Fenella Fielding will vamp no more
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 5:19 pm
For guys of a certain age and of UK extraction, there was no more seductive an actress (as we used to call them) than Fenella Fielding who has died, aged 90.
I don't suppose she would ever be listed among the greats like Judi Dench and Julie Walters and Cherie Lunghi (OK I'm biased about Cherie Lunghi, always have been) and Maggie Smith but she could turn a young man's head. In my case literally. University of Sussex refectory, 1969-ish, having dinner with a friend. I heard that voice. There was no doubt in my mind - it wasn't 'Oh that woman sounds just like Fenella Fielding' but 'Where's Fenella?' She was there at the next table.
I restrained the impulse to make a fool of myself and left her alone. But I can still hear that voice.
I don't suppose she would ever be listed among the greats like Judi Dench and Julie Walters and Cherie Lunghi (OK I'm biased about Cherie Lunghi, always have been) and Maggie Smith but she could turn a young man's head. In my case literally. University of Sussex refectory, 1969-ish, having dinner with a friend. I heard that voice. There was no doubt in my mind - it wasn't 'Oh that woman sounds just like Fenella Fielding' but 'Where's Fenella?' She was there at the next table.
I restrained the impulse to make a fool of myself and left her alone. But I can still hear that voice.