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Jane Baxter
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Jane Baxter
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-09-09,Bremen, Germany
Gender
Female
Biography
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". Several other West End shows followed as well as films such as We Live Again (1934), with Fredric March and The Clairvoyant (1935), with Claude Rains and, in 1935, she joined the repertory company at the Liverpool Playhouse where the leading actor was Michael Redgrave. He viewed her arrival "with some alarm", expecting "a spoilt and temperamental film star". Instead, he found "a delightful actress". Baxter eventually became godmother to Redgrave's daughter, the future actress Vanessa Redgrave. She had success again in London in 1937 with "George and Margaret", which ran for two years and, on Broadway, she co-starred with John Gielgud and Margaret Rutherford in "The Importance of Being Earnest", in which she played "Cicely Cardew". She continued to make films and appear on stage throughout the 1960s and her final London stage role was in John Mortimer's "A Voyage Round My Father", in which she starred opposite Michael Redgrave. Her last stage role was at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley in 1978 in the thriller "Assault", in which she appeared with Richard Todd. In 1992, she made a guest appearance - to a standing ovation - at the London Palladium in "A Tribute to Evelyn Laye". In her will, she requested that there be no memorial service for her but just a gathering of friends at her local church in Wimbledon, South London. Film director Bryan Forbes gave the address

Filmography

The Little Minister

5.9

The Little Minister
1934-12-28

The Clairvoyant

5.9

The Clairvoyant
1935-06-07

The Flemish Farm

5.5

The Flemish Farm
1943-09-06

Murder Will Out

0

Murder Will Out
1939-08-13

Death of an Angel

6

Death of an Angel
1952-01-01

6.1

Dusty Ermine
1936-12-01

Enchanted April

5.4

Enchanted April
1935-02-01

6.5

We Live Again
1934-11-01

Ships with Wings

4

Ships with Wings
1941-11-10

The Chinese Bungalow

4.2

The Chinese Bungalow
1940-04-06

6.3

The Ware Case
1938-12-02

The Constant Nymph

0

The Constant Nymph
1933-12-01

4.8

Blossom Time
1934-01-01

The Man Behind the Mask

4.8

The Man Behind the Mask
1936-08-23

Confidential Lady

2

Confidential Lady
1939-12-01

The Night of the Party

5.3

The Night of the Party
1934-07-16

Drake of England

7

Drake of England
1935-05-16

0

Down River
1931-05-08

The Briggs Family

0

The Briggs Family
1940-09-07

Bed and Breakfast

0

Bed and Breakfast
1930-12-22

0

Bed Rock
1930-06-01

0

Flat No. 9
1932-05-12

0

Two White Arms
1932-03-01

Second Best Bed

7.5

Second Best Bed
1938-07-18

0

All Hallowe'en
1953-08-01

Upstairs, Downstairs

7.615

Upstairs, Downstairs
1971-10-10