Jill, Uncredited

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Jill, Uncredited
Directed by Anthony Ing
Starring Jill Goldston
Release date
  • 2022 (2022)
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Canada
LanguageEnglish

Jill, Uncredited is a 2022 British-Canadian experimental documentary short film by video essayist Anthony Ing about film and television actress Jill Goldston, known primarily for playing an extra since the 1960s. [1] [2] [3]

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Summary

Made with support from the Canada Council for the Arts [4] and based on interviews with Jill (born 1943), mother of the former Washington D.C.-based president of ABC News James Goldston, the film is constructed from excerpted clips ranging from The Elephant Man to Mr. Bean . [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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