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Balcon, Jill (1925-2009)
 

Film & TV credits


Film credits
 
GOOD-TIME GIRL1947Roberta
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY1947Madeline Bray
SARABAND FOR DEAD LOVERS1948Knesbeck
THE LOST PEOPLE1949Rebecca
HIGHLY DANGEROUS1950wardress
PICASSO THE SCULPTOR1968commentator
KING'S RESEARCH1971narrator
PREPARATION FOR PARENTHOOD1972commentator
EDWARD II1991Noble
WITTGENSTEIN1993Leopoldine Wittgenstein
DAVID'S DREAM1997nanny
AN IDEAL HUSBANDUK/US, 1999Lady Bracknell
 
Television credits
 
THE MASQUE OF KINGSBBC tx 20/10/1946Baroness Mary Vetsera
MARTINEBBC tx 22/5/1947Jeanne
THE MERCHANT OF VENICEBBC tx 1/7/1947Jessica
THE CHRONICLES OF BENBBC tx 13/7/1948Dorothy
THE CASE OF THOMAS PYKEBBC tx 10/5/1949Fay
THE PASSIONATE PILGRIMBBC tx 7/8/1949Sarah Anne Terrot
TOAD OF TOAD HALLBBC tx 25/12/1949storyteller
PROMISE OF TOMORROWBBC tx 16/4/1950Ann Harlow
THE MASTER BUILDERBBC tx 2/5/1950Kaia Fosli
THE INSECT PLAYBBC tx 28/5/1950a chrysalis
JONAHBBC tx 10/12/1950Shiphra
THE FINAL TESTBBC tx 29/7/1951herself
TROILUS AND CRESSIDABBC tx 19/9/1954Cassandra
KITTY CLIVEBBC tx 27/3/1956Mrs Rogers
SUNDAY AFTERNOONITV tx 25/9/1955-12/2/1956 (19 pts)reader (20/11-11/12/1955)
TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE: Ashes in the WindITV tx 17/5/1956Edith
ABOUT RELIGION: Portrait of MaryITV tx 18/10/1959reader
THE LAST WORDITV tx 6/1/1958on-screen participant
THE LAST WORDITV tx 20/1/1958on-screen participant
PLAY OF THE WEEK: The Bridge of San Luis Rey ITV tx 6/1/1959Dona Clara
TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE: Night Run to the WestITV tx 30/6/1960Frances Broderick
THEATRES AND TEMPLES: A Sacred Offering ITV tx 15/1/1963Clytemnestra
THE POET LAUREATEITV tx 30/1/1968on-screen participant
THE FIRST CHURCHILLSBBC2 tx 27/9-13/12/1969 (12 pts)Abigail Hill (from part 8)
ELIZABETH R: Shadow In The SunBBC1 tx 3/3/1971Lady Cobham
OBITUARY: CECIL DAY LEWISBBC2 tx 24/5/1972reader
A LASTING JOYBBC2 tx 18/7-22/8/1972 (6 edns)reader
THE PROTECTORS: Brother HoodITV tx 10/11/1972Maria Karoleon
STALINBBC2 tx 30/3/1973Anna Akhmatova
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SIMONE WEILBBC2 tx 20/4/1973Voice of Simone Weil
SIX DAYS OF JUSTICE: A Clear-Cut CaseITV tx 8/5/1973chairman of magistrates
SIX DAYS OF JUSTICE: Excuse Me, MadamITV tx 22/5/1973chairman of bench
THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL AND ITS LEGACY: Hardy and 'Jude the Obscure'BBC2 tx 6/6/1973narrator
AN EVENING WITH J.B. PRIESTLEYBBC2 tx 14/9/1973reader
SIX DAYS OF JUSTICE: A Question of DisciplineITV tx 5/11/1973chairman of the bench
SIX DAYS OF JUSTICE: The ComplaintITV tx 12/11/1973chairman
Z CARS: TurnaboutBBC1 tx 22/4/1974Fiona Robbins
SOFTLY, SOFTLY: TASK FORCE: PardonBBC1 tx 16/10/1974Stella Rayner
THE SWEENEY: Contact BreakerITV tx 20/3/1975Miss Hepple
SPY TRAP: A Nice Place to LiveBBC1 tx 4/4/1975Mrs Pitman
ESTHER WATERSBBC2 tx tx 10/4-1/5/1977 (4 pts)Mrs Barfield
IN PERFORMANCE: LOHENGRINBBC2 tx 9/12/1978interval reading
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Pass the ParcelITV tx 12/1//1979Dr. Eliot
A WALK IN THE LAKE DISTRICTITV tx 8/5/1979voice of Dorothy Wordsworth
LOVE STORY: A Moment in TimeBBC1 tx 4-13/9/1979Catharine
SUNDAY WORSHIP: All Things Bright and BeautifulBBC1 tx 27/4/1980reader
THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL AND ITS LEGACY: Thomas Hardy and WessexBBC2 tx 2/7/1983narrator
OMNIBUS: Made in Ealing: The Story of Ealing StudiosBBC1 tx 2/5/1986interviewee
THE FOOLS ON THE HILLBBC2 tx 27/10/1986Miss Stanley
THE WAY OF THE CROSSBBC1 tx 1/4/1988reader
A VIEW OF HARRY CLARKBBC1 tx 21/3/1989cast member
HORIZON: Noah's FloodBBC2 tx 16/12/1996narrator