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English actress (1927–2018)

Fenella Fielding, OBE (born Fenella Marion Feldman; 17 November 1927 – 11 September 2018) was an English stage, film and television actress who rose to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, and was often referred to as "England's first lady of the double entendre". She was known for her seductive image and distinctively husky voice. Fielding appeared in two Carry On films, Carry On Regardless (1961) and Carry On Screaming! (1966).

Fenella Marion Feldman was born on 17 November 1927 in Hackney, London, to a Romanian Jewish mother, Tilly ( Katz; 1902–1977), and a Lithuanian Jewish father, Philip Feldman. She was the younger sister of Basil, later Baron Feldman. She grew up in Lower Clapton and later Edgware where she attended North London Collegiate School. Her father at one time managed a cinema in Silvertown, east London.

Fielding began her acting career in 1952, concentrating on stage productions, including the Bromley Little Theatre. She was given her first break when she accompanied the then unknown actor Ron Moody to an audition (they had met in an amateur production at the London School of Economics). Her performance in Sandy Wilson's musical version of Valmouth made her a star in 1958. By 1959 she was appearing with Kenneth Williams in the comedy revue Pieces of Eight, written by Harold Pinter and Peter Cook. Between 1960 and 1962 Fielding played Janet Harris, a liberated secretary at an advertising firm, in the BBC radio sitcom Something to Shout About. In 1960 Fielding appeared on tv as the Contessa in the very last episode of the tv series of The Four Just Men (Traviso Dam). Fielding later starred in her own television programme Izeena (1966). (after being passed over as Patrick Macnee's regular partner in favour of Honor Blackman) and in Danger Man. She appeared in four episodes of Morecambe and Wise Show between 1969 and 1972. She interspersed these with performances in plays by Ibsen, Shakespeare and Henry James, reputedly keeping an edition of Plato's writings by her bed. Fielding was the uncredited Village announcer in The Prisoner (1967–68), and co starred with Tom Poston and Robert Morley in the remake of The Old Dark House (1963). In Dougal and the Blue Cat, based on The Magic Roundabout, she voiced the character of the Blue Voice, referred to as "Madam" by both Buxton (the blue cat of the title) and Dougal at various stages throughout the film. In the late 1960s, Fielding was approached by Federico Fellini to work on one of his films, but turned the work down because she was already booked to perform on stage at the Chichester Festival Theatre. In 2011, Fielding appeared at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London in an English Chamber Theatre presentation of Jane McCulloch's Dearest Nancy, Darling Evelyn, the dramatised letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh. was published in both audio and book form in 2017 and led to a number of appearances on stage reading extracts from it in places all over the UK.

Fielding voiced “The Blue Voice” in the 1972 English adaptation of the 1970 French film ‘Dougal And The Blue Cat’, 'MOOD', the quirky supercomputer in the video game Martian Gothic in a script written by science fiction author Stephen Marley. After 2000 she recorded with Savoy, a book publishing and recording company. Her work with them includes readings of Colette, J. G. Ballard's Crash and T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets. In the following years, Fielding was a regular guest contributor on BBC Radio 4's PM and Broadcasting House.

Fielding suffered a stroke on 25 August 2018 and died two weeks later at Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith, on 11 September 2018, aged 90. She never married nor had children.

Year Title Role Notes1957 BBC Sunday Night Theatre Prostitute Episode: "The Magnificent Egotist"1957 Destination Downing Street Djemila 3 episodes1958 Saturday Playhouse Delia Mitchell Episode: "Design for Murder"1959 The Adventures of Brigadier Wellington Bull The Rajah's Wife Episode: "A Spicy Dish"1960 International Detective Marcelle Clinton Episode: "The Whitley Case"1960 Armchair Theatre Susi Flamberg Episode: "Guardian Angel"1960 The Four Just Men The Contessa Episode: "Treviso Dam"1960 ITV Television Playhouse Ernestine Lawrence Episode: "Reprise"1960 The Strange World of Gurney Slade Caroline the Cow Voice; Episode: #1.31960 Danger Man Hostess Episode: "An Affair of State"1962 Saki Mary Drakmanton All 8 episodes1963 Mr Justice Duncannon The Girl Episode: "Trial and Error"1963 Comedy Playhouse Julie Episode: "Comrades in Arms"1964 The Avengers Kim Lawrence Episode: "The Charmers"1964 Love Story Celia Episode: "Divorce, Divorce"1964 Theatre 625 Cleopatra Episode: "The Ides of March"1964 Armchair Theatre Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax Episode: "The Importance of Being Earnest"1965 Drama 61 67 Mrs Garfield Episode: "Mrs. Quilley's Murder Shoes"1966 Izeena Izeena All episodes1967 The Prisoner Loudspeaker Announcer Voice; 7 episodes1968 Ooh La La! Various 4 episodes1969 A Touch of Venus Marcella Episode: "The Autograph"1971 That's Your Funeral Mrs Darling Episode: "A Touch of Violet"1980 Nobody's Perfect Vivien Episode: "Vivien's Problem"1981 Cribb Zena Prothero Episode: "Mad Hatter's Holiday"1984 The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood Molly TV film1985 The Pickwick Papers Mrs Leo Hunter Episode: #1.41990–1993 Uncle Jack The Vixen 18 episodes1999 Doctor Who Night Narration Voice; Segment: "Carnival of Monsters"2004 Abroad Again in Britain Dearie Voice; Episode: "Brighton Pavilion"2011 The Legend of Dick and Dom Lotte Lawoo Episode: "Land of the Luvvies"2012 Skins Miriam Henley Episode: "Alex"2019 Conditions Mother Voice; all 13 episodes