Jane Margaret Downs (22 January 1935 – 20 May 2015) was an English actress.
Downs was born in
Bromley
Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011.
Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, char ...
,
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, England. She started her career in the theatre, and later appeared on radio and in film, playing
Kenneth More
Kenneth Gilbert More, Order of the British Empire#Current classes, CBE (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English film and stage actor.
Initially achieving fame in the comedy ''Genevieve (film), Genevieve'' (1953), he appeared in many ...
's wife in ''
A Night to Remember'' (1958). Her first husband,
Gerald Harper
Gerald Harper (born 15 February 1931) is an English actor, best known for his work on television, having played the title roles in ''Adam Adamant Lives!'' (1966–67) and '' Hadleigh'' (1969–76). He then returned to his main love, the theatre. ...
, appeared in the same film.
During the 1970s, she appeared on stage and television alongside
Terence Alexander
Terence Joseph Alexander (11 March 1923 – 28 May 2009) was an English film and television actor, best known for his role as Charlie Hungerford in the British TV drama '' Bergerac'', which ran for nine series on BBC One between 1981 and 1991.
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, whom she married in 1976, following her divorce from Harper.
In 1991, Downs appeared in a cameo role as Daisy Williams, a new resident, in ''
Waiting for God''.
She died in London in May 2015 at the age of 80.
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1935 births
2015 deaths
English stage actresses
English film actresses
English television actresses