Ursula Jeans
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| Ursula Jeans | |
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| Born | Ursula Jean McMinn 5 May 1906 Shimla, British India |
| Died | 21 April 1973 (aged 66) London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
Ursula Jean McMinn (5 May 1906 – 21 April 1973) was a British actress on film, stage, and television.
Ursula Jeans was born in Shimla, British India, to British parents, and brought up and educated in London. She was the youngest of three siblings. Her brother Desmond Jeans was a boxer and actor, and her elder sister, Isabel, was also an actress.
Ursula Jeans made her stage debut in London in 1925, and in New York in 1933. Her second marriage was to the actor Roger Livesey from 1937 until her death. (Livesey's sister Maggie was already married to Desmond Jeans.) She appeared in one film with her husband, 1943's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. She entertained troops with ENSA during World War II, sometimes working with her husband. After the war she continued acting, including a stage tour in Australia and New Zealand in 1956–1958.
[edit] Last years and death
She continued to act into the 1970s, and died of cancer in 1973, aged 66, some 18 months after her diagnosis.
[edit] Selected filmography
- The Passing of Mr. Quinn (1928)
- S.O.S. (1928)
- The Crooked Lady (1932)
- Once Bitten (1932)
- Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
- I Lived with You (1933)
- Cavalcade (1933)
- Man in the Mirror (1936)
- Dark Journey (1937)
- Storm in a Teacup (1937)
- Over the Moon (1939)
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
- The Woman in the Hall (1947)
- The Dam Busters (1955)
- The Night My Number Came Up (1955)
- North West Frontier (1959)
- The Green Helmet (1961)
- The Queen's Guards (1961)
