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| Birth Name(s) : Jane Asher |
Date of Birth: N/A |
| Status:
Single
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Partner:
Gerald Scarfe 1981-present |
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Full Jane Asher Biography
Asher was the second of three children born to Dr. Richard Alan John and Margaret Asher, née Eliot, in Willesden, then Middlesex now London . Her father was a physician at the Central Middlesex hospital; her mother was a professor of oboe at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; her older brother is Peter Asher, one half of the duo Peter & Gordon; her younger sister is the radio actress Clare Asher.
Asher's first appearance as a child actress was as Nina in the 1952 film Mandy. Other film appearances were the 1955 science fiction film The Quatermass Xperiment, and, co-starring with Kenneth More and Susannah York, in the 1961 UK film The Greengage Summer, which was subsequently released in the United States under the title "Loss of Innocence.". She also appeared as her distant relative Lady Jane Grey in the 1962 film and Disney TV programme, "The Prince and the Pauper". British TV appearances included 3 episodes (1956–1958) of the British TV series, The Adventures of Robin Hood (working alongside her brother Peter), and as a panelist on the BBC's Juke Box Jury.
Asher appeared in Roger Corman's The Masque of the Red Death in 1964, Alfie, opposite Michael Caine in 1966, and in Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End in 1970. Thereafter, she was more commonly seen on television: The Stone Tape (1972); Rumpole of the Bailey (1978); Brideshead Revisited (1981); as Faith Ashley in Wish Me Luck (three series in 1987–89); The Mistress (1985–87); Crossroads Mark III (2003) as hotel owner Angel Samson. Although the series was unpopular with die-hard Crossroads fans, and only lasted a matter of months, the sharp-tongued wit of Mrs Samson and brilliant acting from Asher made the part a huge success.
Asher met the illustrator Gerald Scarfe in 1971, and they married ten years later . They have three children - Katie (b.1974), Alex (b.1981) and Rory (b.1984).
Now well known as the author of recipe books, Asher runs a company making party cakes and sugarcrafts for special occasions, and still acts on television and in the theatre.
She is a shareholder in Private Eye, President of Arthritis Care and a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association. She is also President of the National Autistic Society, in which she takes an active role. She was also a speaker at the launch of the National Autistic Society's "Make School Make Sense" campaign alongside Joshua Muggleton (ASD speaker/writer). She is also President of the Parkinson's Disease Society. |
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