Jane Margaret Downs (22 January 1935 – 20 May 2015) was an English actress.
Early life
Downs was born in
Bromley
Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is southeast of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 88,000 as of 2023.
Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, charte ...
,
Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
, England.
Career
She started her career in the theatre, and later appeared on radio and in film, playing
Kenneth More
Kenneth Gilbert More (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English actor.
Initially achieving fame in the comedy ''Genevieve (film), Genevieve'' (1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree, happy-go-lucky gent. Films from this period ...
's wife in ''
A Night to Remember'' (1958). Her first husband,
Gerald Harper, appeared in the same film.
Personal life
During the 1970s, she appeared on stage and television alongside
Terence Alexander, whom she married in 1976, following her divorce from Harper.
Death
She died in London in May 2015 at the age of 80.
Filmography
References
External links
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1935 births
2015 deaths
Actors from the London Borough of Bromley
Actresses from Kent
English stage actresses
English film actresses
English television actresses
People from Bromley