Jennifer Daniel (born Jennifer Ruth Williams; 23 May 1936 – 16 August 2017) was a Welsh actress. Her film appearances included assorted roles in the ''

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'' film series, '' Gideon's Way,'' the Francis Durbridge serial A Man Called Harry Brent (1965) and the

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films ''

The Kiss of the Vampire ''Kiss of the Vampire'' (also known as ''Kiss of Evil'' on American television) is a 1963 British vampire film directed by Don Sharp and starring Edward de Souza and Jennifer Daniel. It was written by producer Anthony Hinds (as John ...

'' (1963) and '' The Reptile'' (1966). She played Mrs. Linton in the 1992 film '' Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights''. Her television credits include ''

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'', '' ITV Play of the Week'', '' Barlow'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The Collectors''.

Personal life

Daniel was born in

Pontypool Pontypool ( ) is a town and the administrative centre of the county borough of Torfaen, within the Historic counties of Wales, historic boundaries of Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire in South Wales. , it has a population of 29,062. Locat ...

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, and she was a student at the Central School of Speech in London. She was married to actor Dinsdale Landen from 1959 until his death in 2003. Jennifer Daniel died on 16 August 2017 at the age of 81 in

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telegraph.co.uk; retrieved 22 September 2017.

Sources

*Kinsey, Wayne A. ''Hammer Films: The Bray Studios Years'' (Reynolds & Hearn, 2002)

References

External links

* 1936 births 2017 deaths Actors from Pontypool Actresses from Torfaen Welsh film actresses Welsh television actresses 20th-century Welsh actresses 21st-century Welsh actresses {{Wales-actor-stub