Dame Felicity Ann DahlDBE (née D'Abreu; born 12 December 1938) is the widow of the authorRoald Dahl. She was previously married to Charles Reginald Hugh Crosland. The quietly spoken Dahl gave a rare interview in November 2008 to publicise the inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize and reflect on her years with the late author.^[1]

In December 1938, Felicity D'Abreu was born inLlandaff, a district in the north ofCardiff, in Wales. It was coincidentally the birthplace of her future husband Roald Dahl in 1916.

She is the daughter of Dr. Alphonsus D'Abreu and Elizabeth Throckmorton (granddaughter ofSir Richard Charles Acton Throckmorton, 10th Baronet) and the niece of Lt.-Col. Francis D'Abreu who was married to Margaret Bowes-Lyon, the first cousin of theQueen Mother.

Dahl served as producer of the 1996 filmMatilda and was executive producer of the 2005 filmCharlie and the Chocolate Factory. Her three preferred choices for the role ofWilly Wonka in the film wereEddie Izzard,David Walliams andDustin Hoffman, but she heartily approved of the casting ofJohnny Depp.

Her name "Liccy Dahl" was used as inspiration for the doll owned by Miss Honey in the 1996Matilda film adaptation.

Felicity Dahl founded the Roald Dahl Foundation in 1991 which helped young people with brain, blood and literacy problems.^[2] This organisation became Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity in 2010, focusing on supporting seriously ill children. She is co-president and an active supporter even after retiring as a trustee in the mid 2010s. She also founded theRoald Dahl Museum and Story Centre inGreat Missenden, opened in 2005, which is devoted to storytelling and literacy.

In 1959, Felicity D'Abreu married Charles Reginald Hugh Crosland. They had three daughters. In 1971, she divorced Crosland.

She met Roald Dahl in 1972 while she was working as a set designer on an advert for Maxim coffee with the author's then-wife, American actressPatricia Neal. Soon after the pair were introduced, they began an 11-year affair.^[3] They wed after his divorce in 1983, atBrixton Town Hall inSouth London.^[2] She gave up her job and moved intoGipsy House, inGreat Missenden inBuckinghamshire, which had been Roald Dahl's home since 1954. He died seven years later in 1990, atOxford'sJohn Radcliffe Hospital.

In 1991, she publishedMemories with Food at Gipsy House, a collection of anecdotes and recipes that she had written with her late husband.

On 14 September 2009 the firstblue plaque in Roald Dahl's honour was unveiled at a sweet shop in Llandaff. Dahl was present for the unveiling of the plaque dedicated to her late husband.^[4]

Dahl was appointedDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the2024 New Year Honours for services to philanthropy, literature and young people.^[5]

• Liccy Dahl atIMDb

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