Felicity Kendal in The Good Life.

Felicity Kendal CBE (born September 25, 1946 in Olton, Warwickshire) is an English actress. She is the younger sister of the late Jennifer Kendal and the daughter of Geoffrey Kendal, an English actor manager who made his living leading a repertory company on tours of India after the Second World War. They performed Shakespeare to audiences consisting mostly of schoolchildren. Her father changed his name from Bragg to that of his birthplace Kendal, Lancashire, which he adopted as his stage name. Felicity Kendal good life screen shot - low resolution publicity shot This work is copyrighted. ... Felicity Kendal good life screen shot - low resolution publicity shot This work is copyrighted. ... The Good Life was one of the most successful British sitcoms of all time, produced by the BBC between 1975 and 1978, running for four series and two specials. ... [[LinItalic textItalic textBold text--144. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Olton is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. ... Warwickshire (pronounced either /ˈwɔːɹɪkˌʃə/ or /ˈwɔːɹɪkˌʃɪə/) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Jennifer Kendal (February 28, 1934 – September 7, 1984) was an English actress. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Combatants Allies: • Soviet Union, • UK & Commonwealth, • USA, • France/Free France, • China, • Poland, • ...and others Axis: • Germany, • Japan, • Italy, • ...and others Commanders Strength Casualties Full list Full list World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a large scale military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Kendal is an ancient town in the traditional county of Westmorland, in the South Lakeland district county of Cumbria, England. ... Red Lancashire rose Lancashire is a county in the North of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...

Felicity Kendal made her stage debut in these productions, and at the age of nineteen, starred in the Merchant-Ivory film, Shakespeare Wallah (1965), loosely based on her family's real-life experience. On her return to Britain, she found that her film appearance was not a passport to success, and her struggle to build an acting career was long and difficult, partly because of her unusual upbringing. In 1975, she got her big break with the sitcom, The Good Life, which made her a household name. Shakespeare Wallah is a 1965 film, based on a book of the same name by Geoffrey Kendal, who stars in the film. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Good Life was one of the most successful British sitcoms of all time, produced by the BBC between 1975 and 1978, running for four series and two specials. ...

After this series ended, she starred in several other BBC sitcoms, none of which achieved the success of The Good Life. Despite this, she maintained her popularity. Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ...

She is particularly popular with male viewers, and was voted "Rear of the Year" for her appearances wearing wellington boots and tight jeans in The Good Life. This compliment was later reiterated, in the distant future, in an episode of Red Dwarf. She was selected as one of the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 1995. A pair of Wellington boots The Wellington boot, also known as a welly, a wellie, or a gumboot, is a type of boot based upon Hessian boots worn and popularised by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and fashionable among the British aristocracy in the early 19th century. ... This article describes the British science fiction comedy television series. ... This is a list of the results of the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 1995 poll. ...

Kendal's stage career blossomed during the 1980s and 1990s. Her relationship with playwright Sir Tom Stoppard was both personal and professional. She starred in the first productions of many of his plays; in 1991 Stoppard left his wife to start a relationship with Kendal. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... Sir Tom Stoppard, OM (born 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright, famous for plays such as The Real Thing and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and for the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love. ... 1991 (MCMXCI in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Miriam Stoppard (nee Miriam Moore-Robinson) is a British physician, author, television presenter and agony aunt. ...

Her most recent work is the ITV murder mystery series Rosemary & Thyme, in which she plays a gardener, Rosemary Boxer, who, together with friend, colleague and ex-policewoman Laura Thyme (Pam Ferris), solve mysteries near their various workplaces as landscape gardeners. Current ITV logo. ... Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centres upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ... Rosemary & Thyme is a British television series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris , as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. ... A gardener is any person involved in the growing and maintenance of plants, notably in a garden. ... A police officer is a person who works for the police force. ... Pam Ferris as Aunt Marge in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. ...

Felicity Kendal is 152 cm (5 ft) tall. She converted to Judaism on her second marriage to Michael Rudman. Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people, with around 14 million followers (as of 2005 [1]). It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditions still practiced today. ...

External links

• Felicity Kendal at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview in The Telegraph