Jane Wymark (born 31 October 1952) is an English actress. The daughter of English actor

Patrick Wymark Patrick Wymark (11 July 192620 October 1970) was an English stage, film and television actor. Early life Wymark was born Patrick Carl Cheeseman in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. He was brought up in neighbouring Grimsby and frequently revisited th ...

(1926–1970) and the American writer and playwright

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, she is best known for playing Morwenna Chynoweth Whitworth (Morwenna Carne by the close of the series) in the 1970s BBC television period drama ''

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'' (1977), and more recently as Joyce Barnaby (1997–2011) in the

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detective series ''

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''. She has appeared in television dramas such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Dangerfield'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She also appeared as Jill Mason in the

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production of '' Equus''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wymark, Jane 1952 births Living people British people of English descent British people of American descent British people of Finnish descent English people of American descent English people of Finnish descent Alumni of the University of Birmingham English television actresses Actresses from London