Biography
She was born Margaret James, the daughter of theatre actor and producer Jack James and granddaughter of photographer Levi Ladd. and grew up in Rhondda in South Wales. After graduating from RADA, James made her professional debut as an actress in 1949, appearing in numerous plays and TV serials in England for the BBC. After meeting her husband they emigrated to Australia in 1965, and, credited now as "Lyn James", appeared in numerous Crawford Productions series, before she became best known internationally for her role as doctors secretary Helen Gordon in the Australian television soap opera ''The Young Doctors''. She appeared in the series from its inception in 1976, until it ended in 1983, one of only a few actors to appear for the duration of the series.Filmography
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James was married to the New Zealand producer Eric Tayler, a fellow RADA graduate, and they had two children, one of whom is the Australia actressReferences
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:James, Lyn 1929 births 2017 deaths Australian soap opera actresses Welsh soap opera actresses Welsh emigrants to Australia Alumni of RADA People from Rhondda