Jean Margaret Alice St Clair (23 September 1920 – 29 June 1973) was an English actress.

Jean St Clair
Born
Jean Margaret Alice St Clair

(1920-09-23)23 September 1920
Dublin, Ireland
Died29 June 1973(1973-06-29) (aged 52)
Kensington, London, England
OccupationActress
Spouse
(m. 1952; div. 1969)
Children1

Biography

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She was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her father Lockhart Frederick Charles St. Clair was a Lieutenant in the 21st Lancers, stationed in Kildare.

She made several film appearances, including The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery in 1966.[1]

She married, firstly, Cecil Geoffrey Monson, son of Frederick John Monson, on 5 June 1941.1 She and Cecil Geoffrey Monson were divorced in 1950.

From 1952 to 1969 she was married to the art dealer Jack Baer. They had one daughter.[2] She was imprisoned in HMP Holloway in the early 1970s for arson, after she set fire to Baer's art gallery.

She died in Kensington, London in 1973 aged 52.[citation needed]

Selected filmography

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Television

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References

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  1. ^ "Jean St. Clair". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Sir Jack Baer, art dealer – obituary". The Telegraph. 8 May 2016. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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