Janine Gray (born Janine Catherine Glass; 14 January 1940 – 6 April 2022) was a British film and television actress.

Early life and education

Janine Catherine Glass was born on 14 January 1940 in

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, where her father was stationed as an oil engineer, but returned to Britain with her family when she was five years old. She attended drama school for two years and started her acting career under the name Janine Glass. Apart from her time at drama school, she was educated at a convent school in

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Career

Gray started film work at the age of 12. Her first three films were ''

It's Great to be Young ''It's Great to Be Young'' is a 1956 British Technicolor musical comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Cecil Parker and John Mills. It was written by Ted Willis. The story concerns an inspirational school music teacher. Although t ...

'', ''

My Teenage Daughter ''My Teenage Daughter'' (also known as ''Teenage Bad Girl'') is a 1956 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms and Norman Wooland. The screenplay concerns a mother who tries to deal with her teenage da ...

'', and ''

The Extra Day ''The Extra Day'' (also known as ''Twelve Desperate Hours'' and ''12 Desperate Hours'') is a 1956 British comedy-drama film directed by William Fairchild and starring Richard Basehart, Simone Simon and George Baker. Plot After the final scen ...

'' - all from 1956. As a teenager, she worked in

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and

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. Gray's later film credits include ''

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'' (1963); ''

The Pumpkin Eater ''The Pumpkin Eater'' is a 1964 British drama film directed by Jack Clayton and starring Anne Bancroft and Peter Finch. The film was adapted by Harold Pinter from the 1962 novel of the same title by Penelope Mortimer. The title is a reference ...

'' (1964); '' Quick, Before It Melts'' (1964); ''

The Americanization of Emily ''The Americanization of Emily'' is a 1964 American black-and-white black comedy anti-war film directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Paddy Chayefsky, and starring James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell, a ...

'' (1964) and '' The Third Day'' (1965). She received publicity for appearing nude in ''The Americanization of Emily'', in a role credited as "Nameless Broad Number One". Gray appeared in numerous television shows of the 1960s, including ''

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'' as the

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Angelique. As a teenager, she appeared in the German television programme ''The Vikings''. She also appeared in episodes of ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

The Rat Patrol ''The Rat Patrol'' is an American action and adventure television series that aired on ABC between 1966 and 1968. The show follows the exploits of four Allied soldiers – three Americans and one British – who are part of a long-range deser ...

'', ''

Get Smart ''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...

'', ''

Bewitched ''Bewitched'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series that originally aired for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972. It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typi ...

'' (as Abigail Beecham, Samantha's father's glamorous private secretary), ''

Twelve O'Clock High ''Twelve O'Clock High'' is a 1949 American war film directed by Henry King and based on the novel of the same name by Sy Bartlett and Beirne Lay Jr. It stars Gregory Peck as Brig. General Frank Savage. Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard ...

'', '' The Loner'', ''

The Wild Wild West ''The Wild Wild West'' is an American Western (genre), Western, spy film, spy, and science fiction on television, science fiction television series that ran on the CBS television network for four seasons from September 17, 1965, to April 11, 19 ...

'', and ''

Hogan's Heroes ''Hogan's Heroes'' is an American television sitcom created by Bernard Fein and Albert S. Ruddy which is set in a Prisoner-of-war camp, prisoner-of-war (POW) camp in Nazi Germany during World War II, and centers around a group of Allied prisoner ...

''. She was one of the presenters on ''

Six-Five Special ''Six-Five Special'' is a British television programme launched in February 1957 when both television and rock and roll were in their infancy in Britain. Description ''Six-Five Special'' was the BBC's first attempt at a rock-and-roll programme. ...

'' and on ''

Double Your Money ''Double Your Money'' was a British game show hosted by Hughie Green. Originally broadcast on Radio Luxembourg since 1950 and based on the American radio quiz '' Take It Or Leave It'' (1940–1947), it transferred to ITV in September 1955, a ...

''.

Personal life

Gray married Herman Goffberg, an American automobile executive and former Olympic 10,000-metre runner. The couple divorced after a few years. Gray married again in 1965. She later lived in

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with her husband, Dr. Brian Greaves (eye surgeon). Gray died there on 6 April 2022, at the age of 82.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gray, Janine 1940 births 2022 deaths British television actresses British film actresses British emigrants to South Africa Actresses from Mumbai British people in colonial India Actresses from British India

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