Jane Leeves
Biography
Jane Leeves is an English actress who was born in Ilford, Essex, and raised in East Grinstead, Sussex, and who built a long career in American television. She began as a dancer, performing with Hill's Angels on The Benny Hill Show and appearing in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, then moved to the United States and took small parts before landing her first leading role in the sitcom Throb from 1986 to 1988. Recurring turns on Murphy Brown and Seinfeld followed, and in 1993 she joined Frasier as the psychic Mancunian Daphne Moon, a part that brought Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Her films include Miracle on 34th Street (1994), James and the Giant Peach (1996), in which she voiced Mrs. Ladybug, and Music of the Heart (1999). She later played Joy Scroggs on Hot in Cleveland and, from 2018, surgeon Kit Voss on The Resident.
65years old
Turns 66 on April 18in 187 days
- Born Ilford
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Jane Elizabeth Leeves
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 19 years1994 to 2013
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Jane Leeves was a regular dancer in Hill's Angels on The Benny Hill Show, and she used that dance experience in a scene in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
A first
In 2018, Leeves came back to television, taking her first regular part in a dramatic series. She played Kit Voss, an orthopedic surgeon, on the Fox medical drama The Resident.
Jane Leeves movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Sam Pillsbury directed two of these films. Thirteen 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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Sam PillsburyDirector, 2 films, 2009
All films by Sam Pillsbury
Also two films together7 more actors
- Khan ChittendenEndless Bummer (2009) and National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer (2009)
- Allison ScagliottiEndless Bummer (2009) and National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer (2009)
- Colton JamesEndless Bummer (2009) and National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer (2009)
- Adam AltEndless Bummer (2009) and National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer (2009)
- Ben RojasEndless Bummer (2009) and National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer (2009)
- Frank ZummoEndless Bummer (2009) and National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer (2009)
- Nick SteinbergEndless Bummer (2009) and National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer (2009)
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.