Jane Margaret Downs (22 January 1935 – 20 May 2015) was an English actress.[1][2][3]
Jane Downs | |
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| Born | Jane Margaret Downs 22 January 1935 |
| Died | 20 May 2015 (aged 80) London, England |
| Spouses | |
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.
In 1991, Downs appeared in a cameo role as Daisy Williams, a new resident, in Waiting for God.
She died in London in May 2015 at the age of 80.[8]
Filmography edit
| Film and Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 3 episodes |
| 1991 | Bergerac | Petra Crowe-Smith | Episode: "All For Love" |
| 1993 | Heartbeat | Edna Plummer | Episode: "Missing" |
| Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | Additional Voices | Voice | |
| 1996 | Pie in the Sky | Traffic Reporter | |
| 2003 | Midsomer Murders | Dixie Goff | Episode: "A Talent for Life" |
| Theatre | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Production | Role | Notes |
| 1962 | Boeing-Boeing | Judith | Apollo Theatre in London, with Patrick Cargill, David Tomlinson, Andree Melly, Carole Shelley and Carmel McSharry[9] |
| 1957 | The Iron Duchess | Mary Garvald | Fortune Theatre |
| 1982 | Way Upstream | Mrs Hatfield | Lyttelton Theatre |
References edit
- ^
"Jane Downs". uk-tv-guide.com. UK-TV-Guide.com. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Jane Downs". Archived from the original on 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Jane Downs - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ League, The Broadway. "Jane Downs – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". ibdb.com.
- ^ League, The Broadway. "Twelfth Night – Broadway Play – 1958 Revival - IBDB". ibdb.com.
- ^ McFarlane, Brian (2016). The encyclopedia of British film. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 1879. ISBN 9781526111968.
- ^ Maxford, Howard (2019). Hammer complete : the films, the personnel, the company. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 11. ISBN 9781476629148.
- ^ "Equity magazine Winter 2015 - Equity". equity.org.uk.
- ^ "David Tomlinson "BOEING-BOEING" Carole Shelley / Jane Downs 1962 London Program at Amazon's Entertainment Collectibles Store". Amazon.
External links edit
- Jane Downs at IMDb
- Jane Downs at the Internet Broadway Database