Jenny Agutter

Biography

Jennifer Ann "Jenny" Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is an English film and television actress. She began her career as a child actress in the mid 1960s, starring in the BBC television series The Railway Children and the film adaptation of the same book, before moving on to adult roles and relocating to Hollywood. She played Alex Price in An American Werewolf in London, Jessica 6 in Logan's Run, Joanne Simpson in Child's Play 2 and Jill Mason in Equus. Since the 1990s, she has worked in sound recording, and she is a patron of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. After a break from acting she has appeared in several television series since 2000, including the British series Spooks and Call the Midwife.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Murder, She Wrote

The Avengers

Magnum, P.I.

Call the Midwife

New Tricks

Heartbeat

All Movies (72)

• The Railway Children Return2022 · as Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
• Sometimes Always Never2019 · as Margaret
• Queen of the Desert2015 · as Florance Bell
• Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...2015 · as Self
• Tin2015 · as Marjorie Dawson
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014 · as Councilwoman Hawley
• The Mapmaker2012 · as Isabel
• Outside Bet2012 · as Shirley Baxter
• The Avengers2012 · as World Security Council
• Golden Brown2011 · as Sarah
• Burke & Hare2010 · as Lucy
• Glorious 392009 · as Maud
• Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'2009 · as Self
• Act of God2009 · as Catherine Cisco
• Interview with Jenny Agutter2008 · as Interviewee
• The Magic Door2007 · as The Black Witch
• Irina Palm2007 · as Jane
• Heroes and Villains2006 · as June
• Working with a Master: John Landis2006 · as Self
• The Perfect Scary Movie2005 · as Self
• Number One, Longing. Number Two, Regret2004 · as Kenosha
• At Dawning2002 · as Escaping Woman
• The Parole Officer2001 · as Victor's Wife
• The Railway Children2000 · as Mother
• Pagan's Progress1997 · as Narrator
• Rosamunde Pilcher: September1996 · as Isobel
• Blue Juice1995 · as Guinevere / Mary Fenton
• Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups1994 · as Professor Mamet
• Freddie As F.R.O.7.1992 · as Daffers (voice)
• Child's Play 21990 · as Joanne Simpson
• Darkman1990 · as Burn Doctor (uncredited)
• King of the Wind1990 · as Hannah Coke
• Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less1990 · as Jill Albery
• Max's Christmas1988
• Dark Tower1987 · as Carolyn Page
• The Grand Knockout Tournament1987 · as Self
• Silas Marner1985 · as Nancy Lammeter
• Love's Labour's Lost1985 · as Rosaline
• This Office Life1984 · as Pam
• Secret Places1984 · as Miss Lowrie
• Miss Right1982 · as Purse Snatching Victim (uncredited)
• An American Werewolf in London1981 · as Nurse Alex Price
• The Survivor1981 · as Hobbs
• Late Flowering Love1981
• Amy1981 · as Amy Medford
• Be Pretty and Shut Up!1981 · as Self
• Othello1981 · as Desdemona
• Sweet William1980 · as Ann Walton
• Dominique1980 · as Ann Ballard
• Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure1979 · as Priscilla Mullins
• The Riddle of the Sands1979 · as Clara Dollmann
• School Play1979 · as Miss Jackson
• China 9, Liberty 371978 · as Catherine Sebanek
• Equus1977 · as Jill Mason
• The Man in the Iron Mask1977 · as Louise de La Vallière
• The Eagle Has Landed1976 · as Molly Prior
• Logan's Run1976 · as Jessica
• A Look Into the 23rd Century1976 · as Self
• Kiss Me and Die1974 · as Dominie Lanceford
• A War of Children1972 · as Maureen Tomelty
• Shelley1972 · as Mary Shelley
• The Cherry Orchard1971 · as Anya
• The Snow Goose1971 · as Fritha
• Walkabout1971 · as Girl
• The Wild Duck1971 · as Hedvig Ekdal
• The Railway Children1970 · as Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
• I Start Counting1970 · as Wynne
• The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens1970 · as Young Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan
• Star!1968 · as Pamela Roper (uncredited)
• Gates to Paradise1968 · as Maud de Cloyes
• Ballerina1966 · as Ingrid Jensen
• East of Sudan1964 · as Asua

All TV Shows (49)

• Harry Hill's Tea Time2016 · as Self
• The Kumars2014 · as Self
• The Golden Age of Steam Railways2012 · as Narrator (Voice)
• True Love2012 · as Holly's Mum
• Call the Midwife2012 · as Sister Julienne
• Monday Monday2009 · as Jenny
• Moving On2009 · as Jean
• The Invisibles2008 · as Barbera Riley
• British Film Forever2007
• Diamond Geezer2005 · as Vanessa
• The Alan Clark Diaries2004 · as Jane Clark
• New Tricks2004 · as Yvonne Barrie
• Spooks2002 · as Tessa Phillips
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries2002 · as Jemma Sanderson
• A Respectable Trade1998 · as Lady Scott
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Isobel Chettham
• And the Beat Goes On1996 · as Connie Fairbrother Spencer
• Noel's Telly Years1996
• September1996 · as Isobel
• Bramwell1995 · as Mrs. Bruce
• The Buccaneers1995 · as Idina Hatton
• The All New Alexei Sayle Show1994
• Shakespeare: The Animated Tales1992 · as Hermoine (voice)
• Heartbeat1992 · as Susannah Temple-Richards
• Dream On1990 · as Ellen
• The Outsiders1990 · as Maria Rogers
• TECX1990 · as Kate Milverton
• Snoops1989 · as Veronica Hughes
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Adela Marchmont
• Dear John1988 · as Sarah
• Red Dwarf1988 · as Professor Mamet
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as Jacinda Carlyle (segment "Voices in the Earth")
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as Morgan Le Fay (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
• The Equalizer1985 · as Lauren Demeter
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Margo Claymore
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Krista Villeroch
• Beulah Land1980 · as Lizzie Corlay
• The Hollywood Greats1977
• Shadows1975 · as Sue
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Playhouse1974 · as Miss P. Jackson
• The Six Million Dollar Man1974 · as Dr. Leah Russell
• Thriller1973 · as Dominie Lanceford
• Film '721971 · as Self
• The Ten Commandments1971 · as Bess Clark
• The Railway Children1968 · as Roberta Faraday
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Anya
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Hedvig Ekdal
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Frith