Pauline Jameson - 15276

RADA-trained British actress.

Jameson made her stage debut in 1938, beginning a career that lasted over five decades. She was a leading player with the Old Vic Company by the 1948-49 season and played Shakespearean roles in Stratford-upon-Avon from 1956, touring Europe and the USSR with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1964.

Jameson made her film debut in a minor role as a hospital nurse in the Dirk Bogarde vehicle, Esther Waters (1948) and then went on to appear in another 14 feature films.

She never attained top billing but all of her films were graced by excellent casts. They include The Black Knight (starring Alan Ladd,1954), The Millionairess (starring Sofia Loren and Peter Sellers, 1960), Crooks Anonymous (starring Leslie Phillips and Wilfrid Hyde-White, 1962), Doctor in Distress (another Dirk Bogarde vehicle, 1963). The Punch and Judy Man (Tony Hancock, 1963) and Murder Most Foul (Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple, 1964).

Jameson was also kept busy on television and the occasional BBC radio drama.

This is an exceptionally pretty early black and white photograph (5.5" x 3.25"), nicely signed ("Best wishes, Pauline Jameson") in blue fountain pen ink. In excellent condition..