Jennifer Jayne


Jennifer Jayne was an English film and television actress born in Yorkshire to theatrical parents. Born Jennifer Jayne Jones, she adopted her stage name of Jennifer Jayne to avoid confusion with the Hollywood actress Jennifer Jones.

Career

Her film debut was a minor walk-on in Once a Jolly Swagman, followed by The Blue Lamp. Both of these starred Dirk Bogarde and she also appeared in the mystery Black Widow, in 1951, with Anthony Forwood. After guest appearances in the television series The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, and Sword of Freedom, she was cast as the hero's wife in the next historical adventure series from the film-making division of Lew Grade's ATV, The Adventures of William Tell.
She was a romantic lead in Raising the Wind, set in a music academy and in Band of Thieves, a musical comedy; she was also the leading lady in a Norman Wisdom vehicle, On the Beat.
Under the pseudonym Jay Fairbank, she wrote the screenplays for Tales That Witness Madness and ''Son of Dracula''

Personal life

She was married to art director Peter Mullins from 1958 until her death in 2006, aged 74.

Filmography

Once a Jolly Swagman – Autograph Hunter Poet's Pub – Cyclist The Blue Lamp – June There Is Another Sun – DoraThe Black Widow – Sheila KempIt's a Grand Life – Pvt. DesmondA Yank in Ermine – EnidThe Adventures of Robin Hood – Olivia in the episode Will Scarlet The Adventures of Sir Lancelot – IoltaThe End of the Line – AnnThe Man Who Wouldn't Talk – A Woman of Mystery – Ruby AmesThe Trollenberg Terror – Sarah PilgrimMark of the Phoenix – Airline Ticket ClerkDial 999 (TV series) – – LouiseRaising the Wind – Jill ClemonsBand of Thieves – AnneOn the Beat – Rosanna GuardiaClash by Night – Nita LordDr. Terror's House of Horrors – Nicolle Carroll Hysteria – Gina McConnellThe Saint (TV series) – – Olga GeraldiThe Liquidator – Janice BenedictThey Came from Beyond Space – Lee MasonThe Medusa Touch – MotherThe Jigsaw Man – NurseThe Doctor and the Devils – Barmaid