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Jennifer Caron Hall (born 21 September 1958; also known as Jenny Wilhide) is an English actress, singer-songwriter, artist and journalist.


Early life

Hall was born in London, the daughter of English director Sir Peter Hall and French actress and dancer
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. She has a brother, television producer Christopher Hall, and four half-siblings, including actress
Rebecca Hall Rebecca Maria Hall (born 3 May 1982) is an English actress and filmmaker. She made her first onscreen appearance at age 10 in the 1992 television adaptation of '' The Camomile Lawn'', directed by her father, Sir Peter Hall. Her professional s ...
and director
Edward Hall Edward Hall ( – ) was an English lawyer and historian, best known for his ''The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke''—commonly known as ''Hall's Chronicle''—first published in 1548. He was also sever ...
. Hall was educated at the
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,
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and
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, where she read English.


Actress

At the National Theatre in London Jennifer Caron Hall played Helena in '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' directed by
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in 1982–1983, starring
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and Susan Fleetwood as Oberon and Titania. The production was the first production of Shakespeare ever in the Cottesloe and transferred to the Lyttelton in 1983, and while Hall continued to play Helena, Scofield was replaced by Sir Robert Stephens and Brenda Blethyn joined the cast as Hermia . In 1988 Jennifer Hall played Miranda in '' The Tempest'' at the National Theatre directed by her father. This production was one of a triplet of productions known as 'The Late Plays' which Peter Hall directed as his farewell as artistic director of that theatre. (''The Winter's Tale'', ''Cymbeline'', and ''The Tempest''). After opening in London they toured the Soviet Union (The Art's Theatre, Moscow, and Tbilisi) and the Globe Theatre in Tokyo, and Epidaurus in Greece before returning to London and transferring to the Olivier at the National Theatre. In the
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's 1996 television adaptation of
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's ''The Peacock Spring'', Hall played Alix Lamont, a character of half-Indian, half-European descent and narrated the Macmillan Audio Book of it. The production was directed by
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and produced by
Glenn Wilhide Glenn Wilhide (born 1958) is an American screenwriter and television producer. Early life and family Wilhide was born in Maryland, USA, to American parents. His family moved to the UK when he was a child and he was educated at Leighton Park S ...
of ZED and was screened on
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Masterpiece Theatre in the US in 1997. Also in 1997 she co-starred with Rolf Saxon voicing the leads, George and Nico, in the video game " Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror". The voiceover actors were directed by her half-brother
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. She played Princess Betsy in the 1997 film adaptation of
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, directed by Bernard Rose.


Musician

Hall was signed to
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and as Jennifer Hall released the album '' Fortune and Men's Eyes'' in 1987. Her song "Ice Cream Days" also appears on the '' Bright Lights, Big City: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''.


Artist

In late 2009, Hall began painting on her iPhone. She created ''The Blue Biro Gallery'' blog where she exhibits some of her work. Hall's digitally enhanced self-portrait was featured in the ''Vogue'' blog. Hall sketched actors in rehearsal for a touring production of ''A Winter's Tale'', and her sketches of her father's rehearsals for Henry IV part I & II were printed in the 2011 season programmes at
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. In March 2012, the Theatre Royal in Bath commissioned her to paint a portrait of her father in oils. It was a surprise portrait, for which he did not sit, and about which he knew nothing until the moment he unveiled it at a gala on 25 May 2012 to celebrate the 48 productions he had directed there. In June 2013, Hall had her first solo show at the Serena Moreton Gallery in Ladbroke Grove.


Journalist and PR

As a freelance journalist writing under the name Jenny Wilhide, she has been published in titles such as the ''
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'', ''
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'', the ''
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'' and the '' Telegraph Magazine''. Under the editorship of
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she wrote a joint column with
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in the ''
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''.


Personal life

Hall has one daughter from her first marriage. She met her second husband, TV producer and screenwriter
Glenn Wilhide Glenn Wilhide (born 1958) is an American screenwriter and television producer. Early life and family Wilhide was born in Maryland, USA, to American parents. His family moved to the UK when he was a child and he was educated at Leighton Park S ...
, while filming ''The Peacock Spring'' in India, and they were married in November 1996.


References


Bibliography

*WGBH (1997). Peacock Spring: Program Description. Masterpiece Theatre, 1997. Retrieved fro

*Mulryne, J.R.; Shewring, Margaret; Barnes, Jason; Mulryne, Ronnie (1999). "The Cottesloe at the National: Infinite Riches in a Little Room" (book). Mulryne & Shewring Ltd, 1999.


External links

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Claude Communications London
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