Born in 1931, she was the daughter of the actor Jack Melford.[1] She attended the Ballet Arts School in New York and made her theatre debut in 1949 as a dancer in a production of Oklahoma! in New York, before appearing in other Broadway performances.[1][2] In 1953, she performed in The Seven Year Itch on the London stage, she played Miss Nardis in the 1954 British crime drama film Murder by Proxy[3] and later appeared in other stage plays. These include Auntie Mame, Ulysses in Night-time, The Life of the Party, The Right Honourable Gentleman, There's a Girl in My Soup, Not Now, Darling, Best of Friends and The Chairman. She has been described as "a tall, attractive redhead".[1]
jill, melford, november, 1931, february, 2018, english, actress, born23, november, 1931london, englanddied21, february, 2018lister, hospital, chelsea, london, england, aged, nationalityenglishoccupationactressspousejohn, standing, 1961, 1972, children1, conten. Jill Melford 23 November 1931 21 February 2018 was an English actress Jill MelfordBorn23 November 1931London EnglandDied21 February 2018Lister Hospital Chelsea London England aged 86 NationalityEnglishOccupationActressSpouseJohn Standing m 1961 div 1972 wbr Children1 Contents 1 Early career 2 Television and movies 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External linksEarly career EditBorn in 1931 she was the daughter of the actor Jack Melford 1 She attended the Ballet Arts School in New York and made her theatre debut in 1949 as a dancer in a production of Oklahoma in New York before appearing in other Broadway performances 1 2 In 1953 she performed in The Seven Year Itch on the London stage she played Miss Nardis in the 1954 British crime drama film Murder by Proxy 3 and later appeared in other stage plays These include Auntie Mame Ulysses in Night time The Life of the Party The Right Honourable Gentleman There s a Girl in My Soup Not Now Darling Best of Friends and The Chairman She has been described as a tall attractive redhead 1 Television and movies EditMelford made her first UK television appearance in 1952 in The Three Hostages and her first movie Will Any Gentleman in 1953 not long afterwards In 1963 she starred with Norman Wisdom in the film comedy A Stitch in Time Although she did not appear in the long running comedy series Father Dear Father on UK ITV Melford played the role of Georgie Thompson in the 1973 movie version and later had a recurring role as executive Toni Ross in the long running ITV soap Crossroads She made several appearances in Danger Man known as Secret Agent in the USA and Taggart in 1993 Her other film credits included roles in The Servant 1963 Hot Enough for June 1964 Bunny Lake is Missing 1965 The Vengeance of She 1968 I Want What I Want 1972 The Greek Tycoon 1978 The Bitch 1979 Hussy 1980 and Edge of Sanity 1989 She made her last film appearance in Shoreditch in 2003 4 Personal life EditShe was married to actor John Standing 5 in 1961 they had a son called Alexander in 1965 and they divorced in 1972 6 References Edit a b c McFarlane Brian 16 May 2016 The Encyclopedia of British Film Fourth edition Oxford University Press ISBN 9781526111968 Jill Melford Theatre Credits broadway world com Retrieved 30 July 2014 Maxford Howard 25 October 2018 Hammer Complete The Films the Personnel the Company McFarland ISBN 9781476670072 Retrieved 20 March 2019 Jill Melford Hammer Films Archived from the original on 5 January 2011 Diamonds and pearls scotsman com Retrieved 20 March 2019 Person Page thepeerage com Retrieved 20 March 2019 External links EditJill Melford at IMDb Jill Melford at the Internet Broadway Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jill Melford amp oldid 1178485341, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
