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Jill Dorothy Ireland (24 April 1936 – 18 May 1990) was an English actress and singer. She appeared in 16 films with her second husband, Charles Bronson, and was additionally involved in two other of Bronson's films as a producer.

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Jill Ireland
Ireland in 1967
Born	Jill Dorothy Ireland (1936-04-24)24 April 1936 London, England
Died	18 May 1990(1990-05-18) (aged 54) Malibu, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1952–1990
Spouse(s)	David McCallum ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1967)​ Charles Bronson ​ ​ (m. 1968)​
Children	5; including Val McCallum

Life and career

Born in London, Ireland was the daughter of a wine importer.[1] She began acting in the mid-1950s with small roles in films including Simon and Laura (1955) and Three Men in a Boat (1956).

In 1957, Ireland married actor David McCallum[2] after the couple met while working on the film Hell Drivers (1957). Later, they appeared together in five episodes of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: "The Quadripartite Affair" (season 1, episode 3, 1964), "The Giuoco Piano Affair" (season 1, episode 7, 1964), "The Tigers Are Coming Affair" (season 2, episode 8, 1965), and a two-parter "The Five Daughters Affair" (season 3, episodes 28 & 29, 1967). They had three sons, Paul, Valentine, and Jason (who was adopted). McCallum and Ireland divorced in 1967. Jason McCallum died of a drug overdose in 1989, six months before Ireland's death.[3]

In 1968, Ireland married Charles Bronson.[2] She had met him when he and McCallum were filming The Great Escape (1963) some years earlier. Together they had a daughter, Zuleika, and adopted a daughter, Katrina. They remained married until Ireland's death in 1990.[4]

Death and legacy

Ireland was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1984.[2] After her diagnosis, Ireland wrote two books, chronicling her battle with the disease. At the time of her death, she was writing a third book and became a spokeswoman for the American Cancer Society.[2] In 1988, she testified before the U.S. Congress about medical costs and was given the American Cancer Society's Courage Award by President Ronald Reagan.[5]

In 1990, Ireland died of breast cancer at her home in Malibu, California.[5] She was cremated and her ashes were placed in a cane which Charles Bronson had buried with him at Brownsville Cemetery[6] when he died in 2003.[7]

For her contribution to the film industry, Jill Ireland has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6751 Hollywood Boulevard.[8]

In 1991, Ireland was portrayed by Jill Clayburgh in the made-for-television film Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story. The film, which was based on Ireland's memoir Lifelines and listed her posthumously as an executive producer received mixed reviews from critics.[9][10][11][12][13] To prepare for the role, Clayburgh, who had never met Ireland, read Lifelines listened to Ireland's recorded interviews.[14] (Clayburgh had chronic lymphocytic leukemia for more than 20 years and dealt with it privately before dying from it at her home in Lakeville, Connecticut, on 5 November 2010.)

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1955	No Love for Judy	The Other Woman
	The Woman for Joe	Bit Part	Uncredited
	Oh... Rosalinda!!	Lady
	Simon and Laura	Burton's Receptionist
1956	The Big Money	Doreen Frith
	Three Men in a Boat	Bluebell Porterhouse
1957	There's Always a Thursday	Jennifer Potter
	Hell Drivers	Jill, Pull Inn Waitress	Alternative title: Hard Drivers
	Robbery Under Arms	Jean Morrison
1959	Carry On Nurse	Jill Thompson
	The Ghost Train Murder	Sally Burton	Alternative title: Scotland Yard: The Ghost Train Murder
	The Desperate Man	Carol Bourne
1960	Jungle Street	Sue	Alternative title: Jungle Street Girls
	Girls of the Latin Quarter	Jill
1961	So Evil, So Young	Ann
	Raising the Wind	Janet	Alternative title: Roommates
1962	Twice Round the Daffodils	Janet	Alternative title: What a Carry On: Twice Round the Daffodils
	The Battleaxe	Audrey Page
1967	The Karate Killers	Imogen Smythe
1968	Villa Rides	Girl in restaurant
1970	Twinky	Girl at airport	Uncredited
	Rider on the Rain	Nicole	Alternative title: Le Passager de la Pluie
	Violent City	Vanessa Shelton	Alternative titles: Città violenta, The Family, Final Shot
	Cold Sweat	Moira	Alternative title: De la part des copains
1971	Someone Behind the Door	Frances Jeffries	Alternative title: Quelqu'un derrière la porte
1972	The Valachi Papers	Maria Reina Valachi
	The Mechanic	The Girl	Alternative title: Killer of Killers
1973	Chino	Catherine	Alternative titles: Valdez Horses, Valdez the Halfbreed
1975	Breakout	Ann Wagner
	Hard Times	Lucy Simpson	Alternative titles: Street Fighter & The Streetfighter
	Breakheart Pass	Marica
1976	From Noon till Three	Amanda
1979	Love and Bullets	Jackie Pruit
1982	Death Wish II	Geri Nichols
1987	Assassination	Lara Royce Craig
	Caught	Janet Devon	(final film role)
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1959	The Voodoo Factor	Renee	Unknown episodes
1960	Juke Box Jury		1 episode
1961	Armchair Theatre	Sybil Vane	1 episode
	Kraft Mystery Theatre		1 episode
	Ghost Squad	Anna	1 episode
1963	Richard the Lionheart	Marianne	1 episode
1964	Ben Casey	Julie Carr	1 episode
	The Third Man	Julia	1 episode
	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Julie Lyle	1 episode
1964–1967	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Imogen Smythe / Marion Raven / Suzanne de Serre	5 episodes
1965	My Favorite Martian	Zelda	1 episode
1965–1966	Twelve O'Clock High	Alyce Carpenter "The Hotshot"/Sara Blodgett "The Survivor"	2 episodes
1966	The Wackiest Ship in the Army		1 episode
	Shane	Marian Starrett	17 episodes
1967	Star Trek	Leila Kalomi	1 episode "This Side of Paradise"
1968	Mannix	Ellen Kovak	1 episode "To the Swiftest, Death"
1969	Daniel Boone	Angela	1 episode "The Traitor"
1972	Night Gallery	Ann Loring	1 episode "The Miracle at Camafeo"/"The Ghost of Sorworth Place" [second segment, "Ghost"]
1980	The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything	Charla O'Rourke	Television film
1991	Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story	Executive Producer	posthumous credit, Television film inspired by Ireland's memoir Lifeline

Books

• Life Wish: a Personal Story of Survival (1987) ISBN 0-515-09609-1, ISBN 0-316-10926-6
• Lifeline: My Fight to Save My Family (1989) ISBN 0-7126-2531-3, ISBN 0-446-51480-2

References

External links

• Jill Ireland at IMDb
• Jill Ireland at AllMovie
• Jill Ireland at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Jill Ireland at Find a Grave

На других языках

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[de] Jill Ireland

Jill Ireland (* 24. April 1936 in London; † 18. Mai 1990 in Malibu, Kalifornien) war eine britische Schauspielerin.

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- [en] Jill Ireland

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[es] Jill Ireland

Jill Ireland (Londres, 24 de abril de 1936 - Malibú, 18 de mayo de 1990) fue una actriz inglesa, que se hizo más conocida por ser la segunda esposa del conocido actor estadounidense Charles Bronson.

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[ru] Айрленд, Джилл

Джилл До́роти А́йрленд (англ. Jill Dorothy Ireland; 24 апреля 1936, Лондон — 18 мая 1990, Малибу) — английская, американская актриса.

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