Jennifer Caron Hall

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Jennifer Caron Hall
Born (1958-09-21) 21 September 1958 (age 66)
London, England
Occupation(s)Actress, singer-songwriter, artist, journalist
Spouses
Alex Clive
(m. 1984;div. 1989)
(m. 1996)
Children1
Parents
Relatives
Website shakefestival.com , jennycloth.com

Jennifer Caron Hall (born 21 September 1958; also known as Jenny Wilhide) [1] is an English actress, singer-songwriter, artist and journalist. [2]

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Since 2019 she has been artistic director of SHAKE Festival, a performing arts company and festival based in Suffolk. [3] [4]

Early life

Hall was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, Bedales School and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she read English. [5]

Actress

At the National Theatre in London, Hall played Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Bill Bryden in 1982–1983, starring Paul Scofield and Susan Fleetwood as Oberon and Titania. [6] This was the first ever production of Shakespeare in the Cottesloe Theatre [7] and transferred to the Lyttelton in 1983. While Hall continued to play Helena, Scofield was replaced by Sir Robert Stephens and Brenda Blethyn joined the cast as Hermia [8]

In the BBC's 1996 television adaptation of Rumer Godden's The Peacock Spring, [9] Hall played Alix Lamont, a character of half-Indian, half-European descent and narrated the Macmillan Audio Book of it. [10] Caron also appeared in The Love Boat, alongside her mother in an hour-and-a-half special entitled 'The Christmas Cruise.'

Music

Hall was signed to Warner Bros. Records and as Jennifer Hall released the album Fortune and Men's Eyes in 1987. [11] Her song "Ice Cream Days" appears on the Bright Lights, Big City: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack . [12]

Art

Self-portrait created by Jennifer Caron Hall. Jenny Caron Hall, self-portrait, close-up.jpg
Self-portrait created by Jennifer Caron Hall.

In 2009, Hall began painting on her iPhone and exhibiting on a blog, The Blue Biro Gallery. [13] Her digitally enhanced self-portrait was featured in Vogue online. [14]

In 2012, the Theatre Royal in Bath commissioned her to paint a portrait of her father in oils. In 2013, Hall had a solo show at the Serena Moreton Gallery in London. [15]

Journalism

As a freelance journalist writing under the name Jenny Wilhide, she has written on arts and trends in titles such as the Evening Standard [16] and The Spectator , [17]

References

  1. "Jenny Wilhide | Newnham Associates". Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  2. Caron, Leslie (2009). Thank Heaven. JR Books. pp.  142. ISBN   978-1-906779-24-5 . Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  3. Aspden, Peter (16 November 2020). "Jenny Caron Hall on her unfinished business with Shakespeare". Financial Times.
  4. "A Midsummer Night's Dream Review". The Times. 1 April 2021.
  5. "Newnham Associates: Jenny Wilhide". Newnham College, Cambridge. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  6. "BBC World Service – Meridian, A Midsummer Night's Dream – Bill Bryden". BBC. 2 December 1982.
  7. "A Midsummer Night's Dream Custom Print | National Theatre Bookshop". shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk.
  8. "King's College London Arts and Humanities Data Service".
  9. "The Peacock Spring Part 1 (1996)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019.
  10. Peacock Spring Audio Cassette. ASIN   0333669533.
  11. "Overview: Fortune and Men's Eyes". AllMusic . Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  12. "Review: Bright Lights, Big City Original Soundtrack". AllMusic . Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  13. "The Blue Biro Gallery: Digital paintings by Jennifer Caron Hall" . Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  14. "The Vogue Blog: Hall of Fame". Vogue . 18 May 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  15. "Serena Morton Gallery" . Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  16. "Evening Standard Article Index: Jenny Wilhide". Evening Standard . London. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  17. "The Spectator Article Index: Jenny Wilhide". The Spectator . Press Holdings . Retrieved 15 November 2012.

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