Fenella Fielding

Fenella Fielding (born 17 November 1934) [cite web
title= Birthdays: Saturday
url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article2882563.ece
publisher= The Times
quote= Fenella Fielding, actress, 73
date= 2007-11-17
accessdate= 2008-02-29] is an English actress popular in the 1950s and 1960s and known chiefly for her seductive image and distinctively husky voice.

Fielding was born as Fanella Feldman in London, of Romanian Jewishcite news | last =| first =| coauthors=| title =Variety Club - Jewish Chronicle colour supplement "350 years"| pages=28-29| publisher =The Jewish Chronicle| date =2006-12-15 | url =| accessdate =2006-12-24 ] descent. The daughter of Tilly (nee Katz) and Philip Feldman, she is the younger sister of Lord Feldman. She was "not" related to the actor, Marty Feldman, as has been occasionally misreported. Fielding never married.

Career

Fielding began her acting career in 1954, concentrating on stage theatrical productions. She had occasional guest appearances in television programmes such as "The Avengers" (after being passed over as Patrick Macnee's regular partner in favour of Honor Blackman) and in "Danger Man".

She is perhaps best known for her appearances in two of the Carry On films and three of the Doctor films (e.g. Doctor in Clover).

She was the uncredited voice of "The Village"'s announcements in "The Prisoner", and co-starred with Tom Poston and Robert Morley in the 1963 version of "The Old Dark House". 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 both Buxton (the blue cat of the title) and Dougal at various stages throughout the film.

She has played the voice of 'MOOD', a quirky supercomputer in the video game in a script written by science fiction author Stephen Marley. Since 2000 she has been recording with the 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". She also made an album of cover songs including Robbie Williams' "Angels", Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head", New Order's "Blue Monday" and the White Stripes' "Passive Manipulation".

Critical reception

In an article by "The Independent" remarks that it is odd that she "drifted into obscurity rather than being celebrated", and the same article quotes the "The Times" as saying her Hedda Gabler was "one of the experiences of a lifetime". [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/the-lady-vanishes-what-ever-happened-to-fenella-fielding-785265.html]

References

Films

*"Drop Dead, Darling" (US: "Arrivederci Baby") (1966)
*"Lock Up Your Daughters" (1969)
*"Carry On Screaming" (1965)
*"Carry On Regardless" (1961)
*"Doctor in Clover" (1966)
*"Doctor in Distress" (1963)
*"Doctor in Love" (1960)
*"No Love for Johnnie" (1961)
*"The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood" (1984)
*"Guest House Paradiso" (1999)

Her most recent film appearances were in "Wishbaby" (2007) and "The All Together" (2007).

External links

*imdb name|id=0276134|name=Fenella Fielding
* [http://www.carryonline.com Carry On Line: Official Website of the "Carry On films"]
* [http://www.savoy.abel.co.uk Savoy website]