Jenny Agutter Biography (1952-)

Surname is pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable; full name, Jennifer Ann Agutter; born December 20, 1952, in Taunton, Devonshire, England; daughter of Derek Brodie (a live entertainment organizer) and Catherine (maiden name, Lynam) Agutter; married Johan Tham (a hotel owner); children: Jonathan.

Nationality: British
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress, dancer
Birth Details: December 20, 1952; Taunton, Devonshire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
(Debut) Lady Teazle, The School for Scandal, Castle Theatre, Farnham, Surrey, England, 1972
(London debut) Rooted, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1973
Raina, Arms and the Man, Manchester '73 Festival, 1973
The Ride Across Lake Constance, Hampstead Theatre Club, 1973
Miranda, The Tempest, National Theatre, London, 1974
Thea, Spring's Awakening, National Theatre, 1974
Hedda, Hedda Gabler, Round House, London, 1980
Emma, Betrayal, Charles Playhouse, Boston, MA, 1980
Alice Arden, Arden of Faversham, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC),Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1982
Fontanelle, (Edward Bond's) Lear, RSC, 1982
The Other Place, RSC, 1982
Regan, King Lear, RSC, 1982-83
Grace, The Body, RSC, 1983
(Broadway debut) Pat Green, Breaking the Code, Neil Simon Theatre,New York City, 1987-88, then Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., 1988
Princess of France, Love's Labour's Lost, Barbican Theatre, London, 1995
Peter Pan, National Theatre, 1998
Also appeared in Shrew, Los Angeles, and Mothers and Daughters.
Film Appearances
(Debut) Asua, East of Sudan, 1963
Ballerina, 1965
Linda Frazier, A Man Could Get Killed (also known as Welcome, Mr. Beddoes), 1966
Maud, Gates of Paradise (also known as Vrata raja and Pforten des Paradieses), 1967
Pamela, Star! (also known as Those Were Happy Times and Loves a Star!), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
Wynne, I Start Counting, United Artists, 1970
Girl, Walkabout, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971
Roberta/Bobbie Waterbury, The Railway Children, Universal, 1971
Shelley, 1972
Jessica 6, Logan's Run (also known as Logan's Run: A Look intothe 23rd Century), United Artists, 1976
Molly Prior, The Eagle Has Landed, Columbia, 1977
Jill Mason, Equus, Warner Bros., 1977
Anne Ballard, Dominique (also known as Avenging Spirit andDominique Is Dead), 1978
Catherine, Clayton and Catherine (also known as China 9, Liberty 37, Gunfire, Clayton Drumm, Amore, piombo e furore, and Love, Bullets, and Frenzy), 1978
Clara Dollman, The Riddle of the Sands, 1979
Ann Walton, Sweet William, 1980
Miss Hobbs, The Survivor, 1980
"A Subaltern's Love-Song," Late Flowering Love (also known as Betjeman's Britain), 1980
Amy Medford, Amy (also known as Amy on the Lips), 1981
Nurse Alex Price, An American Werewolf in London, Universal, 1981
Herself, Sois belle et tais-toi, 1981
(As Jennifer A. Agutter) Desdemona, Othello (also known as William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice"), 1981
La donna guista (also known as Miss Right), 1982
Miss Lowrie, Secret Places, 1984
Cleopatra, "Antony and Cleopatra Promo," Amazon Women on the Moon(also known as Cheeseburger Film Sandwich), 1987
Miss Right, 1988
Hannah Coke, King of the Wind, 1988
Carolyn Page, Dark Tower, Spectrafilm, 1989
Joanne Simpson, Child's Play 2, Universal, 1990
(Uncredited) Burn doctor, Darkman, Universal, 1990
Voice of Daffers, Freddie as F.R.O.7 (animated; also known as Freddie the Frog), Miramax, 1992
Herself, Red Dwarf Smeg Ups, 1994
Guinevere/Mary Fenton, Blue Juice, 1995
Sarah, Victor's wife, The Parole Officer, MCA/Universal, 2001
Escaping woman, At Dawning (short film), 2001
Kenosha, Number One, Longing, Number Two, Regret, 2004
Television Appearances
Series
Kristy Kerr, The Newcomers, BBC, 1965
Kate Milverton, TECX, 1990
The All New Alexei Sayle Show, BBC, 1994

