Jennifer Hilary

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

Midsomer Murders

Play for Today

Tales of the Unexpected

Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

The Wednesday Play

Pie in the Sky

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

All Movies (19)

• The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway2003
• Danielle Steel's Zoya1997 · as Tsarina
• Bliss1995 · as Tamara Bancroft
• Slipstream1989 · as Girl's Mother
• Miss A and Miss M1983 · as Miss Martin
• Five Days One Summer1982 · as Sarah Meredith
• Lunch1982 · as Geraldine
• The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice1980 · as Mrs. Champing
• The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something1980 · as Mrs. Champing
• North Sea Hijack1980 · as Sarah
• Speed King1979 · as Dorothy Campbell
• Alphabetical Order1978
• Charades1977 · as Davina / Lady Caroline
• The Man in the Wood1973 · as Betty Hardy
• One Brief Summer1971
• Journey Into Darkness1968 · as Anne Prentiss
• The Idol1966 · as Sarah
• The Heroes of Telemark1965 · as Sigrid
• Becket1964 · as Peasant's Daughter

All TV Shows (21)

• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Sarah Fitzroy
• Pie in the Sky1994 · as Anne Hopkinson
• Double First1988
• The Sun Also Rises1984 · as Frances Clyne
• Me & My Girl1984 · as Laura Tindle
• The Hello Goodbye Man1984 · as Dr Sally Newbolt
• All for Love1982 · as Miss Martin
• The Gentle Touch1980
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Wendy
• The Sunday Drama1977 · as Lucy
• Playhouse1974 · as Geraldine
• Jason King1971
• Play for Today1970 · as Davina / Lady Caroline
• Happy Ever After1969
• Department S1969 · as Comtesse de Noverre
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Sandra
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Zo
• Journey to the Unknown1968 · as Anne Prentiss
• ITV Playhouse1967
• Out of the Unknown1965 · as Penny Bowers
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Gilly Atkinson