- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 14, 1931
- Place of Birth
- Yorkshire, England, UK
- Died
- April 23, 2006
Jennifer Jayne
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. 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), se…
Filmography
movieThe Doctor and the Devils
1985 · Barmaid
movieThe Jigsaw Man
1983 · Nurse
movieThe Medusa Touch
1978 · Mrs. Morlar
movieSon of Dracula
1974 · Screenplay
movieTales That Witness Madness
1973 · Writer
tvNearest and Dearest
1968 · Penelope
tvMan in a Suitcase
1967
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Laura
tvThe Further Adventures of the Musketeers
1967 · Madeleine
movieThey Came from Beyond Space
1967 · Lee Mason
tvAdam Adamant Lives!
1966
movieThe Liquidator
1965 · Janice Benedict
movieHysteria
1965 · Gina McConnell
movieDr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965 · Nicolle (segment 5 "Vampire")
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964 · Natalie
movieClash by Night
1964 · Nita Lord
tvTheatre 625
1964 · Secretary
movieOn the Beat
1962 · Rosanna Guardia
tvThe Saint
1962 · Olga Geraldi
movieBand of Thieves
1962 · Anne
tvRichard the Lionheart
1962 · Mary
movieRaising the Wind
1961 · Jill Clemons
tvWhiplash
1961
tvDanger Man
1960 · Rosa
tvNo Hiding Place
1959
movieMark of the Phoenix
1958 · Airline Ticket Clerk
tvThe Adventures of William Tell
1958 · Hedda Tell
movieThe Crawling Eye
1958 · Sarah Pilgrim
movieA Woman of Mystery
1958 · Ruby Ames
movieThe Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958 · (uncredited)
tvIvanhoe
1958 · Vatain, Lady Eleanor
movieThe End of the Line
1957 · Anne Bruce
tvThe Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956 · Iolta, Elsa
tvThe Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · Gladys, Olivia
movieA Yank in Ermine
1955 · Enid
movieIt's a Grand Life
1953 · Pvt. Desmond
movieBlack Widow
1951 · Sheila Kemp
movieThere Is Another Sun
1951 · Dora
movieThe Blue Lamp
1950 · June (Uncredited)
movieOnce a Jolly Swagman
1949 · Autograph Seeker (uncredited)