Jane Baxter
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1909-09-09 (87 years old)
Deathday
1996-09-13
Place of Birth
Bremen, Germany
Also known As
Feodora Kathleen Alice Forde
Jane Baxter
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...
Acting
1934
as Maid Helping with Wedding Dress
1935
as Christine
1943
as Tresha
1939
as Pamela Raymond
1952
as Mary Welling
1936
as Linda Kent
1935
as Lady Caroline Dester
1934
as Missy Kortchagin
1941
as Celia Wetherby
1940
as Charlotte Merivale
1938
as Lady Margaret 'Meg' Ware
1933
as Antonia Sanger
1934
as Vicki Wimpassinger
1936
as Lady June Slade
1939
as Jill Trevor
1934
as Peggy Studholme Kennion
1935
as Elizabeth Sydenham
1931
as Hilary Gordon
1940
as Sylvia Briggs
1930
as Audrey Corteline
1930
as Rosie
1932
as Eileen Merridew
1932
as Alison Drury
1938
as Patricia Lynton
1953
as Lady DeVille
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