Jean Colin

British actress (1905–1989)

Colin with Tommy Trinder during the making of Communal Kitchen: Eating Out With Tommy Trinder for the Ministry of Information in 1941

Jean Colin (24 March 1905 – 7 March 1989) was an English actress. She began her career on stage in pantomime, musical theatre and operettas.[1][2] She appeared in several films beginning in the 1930s.[3]

Colin was born in Brighton, Sussex and died in London.[3] In her later years, she lived in a flat near Marble Arch in central London.[citation needed]

Career

Her stage debut was in 1923 in Brighton when Mary Lynn, niece of Ralph Lynn, persuaded her to work up a dancing act with her. Her big chance came when she was given the part originally meant for June in The Five O'Clock Girl. The Hate Ship was her first film.[4]

Selected filmography

  • The Hate Ship (1930)
  • Compromising Daphne (1930)
  • Lord Babs (1932)
  • Charing Cross Road (1935)
  • Such Is Life (1936)
  • Stardust (1938)
  • The Mikado (1939)
  • Laugh It Off (1940)
  • Bob's Your Uncle (1941)
  • Last Holiday (1950)
  • Laxdale Hall (1953)

References

  1. ^ Jean Colin profile Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine in The Mikado Technicolor film programme, 1939
  2. ^ "Jean Colin | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  3. ^ a b "Jean Colin". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Jean Colin | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  • Jean Colin at IMDb
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