Jenny Lee-Wright
| Jenny Lee-Wright | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 February 1947 London, England |
| Years active | 1962- |
Jenny Lee-Wright (born 21 February 1947 in London, England) is a British actress and dancer who later became a Foley artist.
At age 16, she left school to train with the Ballet Rambert. Within a year, she became part of a French cabaret group that travelled the world. Upon returning to England, she joined Lionel Blair's dance troupe, and then turned to acting, appearing with such comedians as Morecambe and Wise, Dick Emery, Spike Milligan (in his Q series), Frankie Howerd, Tommy Cooper and, in particular, Benny Hill. Her work with Hill earned her the nickname 'The Sexiest Stooge'. Other television appearances included The Golden Shot, The Protectors and Masterspy (as Miss Moneypacker).
In 1970, she made her film debut in John Cassavetes' Husbands, in which she played the role of Pearl Billingham. Other film roles included Madhouse and The Triple Echo.
She began to work as a Foley artist in the 1970s between acting jobs, and in a 1976 magazine interview attributed her sense of timing in that field to her training as a dancer. By the late 1980s, she had switched completely to Foley work, including such films as My Left Foot (1989), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Muppet Treasure Island (1996), the James Bond movie Die Another Day (2002), and The Phantom of the Opera (2004) based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. As of 2009, Lee-Wright is serving as the director of a hotel in Cobham, Surrey.[1]
[edit] References
- Who's Who on Television (3rd edition), edited by Eddie Pedder (London, Independent Television Books Ltd., 1985)
- Motion Picture Players' Credits by Jeffrey Oliviero (Jefferson, NC, McFarland & Co., Inc., 1989)
- TV Times article, December 2, 1986.
