Memorial Service To Be Held For Fenella Fielding

Stars will remember the actress and long time Chiswick resident

A memorial service for Fenella Fielding OBE, will be held at
St Paul's Church, Covent Garden on Tuesday 28 May at 2:30pm.

Stars of stage and screen are expected to be in attendance, including Jennifer Saunders, Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Derek Jacobi and many others. Mr. Simon McKay - Fenella's biographer and close friend in later years, will also be present, as well as members of her family, writers, journalists, actors and professionals she worked with during her long career.

Tributes will be read by Gyles Brandreth and Mark Kermode.

A Poetic Tribute will be given by Barry Cryer. There will also be performances of music, poetry and theatrical extracts.

The unveiling of the Fenella plaque will also take place.

Pictured with her friend and writing collaborator Simon McKay in 2017

Fenella Fielding OBE passed away on 11 September 2018.

Her best known film appearances were Carry On Screaming (1966), Doctor in Clover (1966) and Carry On Regardless (1961). She was the voice of the Blue Queen in Dougal and the Blue Cat (1970) and the telephone operator and loudspeaker voice in The Prisoner (1967).

Her sixty six year stage career was extremely distinguished and included the title roles in Hedda Gabler (1969) and Colette (1970). She's also fondly remembered for a number of appearances on the Morecambe & Wise Show (1969-1972) as well as playing The Vixen in Uncle Jack (early 1990s). Her most recent TV appearance was Skins (2012). Her final work was to record idents for Eddie Mair’s LBC Radio show the day before she had a stroke.

Fenella was a resident of Chiswick for nearly forty years.

In 2017, she published her memoir (co-written with Simon M Kay) 'Do You Mind If I Smoke?'- the title is taken from one of her lines in Carry On Screaming in which she played vamp Valeria.

May 25, 2019