Jennifer Mary Hilary (14 December 1942 – 6 August 2008)Profile, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2015. 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 in the West End.
Career Born at Frimley, Camberley, 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.Obituary in The Telegraph Online
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.
Later years and death Later in life she founded a flower-arranging business. In 2001, she provided the floral arrangements for actor Michael Williams's memorial service at Covent Garden.Jennifer Hilary obit, The Independent. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
Hilary died from cancer in London on 6 August 2008, at the age of 65.
Awards In 1961 she was awarded the Bancroft Gold Medal.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1964BecketPeasant's Daughter1965Sigrid1966Sarah1971One Brief SummerJennifer1980North Sea HijackSarah1982Five Days One SummerSarah Meredith1989SlipstreamGirl's Mother
Television Year Title Role Notes 1961 Deadline Midnight Girl 1 episode1966Laura Fairlie / Anne CatherickMain role1967ITV Play of the WeekJacqueline"A Roof Over Our Mouths"1968Journey to the UnknownAnne Prentiss"The New People"1969Gilly Atkinson"Dr. Atkinson's Daughter"1969The Gold RobbersStephanie Conroy"Rough Trade"1969Department SComtesse de Noverre"Death on Reflection"1969Happy Ever After"The Woman at the Door"1969ITV Sunday Night TheatreWendy / Sandra"Pig in a Poke", "Two Feet Off the Ground"1970ITV Sunday Night TheatreZo"Jennie", "Emma", "Zo"1971Out of the UnknownPenny Bowers"Welcome Home"1971Jill Robbins"Breaking Point", "The Lost Ones"1972Jason KingMyra Borgen"If it's Got to Go – It's Got to Go"1973Betty HardyTV film1974Late Night Drama"Better at Murder"1974–75SamSarah WilsonMain role1977Z-CarsVal Murray"Guilt"1977Play for TodayDavina"Charades"1978Crown CourtLynne Hanson"In the Heat of the Moment: Part 1"1978Lucy"Alphabetical Order"1980Tales of the UnexpectedWendy"The Umbrella Man"1980Elaine Lawson"Maggie's Luck"1980Play for TodayMrs. Champing"The Adventures of Frank: Parts 1 & 2"1981JackanoryBlanche"Alice Through The..."1981Winston Churchill: The Wilderness YearsGoonie"In High Places"1982BBC2 PlayhouseGeraldine"Lunch"1983All for LoveMiss Martin"Miss A and Miss M"1984Dr. Sally Newbolt"1.5"1984Frances ClyneTV miniseries1985Me and My GirlLaura Tindle"Picture of Harmony"1988Double FirstLouise HobsonTV series1991Stay LuckyPolice Inspector"Shingle Beach"1994Pie in the SkyAnne Hopkinson"Undesirable Elements"1995ZoyaTsarinaTV film1995BlissTamara BancroftTV film1999Midsomer MurdersSarah Fitzroy"Death of a Stranger"2007DoctorsClare Harris"Once Bitten", (final television appearance)
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