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Post by Wynn Chester on Sept 12, 2018 6:09:41 GMT
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Post by daz on Sept 12, 2018 6:13:46 GMT
RIP
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2018 6:58:09 GMT
Probably best known for the brilliant 'Carry on Screaming' and 'The Prisoner'.
Good age to reach. She was only a couple of months from her 91st birthday.
RIP.
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Post by gustav on Sept 12, 2018 7:44:03 GMT
Very sorry to hear this. The BBC obituary flagged up by Wynn Chester at the start of this thread is very good. She had a much more interesting career than I ever imagined and a difficult upbringing too with some odd sounding parents. I hadn't realised the extent to which her solitary 'Carry On' appearance actually hampered her career as well as projected her into everyone's imagination. As mias mentions too for a great many she was the seductive yet sinister voice of the tannoy in 'The Prisoner'. I think it would be worth getting her autobiography which I didn't know came out last year. But a good age.
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Post by flyingsquad on Sept 12, 2018 11:14:43 GMT
I can't believe she was nearly 40 in 'Carry On Screaming'.  She was gorgeous in that.  RIP Fenella |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2018 12:36:10 GMT
She had a similar role to Valeria Watt in 'Carry on Screaming' with her portrayal of Morgana Femm in the truly dreadful Hammer spoof 1962 (released in 1963) remake of 1932 James Whale classic 'The Old Dark House'.
I thought 'Screaming' was her only 'Carry On' movie but she was in 'Regardless' in 1961. I had forgotten she was in that one.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2018 12:37:43 GMT
I can't believe she was nearly 40 in 'Carry On Screaming'. Yes, she was 38 when that was made in January-February 1966. |
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Post by westldner on Sept 12, 2018 15:20:15 GMT
RIP, the OP link on the page really details so much she endured. I'm glad she enjoyed life to the fullest.
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Sept 12, 2018 16:37:13 GMT
Another sad loss to the growing list of recently departed British pop~culture ladies
RIP Fenella
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Post by billyfarmer on Sept 12, 2018 17:15:13 GMT
Very sad news.
Carry on Screaming!, would definitely be in my top ten of favourite Carry on Films.
Fenella, also appeared in other films, including three films in the Doctor series and the Hammer film The Old Dark House (1963).
Among Fenella's TV credits, were appearances in The Four Just Men, Danger Man, The Avengers and Cribb.
R.I.P. Fenella Fielding. |
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Post by billyfarmer on Sept 12, 2018 17:15:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2018 19:00:39 GMT
'Carry on Screaming' is top drawer British comedy and Fenella really helped the film with a truly memorable performance.
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Sept 13, 2018 7:11:05 GMT
I think my favourite film that she starred in would be Doctor In Clover (1966) with the marvellous Arthur Haynes
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2018 7:30:25 GMT
I think my favourite film that she starred in would be Doctor In Clover (1966) with the marvellous Arthur Haynes That is a quality film indeed. Haynes, in his last film role, is excellent as is Leslie Phillips as Dr Gaston Grimsdyke.  Fenella is also very memorable as Tatiana Rubikov. |
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Sept 13, 2018 7:34:28 GMT
Absolutely - good film all round, nice tongue in cheek cameos by Terry Scott and Nicky Henson as camp Carnaby Street hairdressers and boutique assistants respectively lol
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Post by thewoodster on Sept 14, 2018 9:57:37 GMT
RIP fenella.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Sept 15, 2018 10:14:19 GMT
RIP Fenella.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2018 11:28:28 GMT
On the back cover on this month's The Dark Side and Infinity magazines they have Fenella down as one of the guest stars at their 'Carry on Darkfest' event on November 24th. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Sept 15, 2018 14:15:47 GMT
On the back cover on this month's The Dark Side and Infinity magazines they have Fenella down as one of the guest stars at their 'Carry on Darkfest' event on November 24th. Now that would be a darkfest if she showed up. |
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Post by Portland Road on Sept 19, 2018 21:05:44 GMT
We think of Carry On's as Sid and Kenneth, but 'Screaming' was Harry and Fenella and they did it brilliantly.
R.I.P. Fenella Fielding.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2018 10:36:37 GMT
We think of Carry On's as Sid and Kenneth, but 'Screaming' was Harry and Fenella and they did it brilliantly. Sid was due to co-star in the film but:
"Harry H. Corbett replaced Sidney James. Due to illness James had to pull out of the movie and so Corbett was drafted in to replace him. Despite this, his character name Sidney Bung, was kept. Sidney James' characters on TV and film were very often also called Sid, his real life nick-name." *
* From IMDB.
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Post by Portland Road on Sept 26, 2018 21:05:08 GMT
I hadn't picked up on that - Harry H's character was called 'Sidney'. In lots of Carry On's, Sid James character was indeed called 'Sid'. Strange to say this, but I think that Corbett was more suited to that particular 'Screaming' role than Sid James would have been. |
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She was gorgeous in that. 
Fenella is also very memorable as Tatiana Rubikov.
