Barbara Jefford
British actress (1930-2020) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 90
Barbara Mary Jefford, OBE was a British actress, best known for her theatrical performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic and the National Theatre and her role as Molly Bloom in the 1967 film of James Joyce's Ulysses. For Ulysses, Jefford was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress.
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PhilomenaFilm, Sister Hildegarde2011
The Deep Blue SeaFilm, Collyer's Mother2000
Madame BovarySeries, Marquise1999
The Ninth GateFilm, Baroness Kessler1995
A Village AffairFilm, Lady Unwin1991
The House of EliottSeries, Lady Lydia Eliott1989
CampionSeries, Mrs. Shannon
ReunionFilm, 1989Frau Strauss1985
Time for MurderSeries, Monica Dawes
ClaudiaFilm, 1985Rosa1983
And the Ship Sails OnFilm, Ildebranda Cuffari1982
WalterFilm, Sarah - Walter's mother1977
The Spy Who Loved MeFilm, Naomi (voice) (uncredited)1973
Hitler: The Last Ten DaysFilm, Magda Goebbels1972The VisitorsSeries, Sophie Bielska1971
JusticeSeries, Joyce Ramsdell1969Canterbury TalesSeries, Wife of Bath1968
A Midsummer Night's DreamFilm, Hippolyta1967
ITV PlayhouseSeries, Mrs. Erlynne
UlyssesFilm, 1967Molly Bloom1965
BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland
A Little TemptationFilm, 1965Ella Cartwright1963
From Russia with LoveFilm, Tatiana Romanova (voice) (uncredited)1952
OmnibusSeries, Kate Hardcastle1930Born26 July 1930People around Barbara
Helen Mirren Also in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1992)
Stephen Frears Directed Philomena (2014)
Philip Locke Also in Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
Federico Fellini Directed And the Ship Sails On (1984)
Roman Polanski Produced The Ninth Gate (2000)
Ian Holm Also in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
David Warner Also in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
Steve Coogan Produced Philomena (2014)
Michael Anderson Directed The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Freddie Jones Also in Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)- Peter Hall Directed A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
Franco Cristaldi Produced And the Ship Sails On (1984)
Paul Rogers Also in The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)- Jack Gold Directed The Bofors Gun (1968)
- Jimmy Sangster Directed Lust for a Vampire (1971)
Daniel Toscan du Plantier Produced And the Ship Sails On (1984)
Nicholas Jones Also in When the Whales Came and Philomena
Charles Sturridge Directed Where Angels Fear to Tread (1992)
George Englund Produced The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Eileen Davies Also in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)- John Hallam Also in Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
- Joseph Strick Directed Ulysses (1967)
- Jonathan Cecil Also in And the Ship Sails On (1984)
- Nicholas Ball Also in Nelly's Version and Claudia
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Philomena 2013
And the Ship Sails On 1983
From Russia with Love 1963
The Spy Who Loved Me 1977
The Shoes of the Fisherman 1968
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She was also Olivier nominated in 1991 for playing Volumnia in Coriolanus at the Barbican.
