Jane Hylton
Biography
Jane Hylton was an English actress whose roughly 30 screen credits were concentrated in the 1940s and 1950s, after which she worked mainly in television. Born Gwen Clark in London in 1927, she was spotted in her teens and trained by the Rank Organisation's Company of Youth. Her first film was A Girl in a Million, followed by small parts for Gainsborough and Ealing, a bigger role as a convict's mistress in My Brother's Keeper, and one of the Huggett daughters in Here Come the Huggetts. She had the part of Molly Reed in Passport to Pimlico (1949) and appeared in It Always Rains on Sunday (1947). Early 1950s leads gave way to B films, except for a prominent role in Circus of Horrors (1960). On television she played Guinevere in The Adventures of Sir Lancelot and Beryl Fisher in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. Film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane praised her intensity and her working-class portraits.
51years old at death
- Born London
- Died Glasgow
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 13 years1947 to 1960
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Early training
Talent-spotted in her teens, Hylton came from the Rank Organisation's Company of Youth, better known as the Rank Charm School, which prepared promising young actors for film careers. Christopher Lee and Diana Dors were among its stars.
First role
Jane Hylton played Queen Guinevere in The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, a 1956 series, which marked her first television appearance. Starting in the early 1960s, her career was spent entirely in television.
Jane Hylton movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
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Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together1 more actor
- John SlaterPassport to Pimlico (1949) and It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.