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Jenny Agutter

Jenny Agutter

Actor · Born December 20, 1952 · Taunton, Somerset, England, UK

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Biography

Jennifer Ann "Jenny" Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is an English film and television actress. She began her career as a child actress in the mid 1960s, starring in the BBC television series The Railway Children and the film adaptation of the same book, before moving on to adult roles and relocating to Hollywood. She played Alex Price in An American Werewolf in London, Jessica 6 in Logan's Run, Joanne Simpson in Child's Play 2 and Jill Mason in Equus. Since the 1990s, she has worked in sound recording, and she is a patron of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. After a break from acting she has appeared in several television series since 2000, including the British series Spooks and Call the Midwife.

Acted in 107

2020s

  1. 2026

    Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms

    Sister Julienne / Narrator (voice) · 3 episodes

  2. 2024

    Mary Anning and the Dinosaur Hunters

    Miss Philpott

  3. 2022

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. Monday Monday

    Jenny · 7 episodes

  3. Act of God

    Catherine Cisco

  4. 2008

    The Invisibles

    Barbera Riley · 6 episodes

  5. 2007

    British Film Forever

    TV

  6. 2006

    Heroes and Villains

    June

  7. 2005

    Diamond Geezer

    Vanessa · 3 episodes

  8. 2004

    Number One, Longing. Number Two, Regret

    Kenosha

  9. The Alan Clark Diaries

    Jane Clark · 6 episodes

  10. 2002
  11. 2001
  12. 2000

1990s

  1. 1998

    A Respectable Trade

    Lady Scott · 4 episodes

  2. 1997
  3. 1996

    And the Beat Goes On

    Connie Fairbrother Spencer · 8 episodes

  4. September

    Isobel · 2 episodes

  5. 1995
  6. The Buccaneers

    Idina Hatton · 2 episodes

  7. 1994

    The Winter's Tale

    Hermoine (voice)

  8. The All New Alexei Sayle Show

    TV

  9. Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

    Professor Mamet

  10. 1992
  11. Love Hurts

    Jeanette Summers · 2 episodes

  12. 1990
  13. King of the Wind

    Hannah Coke

  14. Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

    Jill Albery

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. 1988

    Max's Christmas

    (voice)

  3. 1986
  4. 1985

    Silas Marner

    Nancy Lammeter

  5. Love's Labour's Lost

    Rosaline

  6. 1984

    This Office Life

    Pam

  7. Secret Places

    Miss Lowrie

  8. 1982

    Miss Right

    Purse Snatching Victim (uncredited)

  9. 1981
  10. The Survivor

    Hobbs

  11. Late Flowering Love

    Joan Hunter Dunn (segment: A Subaltern's Love-Song)

  12. Othello

    Desdemona

  13. 1980
  14. Sweet William

    Ann Walton

  15. Dominique

    Ann Ballard

1970s

  1. 1979

    Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

    Priscilla Mullins

  2. The Riddle of the Sands

    Clara Dollmann

  3. School Play

    Miss Jackson

  4. 1978
  5. 1977

    Equus

    Jill Mason

  6. The Hollywood Greats

    TV

  7. 1976
  8. 1975
  9. 1974
  10. Kiss Me and Die

    Dominie Lanceford

  11. 1973
  12. 1972

    A War of Children

    Maureen Tomelty

  13. 1971

    The Cherry Orchard

    Anya

  14. The Snow Goose

    Fritha

  15. The Wild Duck

    Hedvig Ekdal

  16. 1970

    The Railway Children

    Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury

  17. I Start Counting

    Wynne

  18. The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

    Young Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan

1960s

  1. 1968

    Star!

    Pamela Roper (uncredited)

  2. Gates to Paradise

    Maud de Cloyes

  3. The Railway Children

    Roberta Faraday · 7 episodes

  4. 1967

    Boy Meets Girl

    Joanna · 1 episode

  5. 1966

    Ballerina

    Ingrid Jensen

  6. A Man Could Get Killed

    Linda Frazier (uncredited

  7. 1965
  8. 1964

    East of Sudan

    Asua

Appearances11

2020s

  1. 2020

    Paris Calligrammes

    Self - English Narrator

2010s

  1. 2016

    Harry Hill's Tea Time

    Self · 1 episode

  2. 2015

    Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

    Self

  3. 2012

    The Golden Age of Steam Railways

    Narrator (Voice) · 2 episodes

2000s

  1. 2009

    Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'

    Self

  2. 2006

    Working with a Master: John Landis

    Self

  3. 2005

    The Perfect Scary Movie

    Self

1980s

  1. 1987

    The Grand Knockout Tournament

    Self

  2. 1981

    Be Pretty and Shut Up!

    Self

1970s

  1. 1976

    A Look Into the 23rd Century

    Self

  2. 1974