Fenella Fielding
Birthday: Born in 1927-11-17 in London, England, UK
Deathday: 2018-09-11
Fenella Fielding, OBE was an English stage, film and television actress, popular in the 1950s and 1960s and known 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 and Carry On Screaming!
TV Credits
The Morecambe & Wise Show
Character:
Long-running BBC variety show presented by Britain's best-loved comedy duo, Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. Based around irreverent stand-up routines, comedy sketches and comical song and dance numbers involving a stream of beleaguered guests, the series ran for nearly a decade from 1968 to 1977 and included sketches such as 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'The Breakfast Stripper'....
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
Character: Self
A British magic show and variety show that aired on BBC1 from 9 June 1979 to 18 June 1994. Daniels' assistant throughout the series was Debbie McGee, whom he married in 1988. At its peak in the 1980s, the show regularly attracted viewing figures of 15 million and was sold to 43 countries....
The Prisoner
Character: Loudspeaker Announcer
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape....
Timeshift
Character: self
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past....
Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials
Character: Herself
Running from 1969 until 1977, the BBC Christmas shows were usually on Christmas Day. These classic sketches revolved around famous guest stars, such as Eric Porter, Fenella Fielding, Ann Hamilton, Peter Gushing, Glenda Jackson, Andre Previn and Des O'Connor, being made fun of by Eric and Ernie....
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Guest House Paradiso
Character: Mrs. Foxfur
Richie and Eddie are in charge of the worst hotel in the UK, Guest House Paradiso, neighbouring a nuclear power plant. The illegal immigrant chef has fled and all the guests have gone. But when a famous Italian filmstar, Gina Carbonara, who is in hiding from a fiance she doesn't want to marry, arrives at the hotel, things get very interesting!...
Carry On Screaming!
Character: Valeria Watt
The sinister Dr. Watt has an evil scheme going—he's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for him, Detective Sergeant Bung is on the case, and he doesn't have a clue!...
The Old Dark House
Character: Morgana Femm
An American car salesman in London becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded mansion....
Sapphire
Character: Lingerie Shop Manageress
Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry....
That's Carry On!
Character: Various Characters
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film studios to unwrap some rib-tickling moments from the series. From the original, military mayhem of Carry On Sergeant, through to the really ancient archaeological gags of Carry On Behind, our saucy hosts get their titters out for this laugh-a-second gallop through the most successful series of British comedy films ever made....
Lock Up Your Daughters
Character: Lady Eager
Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down....
Over the Edge
Character: Mrs. van Eisner
Jason (Danny Bedford) is in a crisis. He won’t go to work and stays holed up in his flat. But when his TV breaks, he is forced to call co-worker Richard (Sean Hart) to fix it. All is normal, except when Jason mentions that a friend of his may be dead in his bed. Instead of hightailing it out of the potential murder scene, Richard (who has the hots for Jason) instead not only checks the body (yes, dead) but also proposes a homemade autopsy. And when the scalpel cuts the flesh, these two young men...
Wishbaby
Character: Eve
A troubled young black teenager Maxine rescues an eccentric old lady Eve from an unhappy slap by a mixed-race gang of teens and is rewarded for her act of kindness with the gift of a terrible secret: how to make and operate a WISHBABY. With Eve's help Maxine gives life to a magic doll and sets out to solve her current problems, inadvertently releasing Eve's dead Governess from her astral prison and unleashing a storm of supernatural activity. Her older brother Colin is gradually drawn into the d...
Road to St. Tropez
Character: Narrator
A woman has a brief amorous liaison while on a trip along the South of France to Saint Tropez, but returns disillusioned....
Arrivederci, Baby!
Character: Fenella
Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!...
Foxhole in Cairo
Character: Yvette
A German spy in Cairo must report back to Rommel with information on British positions....
Doctor in Distress
Character: Passenger on Train
"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and sometimes nemesis. When the eternal bachelor Sir Lancelot injures his back and falls in love with his physiotherapist Iris Marchant, he becomes very distressed and turns to Simon for help. Simon, who now is a senior doctor at fictional Hampden Cross Hospital and hopelessly in love with aspiring actress Delia, sends him to a nature cure clinic in a va...
