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    Jill BennettBritish actress
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  2. BornNora Noel Jill Bennett · 24 December 1926 · Penang, Straits Settlements (present-day Malaysia)
    Died4 October 1990 (aged 63) · Kensington, London, England
    SpousesWillis Hall · (m. 1962; div. 1965) · John Osborne · (m. 1968; div. 1978)
    OccupationActress
    Overview

    Nora Noel Jill Bennett (24 December 1926 – 4 October 1990) was a British actress. See more

    Early life and education

    Jill Bennett was born in Penang, the Straits Settlements, to "wealthy Scottish parents" who owned a rubber plantation. She was educated at Prior's Field School, an independent girls boarding school in Godalming, … See more

    Career

    Bennett made her West End debut in Now Barabbas in March 1947, was a company member during the 1949 season at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford upon Avon, and made her first film, The Long Dark … See more

    Personal life

    Bennett was the live-in companion of actor Godfrey Tearle in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She was married to screenwriter Willis Hall and later to John Osborne. Bennett and Osborne divorced, acrimoniou… See more

    Death

    Bennett died by suicide on 4 October 1990, aged 63, having long suffered from depression and the brutalising effects of her marriage to Osborne (according to Osborne's biographer). She did this by taking an o… See more

    Theatre career

    • Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford upon Avon, 1949 season
    • Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, St Martin's Theatre, December 1949
    • Anni in Captain Carvallo, St. James' Theatre, August 1950… See more

    Radio theatre

    Nora in A Doll's House, BBC Third Programme 1959. Directed by Frederick Bradnum. Cast included Jack May and John Gabriel.
    Masha in The Three Sisters/TRI SESTRY, BBC Hom… See more

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