Jane Downs
English actress (1935–2015)
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::summary English actress (1935–2015) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Jane Downs |
| image | Portrait of Jane Downs.jpg |
| birth_name | Jane Margaret Downs |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Bromley, Kent, England |
| death_date | |
| death_place | London, England |
| spouse | {{plainlist |
| * {{marriage | Gerald Harper |
| * {{marriage | Terence Alexander |
| :: |
| name = Jane Downs | image = Portrait of Jane Downs.jpg | imagesize = | birth_name = Jane Margaret Downs | birth_date = | birth_place = Bromley, Kent, England | death_date = | death_place = London, England | spouse = {{plainlist|
Jane Margaret Downs (22 January 1935 – 20 May 2015) was an English actress.
Early life
Downs was born in Bromley, Kent, England.
Career
She started her career in the theatre, 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.
Personal life and death
During the 1970s, she appeared on stage and television alongside Terence Alexander, whom she married in 1976, following her divorce from Harper.
Downs died in London in May 2015 at the age of 80.
Filmography
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| 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" | |
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| 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 | |
| 1957 | The Iron Duchess | Mary Garvald | Fortune Theatre | |
| 1982 | Way Upstream | Mrs Hatfield | Lyttelton Theatre | |
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References
References
- "Jane Downs".
- "Jane Downs - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- League, The Broadway. "Jane Downs – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB".
- League, The Broadway. "Twelfth Night – Broadway Play – 1958 Revival - IBDB".
- McFarlane, Brian. (2016). "The encyclopedia of British film". Manchester University Press.
- Maxford, Howard. (2019). "Hammer complete : the films, the personnel, the company". McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
- "Equity magazine Winter 2015 - Equity".
- "David Tomlinson "BOEING-BOEING" Carole Shelley / Jane Downs 1962 London Program at Amazon's Entertainment Collectibles Store". Amazon.
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