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Jennifer Jayne (14 November 1931 – 23 April 2006) was an English film and television actress born in Yorkshire to theatrical parents.[1] Born Jennifer Jayne Jones, she adopted her stage name of Jennifer Jayne to avoid confusion with the Hollywood actress Jennifer Jones.[2]
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| Born | Jennifer Jayne Jones 14 November 1931 Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 23 April 2006 (aged 74) London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1948–1985 |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Mullins (1958–2006; her death) |
Career
Her film debut was a minor walk-on in Once a Jolly Swagman (1948), followed by The Blue Lamp (1949). Both of these starred Dirk Bogarde and she also appeared in the mystery The Black Widow, in 1951, with Anthony Forwood. After guest appearances in the television series The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955), The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956), and Sword of Freedom (1957), she was cast as the hero's wife in the next historical adventure series from the film-making division of Lew Grade's ATV, The Adventures of William Tell (1958).[1]
She was a romantic lead in Raising the Wind (1961), set in a music academy and in Band of Thieves (1962), a musical comedy; she was also the leading lady in a Norman Wisdom vehicle, On the Beat (1962).[1]
Under the pseudonym Jay Fairbank, she wrote the screenplays for Tales That Witness Madness (1973) and Son of Dracula (1974)[3]
Personal life
She married art director Peter Mullins in 1958; they remained married until her death in 2006, aged 74.[1]
Filmography
- Once a Jolly Swagman (1949) - Autograph Hunter (uncredited)
- Poet's Pub (1949) - Cyclist (uncredited)
- The Blue Lamp (1950) - June (uncredited)
- There Is Another Sun (1951) - Dora
- The Black Widow (1951) - Sheila Kemp
- It's a Grand Life (1953) - Pvt. Desmond
- A Yank in Ermine (1955) - Enid
- The End of the Line (1957) - Ann
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958) - (uncredited)
- A Woman of Mystery (1958) - Ruby Ames
- The Trollenberg Terror (released in the US as The Crawling Eye) (1958) - Sarah Pilgrim
- Mark of the Phoenix (1958) - Airline Ticket Clerk
- Dial 999 (TV series) - ('A Mined Area'; episode 21) (1959) - Louise
- Raising the Wind (1961) - Jill Clemons
- Band of Thieves (1962) - Anne
- On the Beat (1962) - Rosanna Guardia
- Clash by Night (1963) - Nita Lord
- Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) - Nicolle Carroll (segment "Vampire")
- Hysteria (1965) - Gina McConnell
- The Liquidator (1965) - Janice Benedict
- They Came from Beyond Space (1967) - Lee Mason
- The Medusa Touch (1978) - Mother
- The Jigsaw Man (1983) - Nurse
- The Doctor and the Devils (1985) - Barmaid (final film role)
References
Notes
- Gaughan, Gavin (24 May 2006). "Jennifer Jayne (obituary)". The Independent. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- Room 2010, p. 246.
- "Jennifer Jayne". www.bafta.org. 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
Bibliography
- Room, Adrian (2010), Dictionary of Pseudonyms:13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins (5th ed.), McFarland & Co., ISBN 978-0-7864-4373-4
External links
- Jennifer Jayne at IMDb
- Aiming True - The Autobiography of Conrad Phillips Numerous mentions of Conrad Phillips and his relationship with his co-star, Jenny Jayne
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[de] Jennifer Jayne
Jennifer Jayne, geboren als Jennifer Jayne Jones (* 14. November 1931 in Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire[1], Vereinigtes Königreich; † 23. April 2006 in London) war eine britische Schauspielerin bei Film und Fernsehen mit zwei Ausflügen zum Filmdrehbuch.- [en] Jennifer Jayne
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