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Jennifer Jayne
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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 …
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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), set in a music academy; she was also the leading lady in a Norman Wisdom vehicle, On the Beat (1962). She married art director Peter Mullins in 1958; they remained married until her death in 2006. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Jayne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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The Doctor and the Devils
as Barmaid
The Jigsaw Man
as Nurse
The Medusa Touch
as Mrs. Morlar
They Came from Beyond Space
as Lee Mason
The Liquidator
as Janice Benedict
Hysteria
as Gina McConnell
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Nicolle (segment 5 "Vampire")
Clash by Night
as Nita Lord
On the Beat
as Rosanna Guardia
Band of Thieves
as Anne
Raising the Wind
as Jill Clemons
Mark of the Phoenix
as Airline Ticket Clerk
The Crawling Eye
as Sarah Pilgrim
A Woman of Mystery
as Ruby Ames
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as (uncredited)
The End of the Line
as Anne Bruce
A Yank in Ermine
as Enid
It's a Grand Life
as Pvt. Desmond
Black Widow
as Sheila Kemp
There Is Another Sun
as Dora
The Blue Lamp
as June (Uncredited)
Once a Jolly Swagman
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)