Biography

Assignment K

After completing her training at RADA, Jane was promptly offered a series of leading roles, including the title role in Lorna Doone opposite Bill Travers and the starring role in the film The System opposite Oliver Reed.

Adam's Women

She also enjoyed considerable success starring in the cult ‘horror’ movie Hands of the Ripper opposite Eric Porter, Night of the Big Heat opposite Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, and Carmilla in which she played the title role.

Jane was a frequent star of many popular screen series including The Saint, Danger Man, The Prisoner, The Avengers, The Baron, Man in a Suitcase.

Major television drama credits include the role of Julia in George Orwell’s 1984, David Mercer’s Morgan - A Suitable case for Treatment, and The Birth of a Private Man, and Robert Muller’s The World that Summer.

Jane also starred in the ITV series Hadleigh in an ongoing role opposite Gerald Harper.
Theatre roles included Arnold Wesker’s The Kitchen at the Royal Court, Raina in Arms and the Man, Mermaid Theatre, London, The Kings Mare with Glynis Johns in London’s West End and Country Dance opposite Edward Fox at Hampstead.

These early years culminated in the role of ‘Alais’ in the film of The Lion in Winter co-starring with Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn and Anthony Hopkins, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination.

Following the success of The Lion in Winter and the strong interest in her work there, Jane moved to LA. She starred opposite Beau Bridges and John Mills in Adam's Woman and for the next two decades appeared consistently on screen and on stage. She played leading star guest roles in many popular U.S. shows including: Airwolf, The Incredible Hulk, The Six Million Dollar Man, Mission Impossible, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Hart to Hart, Magnum PI, McGyver and Mannix starring with Tom Selleck, Buddy Ebsen, Robert Wagner, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Bill Bixby, Lee Majors amongst others.

Jane also co-starred with the Gabor sisters (Zza Zza and Eva) in Arsenic and Old Lace on stage in Chicago.

Jane co-starred opposite Ian McShane in the series Lovejoy, played an ongoing lead role in The Accused, and also guest starred in Sharpe. At the same time she moved into film development and production.

Jane was Co-executive Producer with Edward Windsor for his Ardent Productions on their production The Cater Street Hangman from the book by Anne Perry – a highly successful drama screened on ITV.
Whilst continuing her acting career, Jane is also currently in development as co-executive producer with Wild Bear Films (NY) on The Face of a Stranger, with screenplay by Oscar-winning Julian Fellowes.

Jane’s most recent acting credit is her 2007 appearance in the short film Blinded and in 2008 Bereavement. Jane received the award for "Best actress in a short drama performance" with the latter film at the End Of The Pier International Film Festival in May 2008.