Jennifer Jayne
Actor
- Born
- November 14, 1931 · Yorkshire, England, UK
- Died
- April 23, 2006 (age 74)
Jennifer Jayne (14 November 1931 – 23 April 2006) was an English film and television actress.
Her name at birth was Jennifer Jones, which she altered in order to avoid confusion with Jennifer Jones, the Hollywood actress. She was born in Yorkshire to theatrical parents.
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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, Bogarde's lifelong partner.
After guest appearances in the television series The Adventures of Robin Hood (1956), The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956), Sword of Freedom (1957), and Danger Man (1961), she was cast as the hero's wife in the next historical adventure series from the film-making division of Lew Grade's The Adventures of William Tell.
She was a romantic lead in Raising the Wind (1961), set in a music academy; she was also the leading lady in a Norman Wisdom vehicle, On the Beat (1962).
She married art director Peter Mullins in 1958; they remained married until her death in 2006.
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Known for
The Medusa Touch
April 13, 1978
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
February 23, 1965
The Crawling Eye
July 7, 1958
The Blue Lamp
January 19, 1950
The Doctor and the Devils
October 4, 1985
They Came from Beyond Space
May 1, 1967
The Jigsaw Man
November 11, 1983
On the Beat
December 11, 1962
The Liquidator
November 1, 1965
Once a Jolly Swagman
February 2, 1949
Hysteria
April 1, 1965
Raising the Wind
September 6, 1961
Acting22
- 1985The Doctor and the Devils as Barmaid
- 1983The Jigsaw Man as Nurse
- 1978The Medusa Touch as Mrs. Morlar
- 1967They Came from Beyond Space as Lee Mason
- 1965The Liquidator as Janice Benedict
- 1965Hysteria as Gina McConnell
- 1965Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Nicolle (segment 5 "Vampire")
- 1964Clash by Night as Nita Lord
- 1962On the Beat as Rosanna Guardia
- 1962Band of Thieves