Jennifer Jayne (14 November 1931 – 23 April 2006) 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 (1948), followed by The Blue Lamp (1949). 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 (1955), The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956), and Sword of Freedom (1957), 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 (1958).
She was a romantic lead in Raising the Wind (1961), set in a music academy and in Band of Thieves (1962), a musical comedy; she was also the leading lady in a Norman Wisdom vehicle, On the Beat (1962).
Under the pseudonym Jay Fairbank, she wrote the screenplays for Tales That Witness Madness (1973) and Son of Dracula (1974)
Personal life She was married to art director Peter Mullins from 1958 until her death in 2006, aged 74.
Filmography
Once a Jolly Swagman (1949) – Autograph Hunter (uncredited) Poet's Pub (1949) – Cyclist (uncredited) The Blue Lamp (1950) – June (uncredited) There Is Another Sun (1951) – Dora The Black Widow (1951) – Sheila Kemp It's a Grand Life (1953) – Pvt. Desmond A Yank in Ermine (1955) – Enid The Adventures of Robin Hood (1956) – Olivia in the episode Will Scarlet The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956) – Iolta The End of the Line (1957) – Ann The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958) – (uncredited) A Woman of Mystery (1958) – Ruby Ames The Trollenberg Terror (released in the US as The Crawling Eye) (1958) – Sarah Pilgrim Mark of the Phoenix (1958) – Airline Ticket Clerk Dial 999 (TV series) – ('A Mined Area'; episode 21) (1959) – Louise Whiplash - ('The Actress'; episode 8 (1960) - Genevieve Rochelle Raising the Wind (1961) – Jill Clemons Band of Thieves (1962) – Anne On the Beat (1962) – Rosanna Guardia Clash by Night (1963) – Nita Lord Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) – Nicolle Carroll (segment "Vampire") Hysteria (1965) – Gina McConnell The Saint (TV series) – ('The Abductors'; season 4, episode 2) (1965) – Olga Geraldi The Liquidator (1965) – Janice Benedict They Came from Beyond Space (1967) – Lee Mason The Medusa Touch (1978) – Mother The Jigsaw Man (1983) – Nurse The Doctor and the Devils (1985) – Barmaid (final film role)
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External links
Aiming True - The Autobiography of Conrad Phillips Numerous mentions of Conrad Phillips and his relationship with his co-star, Jenny Jayne