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Felicity Ann Kendal, CBE (born 25 September 1946) is an English actor known for her television and stage work. Born in 1946, Kendal spent much of her childhood in India, where her father managed a touring repertory company. First appearing on stage at the age of nine months, Kendal appeared in her first film, Shakespeare Wallah, in 1965. Kendal began playing Barbara Good in The Good Life, the BBC sitcom in 1975. This made Kendal a household name. Later sitcoms where she was the lead did not achieve the popularity of The Good Life. In 2003, Kendal first played Rosemary Boxer in Rosemary &... MORE

Felicity Ann Kendal, CBE (born 25 September 1946) is an English actor known for her television and stage work. Born in 1946, Kendal spent much of her childhood in India, where her father managed a touring repertory company. First appearing on stage at the age of nine months, Kendal appeared in her first film, Shakespeare Wallah, in 1965. Kendal began playing Barbara Good in The Good Life, the BBC sitcom in 1975. This made Kendal a household name. Later sitcoms where she was the lead did not achieve the popularity of The Good Life. In 2003, Kendal first played Rosemary Boxer in Rosemary & Thyme, a murder mystery drama that aired for three series ending in 2006. Felicity Kendal was born in Olton, Warwickshire (now West Midlands), England, in 1946, and is the younger daughter of Geoffrey Kendal and his wife Laura (née Liddell). Her elder sister, Jennifer Kendal, also became an actress. Their father, Geoffrey, was an English actor-manager who made his living leading a repertory company on tours of India after the Second World War. They would perform Shakespeare before royalty one day, and in rough rural villages the next where audiences included many schoolchildren. Her father had LESS