Jill Bennett


Actor

About

Birth Place
Penang, Straits Settlements
Born
December 24, 1931
Died
October 04, 1990
Cause of Death
Suicide

Biography

Upper-crust beauty who established herself on the British stage and made her film debut in "Moulin Rouge" (1952). Bennett appeared in several plays written by her then-husband John Osborne, including "A Patriot for Me," "Watch It Come Down" and "Time Present," for which she won the London Evening Standard Award and Variety Club of Britain awards....

Family & Companions

Willis Hall
Husband
Playwright. Divorced.
John Osborne
Husband
Playwright. Married in April 1968; divorced in 1977; Osborne's fourth marriage.

Biography

Upper-crust beauty who established herself on the British stage and made her film debut in "Moulin Rouge" (1952). Bennett appeared in several plays written by her then-husband John Osborne, including "A Patriot for Me," "Watch It Come Down" and "Time Present," for which she won the London Evening Standard Award and Variety Club of Britain awards.

Life Events

1949

Professional stage debut at Stratford-on-Avon

1950

London stage debut in "Captain Carvallo" (directed by Laurence Olivier)

1952

Film acting debut in "Moulin Rouge"

1990

Last film role in "The Sheltering Sky"

Companions

Willis Hall
Husband
Playwright. Divorced.
John Osborne
Husband
Playwright. Married in April 1968; divorced in 1977; Osborne's fourth marriage.

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