Jennifer Jayne

Biography

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.

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Known For

The Doctor and the Devils 1985 ★ 6.2
The Jigsaw Man 1983 ★ 5.0
The Medusa Touch 1978 ★ 6.8
Nearest and Dearest 1968 ★ 7.5
ITV Playhouse 1967 ★ 7.0
Man in a Suitcase 1967 ★ 7.2
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers 1967 ★ 7.7
They Came from Beyond Space 1967 ★ 5.2
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors 1965 ★ 6.5
The Liquidator 1965 ★ 6.3
The Wednesday Play 1964 ★ 5.2
Theatre 625 1964 ★ 7.2
The Saint 1962 ★ 7.4
Richard the Lionheart 1962 ★ 9.0
On the Beat 1962 ★ 7.7
Whiplash 1961 ★ 7.4
Danger Man 1960 ★ 7.3
No Hiding Place 1959 ★ 4.8
Ivanhoe 1958 ★ 6.4
The Adventures of William Tell 1958 ★ 6.8
The Crawling Eye 1958 ★ 4.8
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot 1956 ★ 7.0
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1955 ★ 6.4
The Blue Lamp 1950 ★ 6.6