Jane Hayden

Jane Hayden (born 1957) is an English stage, television, and film actress.

Early life

Hayden was born in Harrow, Middlesex, the younger sister of Linda Hayden, although their name at birth was Higginson.^[1] Their screen surname is an adaptation of their father's first name; he was Haydn Henley Higginson. Both sisters trained at the Aida Foster Theatre School, and Jane Hayden's first screen role came in 1970, when she played a child in a BBC television film about Lenin, Out of This Spark: The Making of a Revolutionary.^[2]

Filmography

• Out of This Spark: The Making of a Revolutionary (BBC, 1970) as Child^[2]
• Warship (1973) as Samantha
• The Awakening of Emily (1976) as Rachel^[3]
• Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975) as Girl at Crossing
• Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976) as Linda^[4]
• Robin's Nest (1977) as Air Hostess
• Killer's Moon (1978) as Julie^[5]
• Return of the Saint (1978) as Aileen^[6]
• Shillingbury Tales (1981) as Emily