Jill Townsend is an Anglo-American actress best known for her roles as Elizabeth Chynoweth in Poldark and Dulcey Coopersmith in the 1967 western television series Cimarron Strip.
Life and career Townsend's father, Robert Townsend, a former head of Avis, wrote the bestseller Up the Organization.
After co-starring with Nicol Williamson in John Osborne's 1965 London stageplay Inadmissible Evidence, she became engaged to Williamson and lived with him for 21 months. However, due to his volatile personality, she temporarily split with him, at which time she married actor Tom Sutton (1968 to 1969). After that brief marriage, she reunited with Williamson. They were married from 1971 to 1977. Their son Luke Williamson was born in 1973, but in 1976, she and Nicol Williamson parted temporarilyNew York magazine, June 14, 1976, p. 61, "No Split Seen for Williamsons" after Townsend began a relationship with Alan Price, her co-star in Alfie Darling.Winston Graham, Memoirs of a Private Man. (Pan Macmillan, 2003). Accessed 7 January 2015
She is currently married to Bob Sorel, whom she wed in 1993. Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1967Jenny Pruitt / Priscilla Weems / Carol Weems1972Sitting TargetMaureen1975Alfie DarlingAbby Summers1976Mrs. Holmes1980Anne Corbeck
Television Year Title Role Notes1966HawkBelinda"The Living End of Sisterbaby"1967Sherilee"The Drublegratz Affair"1967–68Cimarron StripDulcey CoopersmithMain role1969Sylvia Nolan"The Night of the Sabatini Death"1969BonanzaAbigail Hought"Another Windmill to Go"1969Jackie Buchanan"The Perfect Image"1969Roseanna"Black Jade"1970IronsideBetty"Eden Is the Place We Leave"1970Family AffairAnne Williams"Angel in the Family"1972The Golden BowlMaggie VerverTV miniseries1972Mrs. DulfeetTV film1973Monica Davies"Wam: Parts 1 & 2"1975Jenny Peters"Ringer"1975–1977PoldarkElizabethMain role1977Space: 1999Sahala"Dorzak"1985Scarecrow and Mrs. King"Ship of Spies"
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