Jane Downs

Jane Margaret Downs (22 January 1935 – 20 May 2015) was an English actress.^[1][2][3]

Jane Downs
Born	Jane Margaret Downs (1935-01-22)22 January 1935 Bromley, Kent, England
Died	20 May 2015(2015-05-20) (aged 80) London, England
Spouses	Gerald Harper ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1975)​ Terence Alexander ​ ​ (m. 1976; died 2009)​

Early life

Downs was born in Bromley, Kent, England.^[4]

Career

She started her career in the theatre,^[5] and later appeared on radio and in film, playing Kenneth More's wife in A Night to Remember (1958). Her first husband, Gerald Harper, appeared in the same film.^[6]

Personal life

During the 1970s, she appeared on stage and television alongside Terence Alexander,^[7] whom she married in 1976, following her divorce from Harper.

Downs died in London in May 2015 at the age of 80.^[8]

Filmography

Film and television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	A Night to Remember	Iowa Sylvania Zillah "Sylvia" Hawley-Wilson (Mrs. Sylvia Lightoller)
1960	Emergency Ward 10	Audrey Blake / Audrey Dawson
1961	Sword of Freedom	Violetta	Episode: "Violetta"
1965	Darling	Julie
1982	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Mrs. Nickleby	TV film of RSC production
1990	Jeeves and Wooster	Lady Delia Glossop	3 episodes
1991	Bergerac	Petra Crowe-Smith	Episode: "All For Love"
1993	Heartbeat	Edna Plummer	Episode: "Missing"
	Batman: Mask of the Phantasm	Additional Voices	Voice
1996	Pie in the Sky	Traffic Reporter
2003	Midsomer Murders	Dixie Goff	Episode: "A Talent for Life"

Theatre
Year	Production	Role	Notes
1962	Boeing-Boeing	Judith	Apollo Theatre in London, with Patrick Cargill, David Tomlinson, Andree Melly, Carole Shelley and Carmel McSharry[9]
1957	The Iron Duchess	Mary Garvald	Fortune Theatre
1982	Way Upstream	Mrs Hatfield	Lyttelton Theatre