Doctor in Love
Character: Mrs. Tadwich
Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-cold Unit. Hare then takes up a position as junior in a well-healed G.P.'s surgery while Burke continues to sow his doctorial wild oats....
Doctor in Clover
Character: Tatiana Rubikov
Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in the story, looking for love and romance from the hospital nurses, much to the annoyance of the main Administrator (James Robertson Justice) who wants his doctors to be 100% focussed on the job. Numerous antics follow, with Phillips getting Justice fixed up with the new prim-and-proper Matron (Joan Sims) and his attempted failures to lure the hospital's beauty, the physiotherapist....
Follow a Star
Character: Lady Arabella Finchington
Norman Truscott is a store worker who dreams of stardom. Vernon Carew is a singer whose star is fading. Vernon manages to get a recording of Norman singing and passes it off as himself....
Frankula
Character: (voice-over)
It is almost half a century ago since Mummy's little soldier, Frankie Abbott (David Barry), was at Fenn Street School and he is now in a home, being looked after by his caregiver Agnes (Emma Dark). Frankie's nightmare begins when Agnes bares her fangs and he enters the world of vampires, lured into the graveyard by Clarissa Cobra (Caroline Munro) and meets the fearful Vera Vomit (Judy Matheson) and the vampire psychiatrist Dr Spritzer (Martin Rudman)....
In the Doghouse
Character: Miss Fordyce
After 10 years of failure a bumbling vet finally graduates and takes on his own practice....
Beginner's Luck
Character: Mark's mum
Mark Feinman knows he’s going to be big in show business…it’s just a matter of time. In a flash of inspiration he decides to tour a Shakespeare play around Europe. Undaunted by his inexperience and lack of organisational skills he gathers together probably the worst cast of misfits ever assembled....
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
Character: Herself
Go behind the scenes with the late, great Rik Mayall (Richie) and Ade Edmondson (Eddie) as they take us on a tour behind the scenes of Guest House Paradiso, the long-awaited movie based on the hit 90's BBC comedy 'Bottom'....
No Love for Johnnie
Character: Sheilah
Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him. His desires to win the next election are endangered by his constant looking for love and he is faced with the choice of giving up a career in politics or giving up the woman he loves....
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Molly
The evil brother of Richard the Lionheart is holding the king for ransom, and only Robin Hood and his band of merry men can save him...for a small fee, of course....
The All Together
Character: Mrs Cox
With a house to sell and no time to be there in person, overworked TV producer Chris Ashworth is forced to leave his incompetent flatmate Bob to show real estate agents around the property. Knowing that Bob is not the most attentive flatmate, Chris tells him to show anyone that calls inside. When Chris finally returns home he finds that Bob has taken him at his word, literally. With four estate agents, some Jehovah's Witnesses, an incontinent American, a corpse and two armed gangsters, Chris's w...
Carnival of Monsters
Character: Narrator
A look at the various monsters that have appeared in Doctor Who....
Carry On Regardless
Character: Penny Panting
After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting… and demolishing a house....
Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials
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Running from 1969 until 1977, the BBC Christmas shows were usually on Christmas Day. These classic sketches revolved around famous guest stars, such as Eric Porter, Fenella Fielding, Ann Hamilton, Peter Gushing, Glenda Jackson, Andre Previn and Des O'Connor, being made fun of by Eric and Ernie....
Worst Fears
Character: Her Ladyship (segment 1 "Tincture of Vervain")
Seven nightmarish tales from legendary British horror film writer and producer David McGillivray....
Cumbernauld HIT
Character: Liana
A James-Bond type fiction film about an evil woman's plans to 'hi-jack' the New Town of Cumbernauld. Sponsored by Cumbernauld Development Corporation, this film is an original take on the 'promotional' films produced for Scotland's New Towns during the 1970s....
How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment
Character: Narrator (voice)
Comic survey of methods of undressing through the ages, from Victorian modesty to modern strip clubs....