Felicity Kendal

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Felicity Kendal was an original member of the Actors’ Company, formed by Ian McKellen and Edward Petherbridge. 

She won the Variety Club’s Best Stage Actress Award for her performance as Marain in Michael Frayn’s Clouds in the West End in 1978 and, in 1979, she played Constanze Mozart in Amadeus, directed by Peter Hall at the National Theatre.  Other theatre credits include the original productions of On the Razzle, The Real Thing and Hapgood and the revival of Jumpers. 

She won the Evening Standard Theatre Award in 1989 for her performances in Much Ado About Nothing and Ivanov.  Later West End roles include Winnie in Happy Days, Esme in Amy’s View, Florence in The Vortex, Mrs Warren in Mrs Warren’s Profession, Sheila in Relatively Speaking and Judith Bliss in Hay Fever.  She took her first role in a musical as Evangeline Harcourt in the 2021 London revival of Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre and starred as Dotty Otley in the London revival of Noises Off. 

Felicity’s television work includes Barbara in The Good Life, Gemma Palmer in Carla Lane’s Solo, Maxine in Carla Lane’s The Mistress, Helena Cuthbertson in The Camomile Lawn and Rosemary Boxer in Rosemary & Thyme.