Shirley Jaffe (born Shirley M. Jacobs; 1934 – October 2022) was a British actress. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, before embarking on a career on stage and screen, most famously appearing in Stanley Kubrick's ''

A Clockwork Orange ''A Clockwork Orange'' may refer to: * ''A Clockwork Orange'' (novel), a 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess ** ''A Clockwork Orange'' (film), a 1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel *** ''A Clockwork Orange'' (soundtrack), the film ...

''. After a lengthy break raising a family, she returned to professional acting in 2002.

Life and career

Shirley M. Jacobs was born in

Hendon Hendon is an urban area in the Borough of Barnet, North-West London northwest of Charing Cross. Hendon was an ancient manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough, the Municipal Borough of Hendon; it has been part of Great ...

in 1934. She trained at the Central School of Speech & Drama in 1954, and among other jobs was in the first

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in the Round Company at Scarborough with Stephen Joseph and later

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, and in the last year of long running TV serial '' Emergency Ward 10'' as Nurse Angela Foster. Her film career began in 1970 as a maid in

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's ''

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''. In 1971 she made a brief appearance in

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's film ''

.'' Some sources erroneously identify her as the Billy Boy's gang victim, but she played a nurse who helps administer the first round of Ludovico's treatment to Alex ( Malcolm McDowell). Skybreak, the home she then shared with her husband Tony, was also featured in the film, as the interior location for the scene in which Alex's gang attacks a writer and his wife (played by Patrick Magee and Adrienne Corri) in ''A Clockwork Orange'' was Shirley's last film appearance for close to 35 years. Jaffe appeared on television in Michael Jackson's '' Earth Song'' music video, and as a Greek nun in ''

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''. She directed and acted in plays in

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, Edinburgh, The West End and Helsinki festivals and most recently played Irene in award-winning British feature ''Ambleton Delight''. She was nominated for a Star award in the Brighton Fringe for her performance as "Nana" in the new musical, ''Here Comes the Bride''. Jaffe died in October 2022.

Filmography

References

External links

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Star Now bio
*Shirley Jaffe as Chris' grandmother, Irene Phillips in

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