Patricia Jessel

Patricia Helen Mary Jessel (15 October 1920 – 8 June 1968) was an English actress of stage, film and television.[1]

Patricia Jessel
in The Prisoner:Checkmate (1967)
Born
Patricia Helen Mary Jessel

(1920-10-15)15 October 1920
Hong Kong
Died10 June 1968(1968-06-10) (aged 47)
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
SpouseGeorge Feinberg

Biography

Jessel was born in the then British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, daughter of Clement Edward Jessel and Ursula Theodora (née Buckley). She was the grandniece of Lillah McCarthy. She died from a heart attack in London in June 1968, aged 47.[2]

Jessel appeared both in the West End and on Broadway in the 1950s in Agatha Christie's play Witness for the Prosecution, for which she won a Tony Award in 1955.[3] As Romaine Heilger aka Romaine Vole, Jessel's performance in the dock was praised as "cold-blooded" and that she "makes a clear-cut image of hatred releasing itself suddenly from inhibitions which have become intolerable".

Other stage roles included Lady Macbeth at the Old Vic in 1962 and Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest in the opening season of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford.[4][5]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Patricia Jessel". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  2. "Patricia Helen Jessel (1920-1968) profile". findagrave.com. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. The Broadway League. "Patricia Jessel - IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information". ibdb.com. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. William Shakespeare. "Production of Macbeth - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  5. "Macbeth - The Old Vic Company". theaterencyclopedie.nl. 20 June 1962. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2015.


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