Jean Colin

This article is about the actress. For other people with the same name, see Jean Colin (disambiguation).

Jean Colin (24 March 1905 – 7 March 1989) was an English actress. She began her career on stage in pantomime, musical theatre and operettas.^[1][2] She appeared in several films beginning in the 1930s.^[3]

Colin with Tommy Trinder during the making of Communal Kitchen: Eating Out With Tommy Trinder for the Ministry of Information in 1941

Colin was born in Brighton, Sussex and died in London.^[3] In her later years, she lived in a flat near Marble Arch in central London.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Her stage debut was in 1923 in Brighton when Mary Lynn, niece of Ralph Lynn, persuaded her to work up a dancing act with her. Her big chance came when she was given the part originally meant for June in The Five O'Clock Girl. The Hate Ship was her first film.^[4]

Selected filmography

• The Hate Ship (1930)
• Compromising Daphne (1930)
• Lord Babs (1932)
• Charing Cross Road (1935)
• Such Is Life (1936)
• Stardust (1938)
• The Mikado (1939)
• Laugh It Off (1940)
• Bob's Your Uncle (1941)
• Last Holiday (1950)
• Laxdale Hall (1953)