Jennifer Hilary
Known for Acting · 37 credits
- Born
- 1942-12-14
- Died
- 2008-08-06
- Place of birth
- Frimley Green, Surrey, England, UK
- Also known as
- Jennifer Mary Hilary
Biography
Jennifer Mary Hilary (14 December 1942 – 6 August 2008) was a British actress of stage, film and television. Her first acclaimed stage performance was as "Milly" in Henry James' The Wings of the Dove, which marked her debut on the West End. Born at Frimley, Surrey, she trained at RADA, and began her acting career with the Liverpool Playhouse in April 1961, aged 18. Her first role was as Nina in The Seagull. She would go on to play such characters as Lady Teazle (The School for Scandal), Isabel (The Enchanted), Cilla Curtis (Amateur Means Lover) and Cecily Cardew (The Importance of Being Earnest). She went on to act with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. She debuted across the pond in 1963, performing in Jean Anouilh's The Rehearsal. In 1964, she played "Zoe" in the West End production of James Saunders' A Scent of Flowers. Sir Michael Redgrave included her in the cast of Turgenev's A Month in the Country in 1965. She returned to New York to play the doomed "Sasha" in Chekhov's Ivanov at the Shubert Theatre in 1966. Back in London, she played "Ginny" in the hit 1967 production of Alan Ayckbourn's Relatively Speaking.
Known For
TV Shows (18)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Sarah Fitzroy
Play for Today
1970
as Davina / Lady Caroline
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Wendy
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Gilly Atkinson
Playhouse
1974
as Geraldine
ITV Playhouse
1967
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Sandra / Zo
Pie in the Sky
1994
as Anne Hopkinson
Out of the Unknown
1965
as Penny Bowers
Department S
1969
as Comtesse de Noverre
Jason King
1971
Journey to the Unknown
1968
as Anne Prentiss
The Gentle Touch
1980
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Lucy
The Sun Also Rises
1984
as Frances Clyne
Double First
1988
The Hello Goodbye Man
1984
as Dr Sally Newbolt
All for Love
1982
as Miss Martin
Movies (19)
Becket
1964
as Peasant's Daughter
North Sea Hijack
1980
as Sarah
The Heroes of Telemark
1965
as Sigrid
Slipstream
1989
as Girl's Mother
Five Days One Summer
1982
as Sarah Meredith
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997
as Tsarina
The Idol
1966
as Sarah
Journey Into Darkness
1968
as Anne Prentiss
Bliss
1995
as Tamara Bancroft
The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something
1980
as Mrs. Champing
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003
Speed King
1979
as Dorothy Campbell
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
1980
as Mrs. Champing
Charades
1977
as Davina / Lady Caroline
The Man in the Wood
1973
as Betty Hardy
One Brief Summer
1971
Miss A and Miss M
1983
as Miss Martin
Lunch
1982
as Geraldine
Alphabetical Order
1978
About Jennifer Hilary
Jennifer Mary Hilary (14 December 1942 – 6 August 2008) was a British actress of stage, film and television. Her first acclaimed stage performance was as "Milly" in Henry James' The Wings of the Dove, which marked her debut on the West End. Born at Frimley, Surrey, she trained at RADA, and began her acting career with the Liverpool Playhouse in April 1961, aged 18. Her first role was as Nina in The Seagull. She would go on to play such characters as Lady Teazle (The School for Scandal), Isabel (The Enchanted), Cilla Curtis (Amateur Means Lover… With 37 credits spanning from 1964 to 2003, Jennifer Hilary has appeared in 19 films and 18 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jennifer Hilary Movies
- Becket (1964) — as Peasant's Daughter
- North Sea Hijack (1980) — as Sarah
- The Heroes of Telemark (1965) — as Sigrid
- Slipstream (1989) — as Girl's Mother
- Five Days One Summer (1982) — as Sarah Meredith
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