Jane Merrow
Jane Merrow (* 26. August 1941 in London , England as Jane Meirowsky ) is a British actress .
life and career
Jane Merrow was born the daughter of an Englishwoman and a German who fled to England as a Jew in the 1930s because of National Socialism. She is the granddaughter of the German dermatologist Emil Meirowsky , her aunt Lisamaria Meirowsky died in the Holocaust.
After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , Merrow took on her first minor roles in television and on the London theater stages, which soon gave her a decent reputation. She played in popular British series such as Simon Templar , Number 6 and Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone , in the latter she was at times a candidate for the female lead before it went to Linda Thorson . Merrow became internationally known for her portrayal of Alix of France , the youthful mistress of the king, played by Peter O'Toole , in the historical drama The Lion in Winter (1968). She received a nomination for her performance for Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actress .
In 1971 she played a bigger role as the blind in the hammer horror film Hands Full of Blood at the side of Eric Porter . In the same year she moved to the United States, where over the next 15 years she made guest appearances in numerous television series such as The Six Million Dollar Man , The Incredible Hulk , Hard But Kind , Magnum and MacGyver . While her acting career became calmer, she temporarily ran a multilingual employment agency in the 1990s that is part of her family. She now lives alternately in England and in Boise , Idaho , where her grandchildren live. Today she mainly appears in smaller theater and film productions.
Filmography (selection)
movie theater
- 1961: Come in without knocking (Don't Bother to Knock)
- 1962: The Mystery of the Eerie Mask (The Phantom of the Opera)
- 1964: The System
- 1965: Catacombs - In the web of the dark (Catacombs)
- 1967: Burning Death (Night of the Big Heat)
- 1968: Geheimauftrag K (Assignment K)
- 1968: The Lion in Winter (The Lion in Winter)
- 1970: Your chance was zero (Adam's Woman)
- 1971: hands full of blood (Hands of the Ripper)
- 1975: The lake of mutilated corpses (Diagnosis: Murder)
- 2011: Resolution (short film)
- 2016: Almosting It
- 2019: New Chilling Tales: The Anthology
watch TV
- 1963: Lorna Doone (9 episodes)
- 1964–1965: Secret assignment for John Drake ( Danger Man ; 3 episodes)
- 1965–1966: Simon Templar (2 episodes)
- 1967: Number 6 ( The Prisoner ; 1 episode)
- 1967: With umbrella, charm and bowler hat ( The Avengers ; 1 episode)
- 1970: Cobra, Take Over ( Mission: Impossible ; 1 episode)
- 1971: Hadleigh (8 episodes)
- 1972: The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV movie)
- 1972–1973: Mannix (2 episodes)
- 1974: Make-up and pistols ( Police Woman ; 1 episode)
- 1974: Barnaby Jones (1 episode)
- 1974-1977: The Six Million Dollar Man ( The Six Million Dollar Man ; 1 episode)
- 1981: The Incredible Hulk ( The Incredible Hulk ; 1 episode)
- 1981: Triumph of Love ( The Patricia Neal Story ; TV movie)
- 1982: Hart to Hart ( Hart to Hart ; 1 episode)
- 1983: Magnum (1 episode)
- 1985: Chief Physician Dr. Westphall ( St. Elsewhere ; 1 episode)
- 1986: Airwolf (1 episode)
- 1986: MacGyver (1 episode)
- 1996: Accused (3 episodes)
Web links
- Jane Merrow in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jane Merrow's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF? | Jane Merrow. Retrieved May 10, 2018 (American English).
- ^ Robert Michael "Bobb" Cotter: The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography . McFarland, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4766-0201-1 ( google.de [accessed on May 10, 2018]).
- ↑ Career | Jane Merrow. Retrieved May 10, 2018 (American English).
- ^ New Chilling Tales from Jane Merrow | Greenbelt Magazine. Retrieved May 10, 2018 (American English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merrow, Jane |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meirowsky, Jane (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |