English actress (1927–2018)
Jane Wenham
Born Ann Jane Wenham Figgins
(1927-11-26 ) 26 November 1927Died 15 November 2018(2018-11-15) (aged 90) Occupation Actress Years active 1954–1992, 2010 Spouse
Children 1
Ann Jane Wenham Figgins [ 1] (26 November 1927 – 15 November 2018), known professionally as Jane Wenham , was an English movie and television actress born in Southampton , Hampshire .
Wenham made her movie debut in the adaptation of J. B. Priestley 's An Inspector Calls (1954).[ 2] From 1957 to 1961, she was married to the actor Albert Finney , with whom she had a son,[ 3] Simon, who is a cameraman .
Wenham died in November 2018, at age 90. [ 4]
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1953
Who Dotes Yet Doubts
Carol Airdley
TV film
1953–1956
Sunday Night Theatre
Various
9 episodes
1958
One Man Absent
Jane Peters
TV film
1959
Saturday Playhouse
Beth
Episode: "It Isn't Enough"
1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play
Laura Simmons
Episode: "Young Woodley"
1960
Suspense
Mattilda Loisel
Episode: "Payment in Full"
1960
ITV Play of the Week
Margaret Anderson
Episode: "Reputation for a Song"
1960
An Age of Kings
Queen Elizabeth
Episodes: "Henry VI: Parts 4 & 5", "Richard III: Parts 1 & 2"
1961
Persuasion
Mrs. Smith
Episode: "1.4"
1962
They Hanged My Saintly Billy
Annie Brookes
TV film
1962
Saki
Louisa Mebbin
Episode: "1.5"
1963
It Happened Like This
Erica
Episode: "Fer-de-Lance"
1963
The Spread of the Eagle
Portia
Episodes: "Julius Caesar: Parts 1 & 2"
1963
Sergeant Cork
Ivy Strong
Episode: "The Case of the Soldier's Rifle"
1963
Teletale
Lou Parker
Episode: "The Black Madonna"
1966
Theatre 625
Mathilde
Episode: "Conquest: The Encounter"
1967
The Wednesday Play
Monica Bryant
Episode: "Dismissal Leading to Lustfulness"
1970
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Avis Mallows
Episode: "Waugh on Crime"
1970, 1979
ITV Playhouse
Judy Trotter, Nelma
Episodes: "Arthur Wants You for a Sunbeam", "The Winkler"
1972
Six Faces
Edna Chapple
Episode: "True Life"
1972
The Strauss Family
Mrs. Pruckmayr
TV miniseries
1975
Rooms
Liz
Episodes: "Mr. Cotgrove & Miss Hicks: Parts 1 & 2"
1975
Shades of Greene
Frau Puckler
Episode: "The Root of All Evil"
1976
Porridge
Mrs. Jamieson
Episode: "The Desperate Hours"
1977
Last of the Summer Wine
Lydia
Episode: "Jubilee"
1977–78
The Sunday Drama
Mrs. Lomax, Nora
Episodes: "Why Here?", "Alphabetical Order"
1979
Testament of Youth
Mrs. Brittain
TV miniseries
1980
General Hospital
Ethel Marshall
1 episode
1980
Enemy at the Door
Louise Gardner
Episode: "War Game"
1981
Bergerac
Edith Furneaux
Episode: "Campaign for Silence"
1982
Something in Disguise
Myrtle Hanger-Davies
Episodes: "One Fine Day", "An Old Devil"
1982–83
Nanny
Dolly Partridge
Episodes: "A Twist of Fate", "The Home Front"
1985
By the Sword Divided
Mrs. Lambe
Episodes: "Witch Hunt", "Fateful Days"
1985
Black Silk
Mrs. Drummond
Episode: "Without Prejudice"
1986
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna
Sophie
TV film
1991
The Darling Buds of May
Aunt Bridget
Episode: "When the Green Buds Laugh: Part 1"
1991
A Perfect Hero
Mrs. Hobbs
Episode: "1.3"
1992
Old Boy Network
Margery White
Episode: "Dances with Moles"
1992
Inspector Morse
Judith Haines
Episode: "The Death of the Self"
2010
Downton Abbey
Mrs. Bates
Episode: "1.7"
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