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Jill Angela Henriette Balcon was an English film and radio actress, who was also known for her stage and television work. She made her film debut in Nicholas Nickleby (1947). She was the second wife of poet Cecil Day-Lewis and they had two children together: Tamasin Day-Lewis, who became a food critic and TV chef, and Daniel Day-Lewis, notable for his acting career.
Birth Name
Jill Angela Henrietta Balcon
Born
Saturday, 03 January 1925
Died
Saturday, 18 July 2009
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
Forever Ealing | Herself (Uncredited) / Self - Interviewee | 2002 |
Timeshift | Herself - Actress | 2002 |
An Ideal Husband | Lady Bracknell | 1999 |
E! True Hollywood Story | Self - Michael Balcon's daughter | 1996 |
Wittgenstein | Leopoldine Wittgenstein | 1993 |
Edward II | Chorus of Nobility | 1991 |
The Play on One | Magistrate | 1988 |
The Fools on the Hill | Miss Stanley | 1986 |
The Sweeney | Miss Hepple | 1975 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
Forever Ealing | Herself (Uncredited) / Self - Interviewee | 2002 |
Timeshift | Herself - Actress | 2002 |
An Ideal Husband | Lady Bracknell | 1999 |
E! True Hollywood Story | Self - Michael Balcon's daughter | 1996 |
Wittgenstein | Leopoldine Wittgenstein | 1993 |
Edward II | Chorus of Nobility | 1991 |
The Play on One | Magistrate | 1988 |
The Fools on the Hill | Miss Stanley | 1986 |
The Sweeney | Miss Hepple | 1975 |
The Strauss Family | Madame Smirnitska | 1972 |
The Protectors | Maria Karoleon | 1972 |
Six Days of Justice | Chairman of the Bench / Chairman | 1972 |
Spy Trap | Mrs. Pitman | 1972 |
Elizabeth R | Lady Cobham | 1971 |
The First Churchills | Abigail Hill / Abigail Masham | 1969 |
ITV Play of the Week | Dona Clara | 1955 |
ITV Television Playhouse | Mary Mitchell / Margot Burnes / Frances Broderick / Edith | 1955 |
Murder in the Cathedral | Women's Chorus | 1951 |
Highly Dangerous | Wardress | 1950 |
The Lost People | Rebecca | 1949 |
Saraband | Knesebeck / Knesbeck | 1948 |
Good-Time Girl | Roberta | 1948 |
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Madeline Bray | 1947 |