"I can remember what I ate. Coconut squares dipped in chocolate, wrapped in gold paper."
Fenella Fielding was an English stage, film and television actress who rose to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, and was often referred to 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 (1961) and Carry On Screaming! (1966).
"I had to hide every morning, until Daddy had gone out to work. And then stay out late to try to avoid him in the evening. Because of these terrible rows. Mummy would come and try to get me to go back home in the middle of the day. After about a year the school said look, this cannot carry on. I had to leave."
"Wed seen all the rushes, which we thought very funny, but the premiere audience reaction was cold and so were the reviews. However, the moment it was released it made audiences everywhere laugh like anything, and it showed that our original reaction had been right. What a relief!"
"I think my parents had visions of me being found in the Thames with six illicit foetuses in my womb and needle marks up my arm."
"[On Norman Wisdom] One knew that he would lay his hands on anybody [...] You had to make sure you nipped about a bit. Theres a way of doing it without reprimanding. He obviously had a terrific inferiority complex."
"Home life was horrid. Daddy used to knock me about with his fists, and my mother would egg him on."
"You get set on a path and, if you succeed, you get better parts, but of the same kind. If you dont take a lot of trouble, you get stuck like that."