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Jessica Benton (below), who shows a trim line in figures, plays the sister of Captain James Onedin in "The Onedin Line". ... She trained as a dancer and actress, and has appeared in "Z-Cars" and "The Doctors".
- ↑ "Jessica Benton: actrice zonder poeha". Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 29 June 1974. p. 5. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ↑ Maino, Dick (27 August 1977). "At Home ... With Jessica Benton: Why I'm ready to give up the bright lights". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ↑ Murray, Neil (2 September 1993). "Jessica's back on line". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ↑ "Three actresses from the BBC serial". Birmingham Daily Post. 28 June 1977. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
Three actresses from the BBC serial, The Onedin Line, sail into action as they join protesters outside the Law Courts, in the Strand, London, demonstrating against the release of a Coldstream Guard, Tom Holdsworth. The trio, from left, Jessica Benton, Jill Gascoine and Laura Hartong, yesterday demanded the dismissal of the three Appeal Court judges who freed Holdsworth (19) from a three-year jail sentence for a sex attack
- ↑ Pratt, Tony (17 September 1977). "Protest by a Guest". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
Women's Rights campaigner Jessica Benton is a guest star in The Duchess of Duke Street ... Jessica demonstrated outside the High Court in London to protest about a suspended sentence given to a Guardsman who had assaulted a young girl.
- ↑ "Sad Farewell for Lady Liz". Sunday People. 26 October 1980. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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