Actor
Jane Baxter
September 9, 1909 · Bremen, Germany
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".
Often works with
George Merritt
4 titles together
Dusty Ermine, The Man Behind the Mask, Drake of England
Athole Stewart
3 titles together
The Clairvoyant, Dusty Ermine, Confidential Lady
Felix Aylmer
3 titles together
The Clairvoyant, Dusty Ermine, The Briggs Family
Frank Cellier
3 titles together
The Clairvoyant, The Ware Case, Ships with Wings
Athene Seyler
3 titles together
The Ware Case, Drake of England, Blossom Time
Gibb McLaughlin
3 titles together
Drake of England, Blossom Time, Confidential Lady
Full filmography · 26
All Hallowe'en
as Lady DeVille
1953
Death of an Angel
as Mary Welling
1952
The Flemish Farm
as Tresha
1943
Ships with Wings
as Celia Wetherby
1941
The Briggs Family
as Sylvia Briggs
1940
The Chinese Bungalow
as Charlotte Merivale
1940Confidential Lady
as Jill Trevor
1939
The Ware Case
as Lady Margaret 'Meg' Ware
1938Second Best Bed
as Patricia Lynton
1938
Dusty Ermine
as Linda Kent
1936
The Man Behind the Mask
as Lady June Slade
1936
The Clairvoyant
as Christine
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