Full Name Marilyn James Name Lyn James Children 2 children | Spouse(s) Eric Tayler (? - 2000) Occupation Television actor | |
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Born 13 November 1935 (age 88) ( 1935-11-13 ) Wales, United Kingdom | ||
Lyn James (13 November 1929 – 31 May 2017), also credited as Marilyn James, was a retired Welsh actress and director, who emigrated to Australia in 1965. She grew up in the Rhondda Valley area.
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Biography
She was born Margaret James, the daughter of theatre actor and producer Jack James and granddaughter of photographer Levi Ladd. After graduating from RADA, James made her professional debut as an actress in 1949, she then appeared in numerous plays and serials in England for the BBC, after meeting her husband they emigrated to Australia in 1965, and credited now as "Lyn James" appeared in numerous Crawford Productions series, before she became best known internationally for her role as doctors secretary Helen Gordon in the Australian television soap opera The Young Doctors. She appeared in the series from its inception in 1976, until it ended in 1983, one of only a few actors to appear for the duration of the series.
Personal life
James was married to the New Zealand producer Eric Tayler, a fellow RADA graduate, and they had two children, one of whom is the Australia actress Sally Tayler, who also appeared with her in The Young Doctor's.
James final screen appearance was in 2002 and she died in Sydney, Australia, aged 87, on 31 May 2017.