| Jane Downs | |
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| Born | Jane Margaret Downs (1935-01-22)22 January 1935 Bromley, Kent, England |
| Died | 20 May 2015(2015-05-20) (aged 80) London, England |
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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
During the 1970s, she appeared on stage and television alongside Terence Alexander, whom she married in 1976, following her divorce from Harper.
Death
She died in London in May 2015 at the age of 80.
Filmography
| Film and Television | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 |
References
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"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
- Jane Downs at IMDb
- Jane Downs at the Internet Broadway Database