Jane M. Downs (22 January 1935 – 20 May 2015) was an English actress.[1][2][3]
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Born | Jane M. Downs 22 January 1935 |
Died | 20 May 2015 (aged 80) London, England |
Spouse(s) | Gerald Harper (m. 1957-1975, divorced), Terence Alexander (1976–2009) |
Downs was born in Bromley, Kent, England.[4] She started her career in the theatre,[5] and later appeared on radio and in film, playing Kenneth More's wife in A Night to Remember (1958). Her first husband, Gerald Harper, appeared in the same film.[6]
During the 1970s, she appeared on stage and television alongside Terence Alexander,[7] whom she married in 1976, following her divorce from Harper.
She died in London in May 2015 at the age of 80.[8] In 1991, Downs appeared in a cameo role as Daisy Williams, a new resident, in Waiting for God.[9]
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1958 | A Night to Remember | Iowa Sylvania Zillah "Sylvia" Hawley-Wilson (Mrs. Sylvia Lightoller) | |
1960 | Emergency – Ward 10 | Audrey Blake / Audrey Dawson | |
1961 | Sword of Freedom | Violetta | TV episode "Violetta" |
1965 | Darling | Julie | |
1982 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Mrs. Nickleby | TV film of RSC production |
1990 | Jeeves and Wooster | Lady Delia Glossop | "Jeeves Takes Charge", "Pearls Mean Tears", "Kidnapped!" |
1991 | Bergerac | Petra Crowe-Smith | "All For Love" |
1993 | Heartbeat | Edna Plummer | "Missing" |
Mask of the Phantasm | Additional Voices | Voice | |
1996 | Pie in the Sky | Traffic Reporter | |
2003 | Midsomer Murders | Dixie Goff | "A Talent for Life", (final appearance) |
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Year | Production | Role | Notes |
1962 | Boeing-Boeing | Judith | Apollo Theatre in London, with Patrick Cargill, David Tomlinson, Andree Melly, Carole Shelley and Carmel McSharry[10] |
1957 | The Iron Duchess | Mary Garvald | Fortune Theatre |
1982 | Way Upstream | Mrs Hatfield | Lyttelton Theatre |
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