Fenella Fielding

In the film Dougal and the Blue Cat, based on The Magic Roundabout, she voiced the character of the Blue Princess. Harold and Maude and Adam's Rib have both been selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress' National Film Registry. She also provided the voice of the Village announcements in The Prisoner. In addition, Gordon wrote the screenplay for the Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy film Adam's Rib.. She has also appeared in the following films: Drop Dead, Darling; Lock Up Your Daughters; Carry On Screaming; Carry On Regardless; Doctor in Clover; Doctor in Distress; Doctor in Trouble; No Love for Johnnie; Robin Hood; Guest House Paradiso and in many stage productions alongside occasional guest appearances in television programmes such as The Avengers and Danger Man. She had a minor role as Clint Eastwood's mother in his films Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can. Born in London in 1930, she began her acting career in 1954, concentrating on stage theatrical productions. Gordon also starred as Maude in Hal Ashby's indie comedy Harold and Maude and as Mary Todd Lincoln in Abe Lincoln in Illinois.

She was originally called "Fenella Feldman", hence spreading the rumours. Ruth Gordon (October 30, 1896 - August 28, 1985) was an American actress and screenwriter who was perhaps best known for her role as the oversolicitous neighbor in Roman Polanski's adaptation of Ira Levin's novel Rosemary's Baby, for which she won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was thought to be the sister of Marty Feldman, but it was actually declared not to be the case. Fenella Fielding (born 17 November 1930) is an English actress.