Connie Fairbrother Spencer, And the Beat Goes On, Channel 4, 1996
Tessa Phillips, Spooks (also known as MI-5), BBC, 2002
Miniseries
Roberta Waterbury, The Railway Children, BBC, 1968
Lizzie Corlay, Beulah Land, NBC, 1980
Jill Albery, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, USA Network, 1990
Idina Hatton, The Buccaneers, PBS, 1995
Lady Scott, A Respectable Trade, PBS, 1998
Jane Clark, The Alan Clark Diaries, BBC, 2004
Movies
Grace Hubbard, Alexander Graham Bell, 1965
Ingrid Jensen, Ballerina, 1966
Johanna, Long after Summer (also known as Boy Meets Girl: Longafter Summer), BBC, 1967
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens, 1970
The Wild Duck (also known as Play of the Month: The Wild Duck), 1970
Anya, The Cherry Orchard (also known as Play of the Month: TheCherry Orchard), BBC, 1971
Maureen Tomelty, A War of Children, BBC, then CBS, 1972
Kiss Me and Die, ABC, 1974
Dominie Lanceford, The Savage Curse (also known as Thriller: Kiss Me and Die and Kiss Me and Die), 1974
Melanie, A Legacy, BBC, 1975
Sue, The Waiting Room, Thames TV, 1975
Louise De La Valliere, The Man in the Iron Mask, NBC, 1977
Poppy Jackson, School Play (also known as BBC2 Playhouse: School Play), BBC, 1979
Priscilla Mullins, The Mayflower, Voyage of the Pilgrims (also known as Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure), CBS, 1979
Desdemona, Othello, 1981
A Dream of Alice, BBC, 1982
Rosaline, Love's Labour's Lost (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: Love's Labour's Lost and The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Love's Labour's Lost), BBC, 1984, later as part of The Shakespeare Plays, PBS, 1985
Pam Fawce, This Office Life, BBC, 1984
Nancy Lammeter, Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, PBS, 1987
The Grand Knockout Tournament, 1987
Lady Capulet, Romeo and Juliet, PBS, 1994
Isobel Balmerino, September (also known as Rosamunde Pilcher's"September"), Showtime, 1996
Mrs. Bruce, Bramwell: Our Brave Boys, 1998
Mrs. Bruce, Bramwell: Love Women, 1998
Mother, The Railway Children, PBS, 2000
Inspector Lynley Mysteries: A Cry for Justice, BBC, 2004
Specials
Fritha, The Snow Goose, NBC, 1971
Herself, The Grand Knockout Tournament, BBC, 1987
I Love a 1970's Christmas (documentary), BBC, 2000
Also appeared as Nurse, A House in Regent Place; in The Two Ronnies; Love Hurts.
Pilots
Appeared as Maria Rogers, The Outsiders.
Episodic
Joanna, "Long After Summer," Boy Meets Girl, BBC, 1967
Beth, "As Many As Are Here Present," The Ten Commandments, Yorkshire TV, 1971
Mary Shelley, Omnibus, BBC, 1971
Dr. Leah Russell, "Deadly Countdown: Part 1," The Six Million Dollar Man, ABC, 1974
Dr. Leah Russell, "Deadly Countdown: Part 2," The Six Million Dollar Man, ABC, 1974
Dominie Lanceford, "Kiss Me and Die," Thriller, ATV, 1974
Hedvig, "The Wild Duck," Classic Theatre, PBS, 1975
Dr. Leah Russell, "Deadly Countdown: Parts 1 & 2," Six Million Dollar Man, ABC, 1977
Krista Villeroch, "Little Games," Magnum P.I., CBS, 1984
Morgan Le Fay, "The Last Defense of Camelot," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1986
Margo Claymore, "The White Rose for Death," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1986
Jacinda, "Voices in the Earth," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1987
Lauren Demeter, "The Visitation," The Equalizer, CBS, 1989
Sarah, "The British Are Coming," Dear John, NBC, 1989
Kate Milverton, "Needle in a Haystack," TECX, 1990
Kate Milverton, "A Soldier's Death," TECX, 1990
Kate Milverton, "Rock a Buy Baby," TECX, 1990
Woman who wanted to have a child with our hero, Dream On, HBO, 1990
Maria Rogers, "1.0," The Outsiders, Fox, 1990
Melissa Dewar, "Help Me Make It Through the Night," Boon, 1991
Professor Mamet, "Psirens," Red Dwarf, 1993
Susannah Temple-Richards, "Fair Game," Heartbeat, 1994
Susannah Temple-Richards, "The Best Laid Plans," Heartbeat, 1994
Jeanette Summers, "Tracks of My Tears," Love Hurts, BBC, 1994
Jeanette Summers, "Cards on the Table," Love Hurts, BBC, 1994
Voice, "The Winter's Tale," Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, HBO,1996
Susannah Temple-Richards, "The Best Laid Plans," Heartbeat, ITV, 1996
Presenter, "Gardens," Britain's Finest, Channel 5, 2003
Herself, Richard & Judy, Channel 4, 2004
Herself, Today with Des and Mel, ITV, 2004
Herself, "Richard Harris," The Hollywood Greats, BBC1, 2004
Herself, Breakfast, BBC, 2004
Guest panelist, The Wright Stuff, Channel 5, 2004
"A Cry for Justice," The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, 2004
Agnes Crackenthorpe, "4:50 from Paddington," Agatha Christie's Marple, 2004
Also appeared in Dear John, NBC.
Radio Appearances
(Debut) There's Love and Love, BBC, 1973
RECORDINGS
Taped Readings
Marguerite Henry's King of the Wind, 1994
Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Sterling Audio, 1997
Jane Austen's Emma, Chivers Audio Books, 1997
WRITINGS
Books
Snap: Observations of Los Angeles and London (nonfiction), QuartetBooks, 1983

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Times, February 3, 1995, p. 14; March 12, 1996, p. 15

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