

The Camomile Lawn
1992

The Mistress
1985

Jason King
1971

Honey for Tea
1994

The Good Life
1975

That's What I Call Television
2007

Rosemary & Thyme
2003

Strictly Come Dancing
2004

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001

The One Show
2006

Wogan
1982

The Wednesday Play
1964

Inside No. 9
2014

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992

Loose Women
1999

French & Saunders
1987

Ludwig
2024

Clouds of Glory
1978

Edward the Seventh
1975

Small Town Scandal
2026