June Jago (31 March 1928 – 29 July 2010) was an Australian-born actress, who worked in stage, television and film in her native country and the United Kingdom,
Biography
Jago made her stage debut in Australia and went to Britain in the 1950s with a touring production of ''
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll''. She made her film debut in 1959 in ''
Please Turn Over'', alongside
Ted Ray,
Jean Kent,
Leslie Phillips
Leslie Samuel Phillips (20 April 1924 – 7 November 2022) was an English actor. He achieved prominence in the 1950s, playing smooth, upper-class comic roles utilising his "Ding dong" and "Hello" catchphrases. He appeared in the '' Carry On'' ...
and
Joan Sims.
She appeared in two of the ''
Carry On'' films - ''
Carry On Regardless
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'' (1961) and ''
Carry On Doctor'' (1967) - and her other film credits included roles in ''
The Captain's Table'' (1959), ''
No Kidding'' (1960), ''
Journey into Darkness'' (1968), ''
The Games'' (1970) and ''
Melody
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'' (1971). She appeared on television in programmes such as ''
Catweazle
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'' and ''
The Good Life''.
On stage, she appeared with the
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and opens around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, Stratf ...
and at the
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a West End theatre#London's non-commercial theatres, non-commercial theatre in Sloane Square, London, England, opene ...
. She also appeared in the Australian films ''
The Man from Snowy River'' (1982), ''
Double Deal'' (1983) and ''
Departure'' (1986).
Jago returned to Australia in the late 1970s and continued to act, notably with the
Melbourne Theatre Company
The Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1953 as the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Union Theatre at the University of Melbourne, it is the oldest professional theatre com ...
, and also worked as a teacher of acting and elocution.
Filmography
References
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1928 births
2010 deaths
Australian film actresses
Australian stage actresses
Australian television actresses
British film actresses
British stage actresses
British television actresses
Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom
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