Jill Bennett (British actress)
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Jill Bennett in trailer for The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
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| Born |
Nora Noel Jill Bennett 24 December 1931 Penang, Straits Settlements |
| Died | 4 October 1990 (aged 58) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Cause of death | suicide |
| Years active | 1951-1990 |
| Spouse(s) |
Willis Hall (m. 1962–65) John Osborne (m. 1968–78) |
Jill Bennett (24 December 1931 – 4 October 1990) was an English actress, and the fourth wife of playwright John Osborne.
She was born in Penang, the Straits Settlements, to British parents, educated at Prior's Field School, an independent girls boarding school in Godalming, and trained at RADA. She made her stage début in the 1949 season at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford upon Avon, and her film début in The Long Dark Hall (1951) with Rex Harrison.
Bennett made many appearances in British films including Lust for Life (1956), The Criminal (1960), The Nanny (1965), The Skull (1965), Inadmissible Evidence (1968), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), Julius Caesar (1970), I Want What I Want (1972), Mister Quilp (1975), Full Circle (1977) and Britannia Hospital (1982). She also appeared in the Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981) as a world-renowned ice skating coach, Lady Jane (1986) and Hawks (1988). Her final film performance was in The Sheltering Sky (1990).
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