Jean Gilpin

Jean Gilpin (born c.1950) is a British television actress and voice-acting specialist.

Jean Gilpin was born in London. Her family moved to New York City by way of Cuba, China, Thailand, France, Switzerland, the Congo and Zambia, as her father conducted a career working for the United Nations. Jean attended schools in Thailand, New York, England, France and Switzerland. She was awarded a BA in Drama and English from Bristol University. She also trained at the Drama Centre, London.

Jean first made some brief appearances in BBC Bristol productions as a student in the Bristol University Drama Department. Her first professional theatrical job was a season with the Nottingham Playhouse Company where she received her Equity card. She spent three years at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre, playing Principal Boy in their traditional pantomimes, and performing in Noël Coward's Semi-Monde directed by Philip Prowse.

Gilpin spent a year with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She played the Duchess of Vanholt in Faustus with Ian McKellen, directed by John Barton.

Her first credited appearance on British television was in the role of Julia in The Duchess of Malfi for the BBC.

Jean is perhaps best known to British television audiences as Sylvia, a precocious Auxiliary Territorial Service member who attempts unsuccessfully to seduce Private Pike in "The Making of Private Pike" (first broadcast 9 October 1977) in the final series of Dad's Army.

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