Jennifer Hilary
- Acting
- December 14, 1942 · Frimley Green, Surrey, England, UK
- August 6, 2008
Biography
Jennifer Mary Hilary (14 December 1942 – 6 August 2008) was a British actress of stage, film and television. Her first acclaimed stage performance was as "Milly" in Henry James' The Wings of the Dove, which marked her debut on the West End. Born at Frimley, Surrey, she trained at RADA, and began her acting career with the Liverpool Playhouse in April 1961, aged 18. Her first role was as Nina in The Seagull. She would go on to play such characters as Lady Teazle (The School for Scandal), Isabel (The Enchanted), Cilla Curtis (Amateur Means Lover) and Cecily Cardew (The Importance of Being Earnest). She went on to act with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. She debuted across the pond in 1963, performing in Jean Anouilh's The Rehearsal. In 1964, she played "Zoe" in the West End production of James Saunders' A Scent of Flowers. Sir Michael Redgrave included her in the cast of Turgenev's A Month in the Country in 1965. She returned to New York to play the doomed "Sasha" in Chekhov's Ivanov at the Shubert Theatre in 1966. Back in London, she played "Ginny" in the hit 1967 production of Alan Ayckbourn's Relatively Speaking.
Known for
Filmography
- The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
- Danielle Steel's Zoya · Tsarina
- Midsomer Murders · Sarah Fitzroy
- Bliss · Tamara Bancroft
- Pie in the Sky · Anne Hopkinson
- Slipstream · Girl's Mother
- Double First
- The Sun Also Rises · Frances Clyne
- Me & My Girl · Laura Tindle
- The Hello Goodbye Man · Dr Sally Newbolt
- Miss A and Miss M · Miss Martin
- Five Days One Summer · Sarah Meredith
- All for Love · Miss Martin
- Lunch · Geraldine
- The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice · Mrs. Champing
- The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something · Mrs. Champing
- The Gentle Touch
- North Sea Hijack · Sarah
- Speed King · Dorothy Campbell
- Tales of the Unexpected · Wendy
- Alphabetical Order · Lucy
- Charades · Davina / Lady Caroline
- The Sunday Drama · Lucy
- Playhouse · Geraldine
- The Man in the Wood · Betty Hardy
- Jason King
- One Brief Summer
- Play for Today · Davina / Lady Caroline
- Happy Ever After
- Department S · Comtesse de Noverre
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre · Sandra, Zo
- Journey to the Unknown · Anne Prentiss
- Journey Into Darkness · Anne Prentiss
- ITV Playhouse
- The Idol · Sarah
- The Heroes of Telemark · Sigrid
- Out of the Unknown · Penny Bowers
- The Wednesday Play · Gilly Atkinson
- Becket · Peasant's Daughter