Justine Lord

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Justine Lord
Born
Jennifer Lily Schooling

(1937-03-08) 8 March 1937 (age 87)
Bromley, Kent, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Spouse
James Ridler
(m. 1971)

Justine Lord (born Jennifer Lily Schooling; 8 March 1937) is an English actress, active on television throughout the 1960s. [1]

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She began her acting career in repertory theatre, and in the 1960s made guest appearances in “Live Now Pay Later” (1962)”, The Avengers ("Propellant 23", 1962), The Saint , ("The Bunco Artists" and "The Saint Plays with Fire", 1963; "The Saint Steps In" and "The Imprudent Politician", 1964; "The Checkered Flag", 1965; The Fiction-Makers, 1968), The Prisoner ("The Girl Who Was Death", 1968) and Man in a Suitcase , as well as playing regular roles in Crossroads , Compact , The Troubleshooters and The Doctors . [2] [3] [4]

Lord married James Ridler in 1971. [5] She retired from acting in the late 1970s, with the exception of an appearance in The Young Ones in 1982. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1962 Live Now, Pay Later Coral Wentworth
1962 The War Lover Street Girl
1963 Maniac Grace
1963 Tamahine Diana
1963 Edgar Wallace Mysteries ( Incident at Midnight)Diane Graydon
1964 Ring of Spies Christina
1964 Act of Murder Anne Longman
1966 Doctor in Clover New Matron
1967 The Scales of Justice - "Payment in Kind"PaulaFilm series short
1967 Deadlier Than the Male Peggy Ashenden
1967 Mister Ten Per Cent Lady Dorothea
1968The Fiction-MakersGalaxy Rose
1969Twenty NineDee BairdShort
1969 Night After Night After Night Helena Lomax

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1959 Charlesworth Nursing Sister
1961A Life of BlissBelle"2.2"
1961ITV Television PlayhouseJanet / Veronica"Hi Diddle Diddle", "Ben Spray"
1962 Compact Kay LivingstoneRecurring role
1962 BBC Sunday-Night Play Yvonne"The Man Who Opted Out"
1962 The Avengers Jeanette"Propellant 23"
1962 ITV Play of the Week Joan Ferris"Murder in Shorthand"
1962 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre Diane Graydon"Incident at Midnight"
1963 ITV Play of the Week Claire Goode"I Can't Bear Violence"
1963 Jane Eyre Blanche Ingram"1.2", "1.3"
1963 The Human Jungle Susan Anthony"14 Ghosts"
1963 Love Story Angela Hawke"Charlie Is My Darling"
1963 The Plane Makers Phoebe"The Old Boy Network"
1963 No Hiding Place Barbara Green"No Previous Convictions"
1963 The Saint Lady Valerie Woodchester / Jean Yarmouth"The Saint Plays with Fire", "The Bunco Artists"
1964 The Saint Andrea Quennel / Denise Grant"The Saint Steps In", "The Imprudent Politician"
1964 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre Anne Longman"Act of Murder"
1964 Marriage Lines Jill"The Divorce"
1964 Gideon's Way Rina"The Lady-Killer"
1965 The Saint Mandy Ellington"The Checkered Flag"
1965 ITV Play of the Week Sophie"Finesse in Diamonds"
1965 Out of the Unknown Paula"Stranger in the Family"
1965 Hereward the Wake AlftrudaTV series
1965–1968 The Troubleshooters Steve ThorntonRegular role (seasons 1–2, 4)
1966 The Informer Dotty Cland"When You Shake Hands with a Greek"
1967 No Hiding Place Sybil Miles"New Faces for Old"
1967Summer PlayhouseMargot Du Caine"The Sleeping Partner"
1967Summer PlayhouseLiz Barcher"The Big Killing"
1968 The Prisoner Sonia"The Girl Who Was Death"
1968 Man in a Suitcase Jane Farson"Property of a Gentleman"
1968DetectiveValmal Seacliff"Artists in Crime"
1968 Journey to the Unknown Sue Tarleton"Girl of My Dreams"
1969 ITV Sunday Night Theatre Lucy Lane"The Dirt on Lucy Lane"
1969–1971 The Doctors Dr. Liz McNealMain role
1970 Two in Clover Hilary Berkeley"2.5"
1971 The Fenn Street Gang Mary Taylor"These Foolish Things"
1974Miss NightingaleLady LovelaceTV film
1976 Crossroads KellyRegular role
1982 The Young Ones The White Witch"Flood"

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