Jennifer Caron Hall
| Jennifer Caron Hall | |
|---|---|
| Born |
21 September 1958 London |
| Occupation | Actress, singer-songwriter, artist, journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Alex Clive (1984–1989; divorced) Glenn Wilhide (1996–present) |
| Parent(s) |
Sir Peter Hall Leslie Caron |
| Website | bluebirogallery |
Jennifer Caron Hall (born 21 September 1958; also known as Jenny Wilhide) is an English actress, singer-songwriter, artist and journalist.
Hall was born in London, the daughter of English director Sir Peter Hall and French actress and dancer Leslie Caron. She has a brother, TV producer Christopher Hall, and four half-siblings, including actress Rebecca Hall and director Edward Hall.
Hall was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, Bedales School, and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she read English.
As an actress at the National Theatre in London Jennifer Caron Hall played Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Bill Bryden in 1982–1983, starring Paul Scofield and Susan Fleetwood as Oberon and Titania. The production began in the Cottesloe and transferred to the Lyttelton in 1983, and while Hall continued to play Helena, Scofield was replaced by Sir Robert Stephens and Brenda Blethyn joined the cast as Hermia. In 1988 Jennifer Hall played Miranda in The Tempest at the National Theatre directed by her father. This production was one of a triplet of productions known as 'The Late Plays' which Peter Hall directed as his farewell as Artistic Director of that theatre. (The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline, and The Tempest). After opening in London they toured the Soviet Union (The Art's Theatre, Moscow, and Tibilisi) and the Globe Theatre in Tokyo, and Epidaurus in Greece before returning to London and transferring to the Olivier at the National Theatre.
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