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Fenella Fielding (born November 17, circa 1930) is an English-born actress. Of Romanian descent, she was originally named Fenella Feldman, and has often been described as the sister of Marty Feldman. She has declared that this was not the case.[citation needed] 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Actor Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein (1974) Martin Alan Marty Feldman (July 8, 1934 – December 2, 1982) was a writer, comedian and film and television actor in the UK, famous for his bulging eyes, which were the result of a thyroid condition. ...


Born in London, she began her acting career in 1954, concentrating on stage theatrical productions. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The buxom, velvet-voiced actress appeared in the films: Drop Dead, Darling; Lock Up Your Daughters; the Carry On Films, Carry On Screaming and Carry On Regardless; Doctor in Clover; Doctor in Distress; Doctor in Trouble; No Love for Johnnie; Robin Hood; Arrivederci Baby; and Guest House Paradiso. Lock Up Your Daughters is a 1969 musical by Lionel Bart. ... The Carry On films were a long-running series of British popular low-budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. ... Carry On Screaming! is the 12th film in the Carry On series. ... Carry on Regardless is the fifth Carry on // Plot Summary for Carry On Regardless The Helping Hands agency employs some very strange people to perform some very strange jobs! Even the simplest of tasks get bungled by the incompetent but lovable staff, as they get given jobs ranging from taking... Peter Finch starred in the film No Love for Johnnie based on the book by the Member of parliament Mr Wilfred Fienburgh. ... Robin Hood memorial statue in Nottingham. ... Guest House Paradiso is a 1999 comedy slapstick movie, starring Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, and directed by Edmondson. ...


She appeared in many stage productions and had occasional guest appearances in television programmes such as The Avengers (after being passed over as Patrick McNee's regular partner in favor of Honor Blackman) and Danger Man. She also provided the voice of the Village announcements in The Prisoner and co-starred with Tom Poston and Robert Morley in the 1963 version of The Old Dark House. The Avengers is a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in a fantasy 1960s Britain. ... Patrick Macnee (born February 6, 1922) is a British actor. ... Honor Blackman Honor Blackman (born in London, England on December 12, 1927, although many sources have listed her date of birth as August 22, 1926) is a British actress. ... Danger Man was a British television show that aired between 1960 and 1962 and again between 1964 and 1968. ... The Prisoner was a 1967 UK science fiction television series, starring Patrick McGoohan. ... Tom Poston (born October 17, 1921 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American television and film actor. ... Robert Morley Robert Morley (May 26, 1908 - June 3, 1992) was a British actor who, often in supporting roles, was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment. ... The Old Dark House (1932) Seeking shelter from a pounding rainstorm in a remote region of Wales, several travellers are admitted to a gloomy, foreboding mansion belonging to the extremely strange Femm family. ...


In the film Dougal and the Blue Cat, based on The Magic Roundabout, she voiced the character of the Blue Voice—referred to as "Madam" by Buxton (the blue cat of the title) and Dougal at various stages throughout the film. Le Manège Enchanté (known in English as The Magic Roundabout) was a childrens television programme created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot. ...


It is rumoured that the character was based on Margaret Thatcher, and that the character is a political comment about the beginnings of Thatcherism—the colour blue being the colour of the Conservative Party. [citation needed] Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. ... Margaret Thatcher Thatcherism is the system of political thought attributed to the governments of Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ...


She has also played the voice of MOOD, a quirky supercomputer in the video game Martian Gothic.


From 2000 she has been recording with the controversial book publishing and recording company, Savoy. Her work with them includes readings of Colette, J G Ballard's 'Crash' and T S Eliot's 'Four Quartets', and an album of cover songs such as Robbie Williams' 'Angels', Kylie Minogue's 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' and the White Stripes' 'Passive Manipulation'.


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Fenella Fielding (911 words)
It was probably Sandy Wilson who rescued Fielding from spending the rest of her life as a secretary, when in 1958 he insisted that she play Lady Parvula de Panzoust in his adaptation of Firbank's esoteric novel Valmouth, first at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith and then at the Saville Theatre.
The part was ideal for Fielding's particular talents, and she had a (for its day) risqué number, 'Only a Passing Phase' that gave her ample scope for sexual innuendo, but Valmouth, although quickly taken up as a cult show, did not find much favour with the tasteless British public.
Fielding played actress Maudie Marlowe, recounting her colourful and exaggerated past, in which - among things - she wondered if she might not have been the cause of World War I. Fielding co-wrote the libretto with Johnny Whyte, and the music was by Stanley Myers.
Fenella Fielding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (368 words)
Fenella Fielding (born November 17, circa 1930) is an English-born actress.
Of Romanian descent, she was originally named Fenella Feldman, and has often been described as the sister of Marty Feldman.
She has declared that this was not the case.
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