Jennifer Wenda Wilson (25 April 1932 – 29 March 2022) was an English actress. Beginning her on-screen acting career in the 1950s, she played Kate Nickleby in a BBC dramatisation of ''

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'' in 1957. Wilson's last acting roles were as Mrs. Bradbury in ''

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'' in 2014 and as Nancy Milne in three episodes of the BBC lunchtime soap ''

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'' between 2014 and 2015.

Life and career

Wilson began her film career in ''

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'' (1953), while still at

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, from which she graduated in 1952. One of her earliest television roles was Kate Nickleby in the 1957

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adaptation of ''

''. She played Detective Sergeant Helen Webb in the first series of ITV's ''

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'' (1969) and, in probably her best known role, Jennifer Hammond in the 1970s series '' The Brothers''. In 1965, she appeared in Bill Naughton's ''

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'' at the Mermaid Theatre, London in the part of Florence.

Family

Her first husband was the artist Stanley Swain, whom she married in 1954. In 1959, she married actor Brian Peck (1930–2021).

Death

Wilson died at her home in France on 29 March 2022, at the age of 89.Jennifer Wilson dead: Coronation Street and Casualty star dies aged 89
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Selected television filmography

* ''

'' (1957) * '' Champion Road'' (1958) * ''

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'' (1964) * ''

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'' (1964) * ''

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'' (1965) * ''

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'' (1969) * ''

'' (1969) * '' The Brothers'' (1972) * ''

'' (2014) * ''

'' (2014–2015)

References

External links

* 1932 births 2022 deaths British television actresses Actresses from London {{UK-TV-bio-stub