Patricia Helen Jessel Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Patricia Helen Jessel (15 October 1920, Hong Kong, British Crown Colony – 8 June 1968, London, England) was an English actress for stage and film. She died from a heart attack in June 1968, aged 47.Jessel appeared both in the West End and on Broadway in the 1950s in Agatha Christie's play Witness for the Prosecution, for which she won a Tony in 1955. Her other stage roles included Lady Macbeth at the Old Vic in 1963 and Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Ernest in the opening season of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford.
Ironically, at the very time (January 1954) she appeared at the West End in the play "Witness for the Prosecution", she also testified in a London court against a 'street trader' who had stolen jewellery from her flat. The culprit received an 18-months jail sentence...
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Brunette English leading lady of patrician countenance. She appeared primarily on stage and died unexpectedly of a heart attack, aged just 47.
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Won Broadway's 1955 Tony Award as Best Featured or Supporting Actress (Dramatic) for "Witness for the Prosecution."
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1969
TV Series
Miss Seymour
The Prisoner
1967
TV Series
1st Psychiatrist
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
Domina
ITV Play of the Week
1960-1964
TV Series
Miss Forbes / Mam'selle / Judith Fraser
Compact
1964
TV Series
Mrs. Simms
They All Died Laughing
1964
Mrs. Pugh-Smith
Espionage
1963
TV Series
Anna
The Old Curiosity Shop
1962-1963
TV Mini-Series
Sally Brass
Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens
1958-1962
TV Series
Miss Murdstone
Hamlet
1961
TV Series
Gertrude
No Hiding Place
1961
TV Series
Eve Bartlett
Play of the Week
1961
TV Series
Beware of Children
1960
Queen
The City of the Dead
1960
Elizabeth Selwyn
Mrs. Newless
The Invisible Man
1959
TV Series
Katrina - Spy
Armchair Theatre
1958-1959
TV Series
Miss Murdstone / Cassie
Model for Murder
1959
Mme. Dupont
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1950-1958
TV Series
Gracie Holland
Theresia Cabarrus
Regina Gordon
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The Man Upstairs
1958
Mrs. Lawrence
The Flesh Is Weak
1957
Millie
The Queen and the Rebels
1957
TV Movie
Argia
A Man's House
1949
TV Movie
Esther
Counsellor at Law
1949
TV Movie
Regina Gordon
Without Witness
1948
TV Movie
Phyllis Treyford
Liberation
1948
TV Short
Louise Rouget
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
performer: "Comedy Tonight" reprise
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Ed Sullivan Show
1955
TV Series
Herself
Known for movies
The City of the Dead (1960) as Elizabeth Selwyn / Mrs. Newless
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) as Domina
$12 Million
