Jill Dixon (born 1935) is an English actress.

Personal life and career

Jill Dixon was born in England in 1935. She made her debut as an actress at the age of three, appearing as a water nymph at the

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. Although she appeared in several films, the majority of Dixon's career were parts in television series and television films. Her last film was the 1964 horror film ''

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'' co-starring

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and

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. Dixon also acted in various

Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

stage productions including ''

Much Ado About Nothing ''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' ( W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. 1387 The play ...

'', ''

King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane an ...

'' and ''

Love's Labour's Lost ''Love's Labour's Lost'' is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s for a performance at the Inns of Court before Elizabeth I of England, Queen Elizabeth I. It follows the King of Navarre and ...

''.

Filmography

* ''

Shop Spoiled ''The Crowded Day'' is a 1954 British comedy drama film directed by John Guillermin and starring John Gregson, Joan Rice, Cyril Raymond and Josephine Griffin. The film follows a group of saleswoman, shopgirls working in Bunting and Hobbs, a Londo ...

'' (1954) as Jenny the maid * ''

Up in the World ''Up in the World'' is a 1956 black and white comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom, Maureen Swanson and Jerry Desmonde. It was produced by Rank. Plot Norman is given a job as a window cleaner at a stately hom ...

'' (1956) as Sylvia * '' Checkpoint'' (1956) as Stewardess * '' The Secret Place'' (1957) as Joan (uncredited) * ''

High Tide at Noon ''High Tide at Noon'' is a 1957 British drama film directed by Philip Leacock. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. ''High Tide at Noon'' was based on the first of a series of novels by Elisabeth Ogilvie, set in Maine. Location w ...

'' (1957) as Matille Trudeau * '' Just My Luck'' (1957) as Anne * '' A Night to Remember'' (1958) as Mrs Clarke * ''

'' (1964) as Tracy Lanier

TV

* ''The Queen Came By'' – TV film (1955) as Kitty Tape * ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' – TV film (1955) as Anne Page * ''

ITV Play of the Week ''Play of the Week'' is a 90-minute British television anthology series produced by a variety of companies including Granada Television, Associated-Rediffusion, ATV and Anglia Television. Synopsis From 1955 to 1967 approximately 500 episodes a ...

'' – TV series, 2 episodes (1957) as Petra/Doris * ''Good Wives'' – TV series, 5 episodes (1958) as Amy * ''

Our Mutual Friend ''Our Mutual Friend'', written in 1864–1865, is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining savage satire with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, quo ...

'' – TV series, 5 episodes (1958–1959) as Miss Lavinia Wilfer * ''

Sunday Night Theatre ''Sunday Night Theatre'' was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, pa ...

'' – TV series, 2 episodes (1960) as Diddo Geiss/Bunty Mainwaring * ''

An Age of Kings ''An Age of Kings'' is a fifteen-part serial adaptation of the eight sequential history plays of William Shakespeare (''Richard II'', ''1 Henry IV'', '' 2 Henry IV'', ''Henry V'', '' 1 Henry VI'', '' 2 Henry VI'', '' 3 Henry VI'' and ''Richard ...

'' – TV series, 2 episodes (1960) as Queen Anne/Lady Anne * ''

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'' – TV series, 3 episodes (1960–1) as Louisa Musgrove * ''The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse'' – TV film (1962) as Nurse Ann * ''

Thirty-Minute Theatre ''Thirty-Minute Theatre'' was a British anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short running length, and which t ...

'' – TV series, 1 episode (1962) * ''The Spread of the Eagle'' – TV mini series, 1 episode (1963) as Charmian * ''

Sergeant Cork ''Sergeant Cork'' is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In a ...

'' – TV series, 1 episode (1964) as Emma Snedden * ''

The Man in Room 17 ''The Man in Room 17'' is a British television series which ran for two series in the mid-1960s, produced by the northern weekday ITV franchise, Granada Television. Key to the series' success was the involvement of writer/producer Robin Chap ...

'' – TV series, 1 episode (1965) as Moira Leigh * ''The Arthur Haynes Show'' – TV series, 1 episode (1965) * ''

Theatre 625 ''Theatre 625'' is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production a ...

'' – TV series, 1 episode (1965) as Emily Jackson * '' Love Story'' – TV series, 1 episode (1967) as Myra * ''My Man Joe'' – TV series, 1 episode (1967) * ''

Armchair Theatre ''Armchair Theatre'' is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by ABC Weekend TV. Its successor Thames Television took over from mid-1968. The Canadi ...

'' – TV series, 1 episode (1968) as Audrey Nash * ''Sanctuary'' – TV series, 1 episode (1967) as Hilary * '' Best of Enemies'' – TV series, 1 episode (1969) as Rowena Gordon * ''

Parkin's Patch ''Parkin's Patch'' is a Yorkshire Television production that aired on ITV from 1969 to 1970. John Flanagan played PC Moss Parkin, a police constable in the North York Moors. The series was filmed in the North York Moors as well as certain sce ...

'' – TV series, 1 episode (1970) as Mrs. Jackson * '' Hadleigh'' – TV series, 1 episode (1971) as Nicola Penn * ''

Paul Temple Paul Temple is a fictional character created by English writer Francis Durbridge. Temple is a professional author of crime fiction and an amateur private detective. With his wife Louise, affectionately known as 'Steve' in reference to her jo ...

'' – TV series, 1 episode (1971) as Liz * '' The Capone Investment'' – TV series, 4 episodes (1974) as Abigail * '' Softly, Softly: Taskforce'' – TV series, 1 episode (1976) as Doris * ''East Lynne'' – TV film (1976) as Barbara Hare * ''Jubilee'' – TV series, 1 episode (1977) as Anne Tallwatch * ''

Crown Court The Crown Court is the court of first instance of England and Wales responsible for hearing all Indictable offence, indictable offences, some Hybrid offence, either way offences and appeals lied to it by the Magistrates' court, magistrates' court ...

'' – TV series, 1 episode (1977) as Tanith Grant * ''

Grange Hill ''Grange Hill'' is a British Children's television series, children's television drama series, originally produced by the BBC and portraying life in a typical Comprehensive school (England and Wales), comprehensive school. The show began its ru ...

'' – TV series, 5 episodes (1978–9) as Miss Clarke * '' The Professionals'' – TV series, 1 episode (1980) as Amanda's Mother * ''Ladykillers'' – TV series, 1 episode (1981) as Edith Mabel Pegler

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon, Jill 1935 births Living people English television actresses Royal Shakespeare Company members