Jane Mary Griffiths (16 October 1929 – 11 June 1975) was an
English actress who appeared in theatre, film and television between 1950 and 1966.
She played the
female lead opposite
Gregory Peck
Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood ...
in ''
The Million Pound Note'' (1954), but never appeared in another major film, and spent the rest of her career in
B movies. Film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane praised her "unexpectedly poignant" performance in ''
The Durant Affair'', in which she evokes "a convincing air of struggling to contain past sadness".
[Steve Chibnall & Brian McFarlane, ''The British 'B' Film'', Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2009, pp. 96, 185.]
Filmography
* ''
Double Confession
''Double Confession'' is a 1950 British crime film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, William Hartnell and Peter Lorre. The screenplay, written by William Templeton, is based on the novel, ''All On A Summer's Day'' ...
'' (1950)
* ''
The Gambler and the Lady'' (1952)
* ''
The Million Pound Note'' (1954)
* ''
The Green Scarf
''The Green Scarf'' is a 1954 United Kingdom, British mystery film directed by George More O'Ferrall and starring Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo Genn, Kieron Moore, Richard O'Sullivan and Michael Medwin. The film's plot concerns a man who is ac ...
'' (1954)
* ''
Shadow of a Man'' (1956)
* ''
The Traitor'' (1957)
* ''
Three Sundays to Live
''Three Sundays to Live'' is a low budget 1957 film noir British film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Kieron Moore and Jane Griffiths.
The title refers to the law of the period, which required that after a death sentence had been passed, ...
'' (1957)
* ''
Tread Softly Stranger'' (1958)
* ''
The Impersonator'' (1961)
* ''
The Third Alibi'' (1961)
* ''
The Durant Affair'' (1962)
* ''
Dead Man's Evidence'' (1962)
* ''The Double'' (1963)
References
External links
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1929 births
1975 deaths
Actresses from Sussex
English television actresses
English film actresses
20th-century English actresses
People from Peacehaven
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