Jackie Lane(1941-2021)
- Actress
Jackie Lane was born 10 July 1941 in Manchester, England. In 1963 she
was playing the part of the secretary in "Compact" when she was offered
the part of the Doctor's grand-daughter, Susan, but decided that she
did not want to be tied down to a year's contract. In 1966, however,
having had only sporadic work in between, she accepted an offer from
John Wiles, who had seen her as a Cockney character in a play, to
portray Dorothea Chaplet. When, four months later, her contract
expired, it was not renewed. She then gave up acting, and went to work
as a secretary in the Australian embassy in Paris. She returned to
England some time later and is now head of an acting agency's
voice-over department.
