Nationality United Kingdom Ex-spouse George Feinberg Role Actress | Name Patricia Jessel Occupation Actress | |
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Full Name Patricia Helen Jessel Died June 10, 1968, London, United Kingdom Awards Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Movies The City of the Dead, A Funny Thing Happene, A Jolly Bad Fellow, The Man Upstairs, Masters of Mayhem Similar People Milton Subotsky, Don Chaffey, Richard Lester, Crane Wilbur, Francis L Sullivan |
Patricia Helen Jessel (15 October 1920 – 8 June 1968) was an English actress of stage, film and television
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Biography

Jessel was born in the then-British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. She died from a heart attack in London, 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 1962 and Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest in the opening season of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford.

Filmography
Actress
1969
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV Series) as
Miss Seymour
- The Visitation (1969) - Miss Seymour
1967
The Prisoner (TV Series) as
1st Psychiatrist
- Checkmate (1967) - 1st Psychiatrist
1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as
Domina
1960
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) as
Miss Forbes / Mam'selle / Judith Fraser
- The Sound of Murder (1964) - Miss Forbes
- The Happy Man (1960) - Mam'selle
- The Search Party (1960) - Judith Fraser
1964
Compact (TV Series) as
Mrs. Simms
- Moment of Truth (1964) - Mrs. Simms
- False Evidence (1964) - Mrs. Simms
- The Ides of March (1964) - Mrs. Simms
- Secrets and Lies (1964) - Mrs. Simms
1964
They All Died Laughing as
Mrs. Pugh-Smith
1963
Espionage (TV Series) as
Anna
- The Light of a Friendly Star (1963) - Anna
1962
The Old Curiosity Shop (TV Mini Series) as
Sally Brass
- Episode #1.13 (1963) - Sally Brass
- Episode #1.12 (1963) - Sally Brass
- Episode #1.11 (1963) - Sally Brass
- Episode #1.10 (1963) - Sally Brass
- Episode #1.7 (1963) - Sally Brass
- Episode #1.6 (1962) - Sally Brass
- Episode #1.5 (1962) - Sally Brass
1961
Hamlet (TV Series) as
Gertrude
- Hamlet: Part 5 (1961) - Gertrude
- Hamlet: Part 4 (1961) - Gertrude
- Hamlet: Part 3 (1961) - Gertrude
- Hamlet: Part 2 (1961) - Gertrude
- Hamlet: Part 1 (1961) - Gertrude
1961
No Hiding Place (TV Series) as
Eve Bartlett
- Finale (1961) - Eve Bartlett
1961
Play of the Week (TV Series)
- Close Quarters (1961)
- He Who Gets Slapped (1961)
1959
Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (TV Series) as
Miss Murdstone
- David and His Mother (1960) - Miss Murdstone
- David and Betsy Trotwood (1960) - Miss Murdstone
- David and Dora (1959) - Miss Murdstone
1960
Beware of Children as
Queen
1960
The City of the Dead as
Elizabeth Selwyn / Mrs. Newless
1959
The Invisible Man (TV Series) as
Katrina
- Point of Destruction (1959) - Katrina
1958
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) as
Miss Murdstone / Cassie
- Young David (1959) - Miss Murdstone
- Underground (1958) - Cassie
1959
Model for Murder as
Madame Dupont
1950
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) as
Gracie Holland / Theresia Cabarrus / Regina Gordon / ...
- Gracie (1958) - Gracie Holland
- The Public Prosecutor (1957) - Theresia Cabarrus
- Counsellor at Law (I) (1951) - Regina Gordon
- Grand National Night (1950) - Joyce Penrose
1958
The Man Upstairs as
Mrs. Lawrence
1957
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Marion Campion
- When the Wind Blows (1957) - Marion Campion
1957
The Flesh Is Weak as
Millie
1957
The Queen and the Rebels (TV Movie) as
Argia
1949
A Man's House (TV Movie) as
Esther
1949
Counsellor at Law (TV Movie) as
Regina Gordon
1948
Without Witness (TV Movie) as
Phyllis Treyford
1948
Liberation (TV Movie) as
Louise Rouget
Soundtrack
1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (performer: "Comedy Tonight" (reprise))
Self
1955
The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #8.17 (1955) - Self
References
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