Known For: Acting
Born: September 9, 1909
Place of Birth: Bremen, Germany
Died: September 13, 1996

Jane Baxter

A distinguished stage and film actress Jane Baxter was one of the most glamorous performers on the London stage. Winston Churchill, an ardent fan, once described her as, "that charming lady who grace personifies all that is best in British womanhood". Her stage career spanned half a century and she is best remembered for her role in "Dial M For Murder", in which she co-starred with Michael Redgrave. Redgrave said that she was "every undergraduate's ideal of an English rose". Born Fedora Kathleen Alice Forde in Germany, she came to London as a child and studied acting at the Italia Conti Stage School. She made her West End debut at the age of 13 in the musical comedy "Love's Prisoner". On the advice of the playwright J.M. Barrie, she changed her name to Jane Baxter and, in 1938, played the lead in the hit comedy "A Damsel in Distress". Several other West End shows followed as well as fi…

Filmography

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973 · Harriet Faulkner

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971 · Dowager Lady Newbury

The Sex Game

1968 · Diana