Jenny Twigge

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Jenny Twigge (born 19 January 1950) is a British actress who studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow. [1] She was a patron of animal rescue group All Dogs Matter. [2]

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Television

Twigge played Anne in The Web in 1972. [3] She played Rosetta in a 1973 BBC2 adaptation of Two Women [4] [5] and appeared in Roy Clarke's That Sinking Feeling ( Armchair Theatre , 1973). [6] She made numerous one-off appearances in 1970s TV series including Love Story (1972, directed by Moira Armstrong), Kate (1972), Softly, Softly: Task Force (1972), Crown Court (two separate characters in 1973), New Scotland Yard (1974), Dixon of Dock Green episode Question In The House (1974), [7] Z-Cars (1976), and Lurena [8] in Blake's 7 (1979). Then in 1980 she played Caroline Onedin in the last four episodes of series 8 of The Onedin Line [9] and was in one episode of The Professionals . Later, she played Rachel Ashbourne in episode 78 of The Bill (series 13) , first aired in 1997. Longer term, Twigge appeared regularly in General Hospital (Dr. Cathy Waddon from 1974–75), [10] Hadleigh (Joanna Roberts in 1973 [11] and throughout 1976), [12] Rooms (Carol West throughout 1977, starring alongside Ian Redford and Anne Dyson), ITV comedy series Thicker than Water (1981), [13] Grange Hill (Mrs. McGuire from 1982–87), and Byker Grove (playing Clare Warner from 1989–90).

Film

Her film appearances included Robert Young's Hammer film Vampire Circus (1972) (as a schoolgirl), Judith in Bob Kellett's Our Miss Fred (1972), Millie in Gerry O'Hara's The Brute (1977), and as an air hostess in Alberto De Martino's Holocaust 2000 (1977). [14] In The Brute, the New Statesman described her performance as "thoroughly decent". [15]

Radio

In 1979, Twigge played alongside Alfred Marks, Polly James, Hugh Paddick and Fenella Fielding in Aladdin . [16] In the same year she played Anne in A Dance to the Music of Time on BBC Radio 4 [17] and was in Elizabeth Gowan's Partnership Limited in Radio 4's Thirty-minute Theatre strand. [18] In 1980, she starred with Trevor Cooper in Paul Bryers' The File On Leo Kaplan , [19] originally broadcast in the Saturday Night Theatre strand on 12 January 1980. [20] In the same year, she appeared in Brecht’s play The Caucasian Chalk Circle on BBC Radio 3. [21]

Stage

Twigge played Perdita in The Winter's Tale at the Ludlow Festival in 1973. [22] She played Carol in Time and the Conways at the Manchester Royal Exchange in 1974. [23] She played Beppi in Franz Xaver Kroetz's Geisterbahn at the Bush Theatre in 1976. [24] [25] In 1977, she appeared as "Yuki" with Wolfe Morris in The Golden Country by Shusaku Endo, directed by Richard Negri at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. [26]

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References

  1. ↑ "Chit Chat: Awards". The Stage and Television Today . 1 July 1971. p. 8. "Awards have been announced to final-year students of the School of Drama in Glasgow … a prize for a woman in a comedy role Jenny Twigge"
  2. ↑ "Patrons – All Dogs Matter, London Dog Rescue". Alldogsmatter.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Larry, Sheldon (7 December 1972). "The Web, Granada, December 3". The Stage and Television Today . p. 13. Photo captioned "Jenny Twigge, Michael Kitchen and Ann Firbank in Granada’s play The Web"; review says "Jenny Twigge did find some of the scarred complexity of Anne – subjugated all her life to her mother's overwhelming beauty and appetites."
  4. ↑ Reynolds, Stanley (29 June 1973). "Reviews: Two Women". The Times . p. 15.
  5. ↑ Stocks, Bryan (5 July 1973). "Two Women, BBC2, June 28". The Stage and Television Today . p. 14. Photo captioned "Margaret Whiting and Jenny Twigge in Two Women"; review says "Jenny Twigge (Rosetta) copes well with a rather colourless role."
  6. ↑ Davis, Clifford (13 November 1973). "Clifford Davis column". Daily Mirror . p. 17. ...the sinking feeling applies to a young man's doubts on the eve of his wedding. Nikolas Simmonds is the reluctant groom, Jenny Twigge is his bride and Mary Land plays Pamela, a bridesmaid
  7. ↑ "Dixon Of Dock Green, Part Seven, BBC 1955 – 1976, SEASON EIGHTEEN" . Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Cygnus Alpha – London Guest List". 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Irwin, Ken (28 August 1980). "Watch the Birds". Daily Mirror . p. 7. Roberta Iger and Jenny Twigge will be among the fresh faces aboard The Onedin Line's final series
  10. ↑ "Jenny Twigge in General Hospital" . Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  11. ↑ Fiddick, Peter (25 August 1973). "Voices for the world on television". The Guardian .
  12. ↑ Bernard, Jeffrey (24 April 1976). "Bye, Brother". The Spectator . Vol. 236, no. 7713. pp. 29–30.
  13. ↑ Payne, Laura (28 April 1981). "Doubling up for Laughter". Daily Mirror . p. 17.
  14. ↑ Jenny Twigge at IMDb
  15. ↑ Coleman, John (16 June 1978). "Frightmare". New Statesman . Vol. 95, no. 2465. p. 826.
  16. ↑ "Crimson Cats, Michael Bartlett radio drama – DIVERSITY". Suttonelms.org.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  17. ↑ "Anthony Powell Society – A Dance to the Music of Time BBC Radio Adaptation". Anthonypowell.org.uk. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  18. ↑ "Thirty Minute Theatre 1960–1998: lost plays". Suttonelms.org.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  19. ↑ "Personal Choice". The Times . 12 January 1980. p. 9. a tale of international industrial espionage
  20. ↑ "Lost radio plays, 1988-1970". Suttonelms.org.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  21. ↑ "Another Martin Jenkins production". The Stage and Television Today . 22 May 1980. p. 26.
  22. ↑ "Ludlow's 'Winter's Tale'". The Stage and Television Today . 12 July 1973. p. 21. "Jenny Twigge's Perdita and Sebastian Graham-Jones's Florizel provide some exquisite poetic counterpoint."
  23. ↑ Marriott, R. B. (3 January 1974). "Impressive 'Time and the Conways'". The Stage and Television Today . p. 13. "Jenny Twigge is delightfully fresh and ingenue as Carol"
  24. ↑ Wardle, Irving (14 May 1976). "Reviews: Geisterbahn". The Times . p. 8.
  25. ↑ Banks-Smith, Nancy (14 May 1976). "Olympic offbeat". The Guardian.
  26. ↑ "The Golden Country". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
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