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Felicity Kendal (born in Olton,
Warwickshire|Olton, Warwickshire on September 25,
1946) is a United Kingdom|British actress. She is
the younger sister of the late Jennifer Kendal and
the daughter of Geoffrey Kendal, an English actor
who made his living leading a repertory company on
tours of India after the Second World War. They
performed William Shakespeare|Shakespeare to
audiences consisting mostly of schoolchildren. 

Felicity made her stage debut in these
productions, and at the age of nineteen, starred
in the 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. She was particularly popular with
male viewers, and was voted "Rear of the Year" for
her appearances wearing wellington boots. This
compliment was later reiterated, in the distant
future, in an episode of Red Dwarf.

After 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. 

Kendal's stage career blossomed during the 1980s
and 1990s. Her relationship with playwright Tom
Stoppard was both personal and professional. She
starred in the first productions of many of his
plays; in 1991 Stoppard left his Miriam
Stoppard|wife to start a relationship with Kendal.

Her most recent work is the Detective
fiction|murder mystery, Rosemary & Thyme, where
she plays a gardener, Rosemary Boxer, who,
together with fellow friend and ex-policewoman
Laura Thyme (Pam Ferris), solve mysteries near
their work.

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