Carolyn Phyllis Jones (18 April 1941 – 25 July 2018) was a British actress, best known for playing the "amorous motel garage secretary" Sharon Metcalfe in the ITV soap ''

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''.

Early life

Jones was born in

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, Canada, to Reg Jones, a journalist, and Jean Jones (nee Staniforth), a secretary, and educated at Vancouver High School and

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Career

Having appeared in a semi-regular role as Lily Hever in ITV prison drama ''

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'', in 1975, Jones appeared in the second episode of the first series of ''

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'', playing the role of Irene Biggleswade. In the very early 1980s, she played

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in a production of

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's "

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" at the New Theatre,

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. In 2005, she played Vera Flannigan in Channel 5's soap opera ''

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'' In 2012, she appeared in two episodes of ''

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'' as Joy. From 2016 to 2018, Jones played Ursula Titchener on

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's long-running soap ''

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''.

Personal life

In 1969, she married Jeremy Mason, son of scriptwriter

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, and they divorced in 1981, but appeared together in ''Crossroads'' throughout 1982 and into 1983.

Selected television

*'' The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Anonymous Letters, episode'' (1973) *

as Lily Hever (1974–75) *''

'' as Irene Biggleswade (1975) *''

'' as Sharon Metcalfe (1977–84) *''

'' as Vera Flannigan (2005) *''

'' as Joy (2012) * *

Selected radio

*''

'' as Ursula Titchener (2016–18)

References

External links

* 1941 births 2018 deaths Crossroads (British TV series) The Archers British soap opera actresses British television actresses British radio actresses Actresses from Vancouver Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art 20th-century British businesspeople {{UK-actor-stub