Jennifer Hilary

Jennifer Mary Hilary 14 December 1942 6 August 2008 was a British actress of stage film and television Her first acclaimed stage performance was as Milly in Henry James The Wings of the Dove which marked her debut on the West End Born at Frimley Surrey she trained at RADA and began her acting career with the Liverpool Playhouse in April 1961 aged 18 Her first role was as Nina in The Seagull She would go on to play such characters as Lady Teazle The School for Scandal Isabel The Enchanted Cilla Curtis Amateur Means Lover and Cecily Cardew The Importance of Being Earnest She went on to act with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre She debuted across the pond in 1963 performing in Jean Anouilhs The Rehearsal In 1964 she played Zoe in the West End production of James Saunders A Scent of Flowers Sir Michael Redgrave included her in the cast of Turgenevs A Month in the Country in 1965 She returned to New York to play the doomed Sasha in Chekhovs Ivanov at the Shubert Theatre in 1966 Back in London she played Ginny in the hit 1967 production of Alan Ayckbourns Relatively Speaking