SAD NEWS TODAY, that an actress who actually never worked with Peter
Cushing has left us. Ninety years seems to prompt usually lots of 'well,
she had a long life . .' and sentiments of she lived well..' But, I
have to be honest, whatever time Fenella was going to leave, for me, was
always going to be . . . too soon. Fenella Fielding, was unique, always entertaining, eccentric
and surprising. It seems we were the only people who were aware of her
age, because she most certainly wasn't.
FENELLA was fortunate
to have landed a film role back in 1966, when the Cushing Frankenstein
films, were at their height and gave a line, that would follow her, for
the rest of her days... 'Do you mind, if I smoke?' as Valeria Watt in
'Carry On Screaming' was gold. As was she. Three years previous to this role, she appeared in a film joint venture with both Hammer films and William Castle in THE OLD DARK HOUSE. Which kind of started a path, in which she played attractive but spooky strange femme's! No matter the role, Fenella
made it her own, in the way only she could do. That voice. At 90, she
was still working and will be working her magic on us all for a long
long time to come. Bless you, Fenella!
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