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Jane Baxter

Jane Baxter

Actor · Born 1909-09-09 · Bremen, Germany

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Biography

A distinguished stage and film actress Jane Baxter was one of the most glamorous performers on the London stage. Winston Churchill, an ardent fan, once described her as, "that charming lady who grace personifies all that is best in British womanhood". Her stage career spanned half a century and she is best remembered for her role in "Dial M For Murder", in which she co-starred with Michael Redgrave. Redgrave said that she was "every undergraduate's ideal of an English rose". Born Fedora Kathleen Alice Forde in Germany, she came to London as a child and studied acting at the Italia Conti Stage School. She made her West End debut at the age of 13 in the musical comedy "Love's Prisoner". On the advice of the playwright J.M. Barrie, she changed her name to Jane Baxter and, in 1938, played the lead in the hit comedy "A Damsel in Distress". Several other West End shows followed as well as films such as We Live Again (1934), with Fredric March and The Clairvoyant (1935), with Claude Rains and, in 1935, she joined the repertory company at the Liverpool Playhouse where the leading actor was Michael Redgrave. He viewed her arrival "with some alarm", expecting "a spoilt and temperamental fi…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) — Dowager Lady Newbury
  2. The Clairvoyant (1935) — Christine
  3. The Little Minister (1934) — Maid Helping with Wedding Dress
  4. The Flemish Farm (1943) — Tresha
  5. Dusty Ermine (1936) — Linda Kent
  6. Enchanted April (1935) — Lady Caroline Dester
  7. We Live Again (1934) — Missy Kortchagin
  8. The Man Behind the Mask (1936) — Lady June Slade
  9. The Night of the Party (1934) — Peggy Studholme Kennion
  10. The Chinese Bungalow (1940) — Charlotte Merivale
  11. The Ware Case (1938) — Lady Margaret 'Meg' Ware
  12. Blossom Time (1934) — Vicki Wimpassinger
  13. Drake of England (1935) — Elizabeth Sydenham
  14. Ships with Wings (1941) — Celia Wetherby
  15. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973) — Harriet Faulkner
  16. Second Best Bed (1938) — Patricia Lynton
  17. Confidential Lady (1939) — Jill Trevor
  18. Death of an Angel (1952) — Mary Welling
  19. The Constant Nymph (1933) — Antonia Sanger
  20. Down River (1931) — Hilary Gordon
  21. The Briggs Family (1940) — Sylvia Briggs
  22. Bed and Breakfast (1930) — Audrey Corteline
  23. Bed Rock (1930) — Rosie
  24. Flat No. 9 (1932) — Eileen Merridew
  25. Two White Arms (1932) — Alison Drury
  26. All Hallowe'en (1953) — Lady DeVille
  27. Murder Will Out (1939) — Pamela Raymond
  28. The Sex Game (1968) — Diana