Juliet Harmer
| Juliet Harmer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
11 May 1943 England, UK |
| Occupation | actress, artist, children's author and illustrator |
| Spouse(s) | William Squire (actor) (deceased) 1977 Bill Alexander, theatre director |
Juliet Harmer (born 11 May 1943) is an English artist, children's author and actress who was best known in the role of Georgina Jones in the BBC TV series Adam Adamant Lives! (1966–67).
Juliet Harmer trained as a Primary school teacher specialising in Art. After leaving college, she taught for 2 years before becoming a presenter in BBC schools television.
She returned to painting and working with children when her first daughter was born, and she moved to the Cotswolds in 1970.
Harmer had originally wanted to become a botanist; her great uncle, Sir Sidney Frederic Harmer, had been the director of the Natural History Museum in London, and her father and grandfather, both surgeons, had encouraged her early interest in Natural History. However, after an early career as an actress, principally on television, Harmer chose to stay at home with her children and write and illustrate children’s books.
Her work has been described by her editor at Egmont Children’s Books, as having "an almost melodic simplicity", and an article in the Stroud News and Journal referred to its "jewel-like intensity". She says of her work: "My inspiration comes from nature, particularly from Gloucestershire, where I live, and Cornwall where the family have had many holidays. I paint what makes me happy. These fleeting moments are so precious- perhaps painting is a way of capturing them. Perhaps I also paint to compensate for a feeling of loss- the loss of innocence, the loss of childhood, and the increasing loss of our beautiful English countryside".
Harmer has written and illustrated several books, including four for children and an illuminated manuscript celebrating the healing properties of herbs and flowers.
She has exhibited her work in Gloucestershire and London and many of her paintings are in private collections in Paris, London, New York and Sydney. Prints of her work are now available at Valentine Art Reproductions.
Harmer's television career began with appearances in series as Emergency - Ward 10, Danger Man and Marriage Lines. She played Jill Manson, the nominal headmistress of a deserted school in the village of Little Bazeley-on-Sea in the opening episode of the fourth series of The Avengers (ABC, 1965) in which Diana Rigg appeared for the first time as Emma Peel. Towards the end of the episode the two women engaged in a memorable fight.
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