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) 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
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- 2003 · The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway as
- 1997 · Danielle Steel's Zoya as Tsarina
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Sarah Fitzroy
- 1995 · Bliss as Tamara Bancroft
- 1994 · Pie in the Sky as Anne Hopkinson
- 1989 · Slipstream as Girl's Mother
- 1988 · Double First as
- 1984 · The Sun Also Rises as Frances Clyne
- 1984 · The Hello Goodbye Man as
- 1983 · Miss A and Miss M as Miss Martin
- 1982 · Five Days One Summer as Sarah Meredith
- 1982 · Lunch as Geraldine
- 1980 · The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice as Mrs. Champing
- 1980 · The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something as Mrs. Champing
- 1980 · The Gentle Touch as
- 1980 · North Sea Hijack as Sarah
- 1979 · Speed King as Dorothy Campbell
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Wendy
- 1978 · Alphabetical Order as
- 1977 · Charades as Davina / Lady Caroline
- 1971 · Jason King as
- 1970 · Play for Today as Davina / Lady Caroline
- 1970 · One Brief Summer as
- 1969 · Department S as Comtesse de Noverre
- 1968 · Journey Into Darkness as Anne Prentiss
- 1966 · The Idol as Sarah
- 1965 · The Heroes of Telemark as Sigrid
- 1964 · Becket as Peasant's Daughter