Jane Downs

Jane Margaret Downs (22 January 1935 – 20 May 2015) was an English actress.[1][2][3]

Jane Downs
Born
Jane Margaret Downs

(1935-01-22)22 January 1935
Bromley, Kent, England
Died20 May 2015(2015-05-20) (aged 80)
London, England
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    (m. 1976; died 2009)​

    Downs was born in Bromley, Kent, England.[4] She started her career in the theatre,[5] 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.[6]

    During the 1970s, she appeared on stage and television alongside Terence Alexander,[7] whom she married in 1976, following her divorce from Harper.

    In 1991, Downs appeared in a cameo role as Daisy Williams, a new resident, in Waiting for God.

    She died in London in May 2015 at the age of 80.[8]

    Filmography
    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"
    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[9]
    1957 The Iron Duchess Mary Garvald Fortune Theatre
    1982 Way Upstream Mrs Hatfield Lyttelton Theatre

    References
    1. "Jane Downs". uk-tv-guide.com. UK-TV-Guide.com. Retrieved 4 March 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
    2. "Jane Downs". Archived from the original on 17 September 2016.
    3. "Jane Downs - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
    4. League, The Broadway. "Jane Downs – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". ibdb.com.
    5. League, The Broadway. "Twelfth Night – Broadway Play – 1958 Revival - IBDB". ibdb.com.
    6. McFarlane, Brian (2016). The encyclopedia of British film. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 1879. ISBN 9781526111968.
    7. Maxford, Howard (2019). Hammer complete : the films, the personnel, the company. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 11. ISBN 9781476629148.
    8. "Equity magazine Winter 2015 - Equity". equity.org.uk.
    9. "David Tomlinson "BOEING-BOEING" Carole Shelley / Jane Downs 1962 London Program at Amazon's Entertainment Collectibles Store". Amazon.
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