Jenny Twigge

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]

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 (Hadleigh's god-daughter 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).

In 2009, Twigge appeared as herself in The Lonely Man on the Hill in which Hadleigh cast members talked through their recollections of the series.[14]

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).[15] In The Brute, the New Statesman described her performance as "thoroughly decent".[16]

Radio

In 1979, Twigge played alongside Alfred Marks, Polly James, Hugh Paddick and Fenella Fielding in Aladdin.[17] In the same year she played Anne in A Dance to the Music of Time on BBC Radio 4[18] and was in Elizabeth Gowan's Partnership Limited in Radio 4's Thirty-minute Theatre strand.[19] In 1980, she starred with Trevor Cooper in Paul Bryers' The File On Leo Kaplan,[20] originally broadcast in the Saturday Night Theatre strand on 12 January 1980.[21] In the same year, she appeared in Brecht’s play The Caucasian Chalk Circle on BBC Radio 3.[22]

Stage

Twigge played Perdita in The Winter's Tale at the Ludlow Festival in 1973.[23] She played Carol in Time and the Conways at the Manchester Royal Exchange in 1974.[24] She played Beppi in Franz Xaver Kroetz's Geisterbahn at the Bush Theatre in 1976.[25][26] 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.[27]

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. The Lonely Man on the Hill at IMDb
15. Jenny Twigge at IMDb
16. Coleman, John (16 June 1978). "Frightmare". New Statesman. Vol. 95, no. 2465. p. 826.
17. "Crimson Cats, Michael Bartlett radio drama – DIVERSITY". Suttonelms.org.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
18. "Anthony Powell Society – A Dance to the Music of Time BBC Radio Adaptation". Anthonypowell.org.uk. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
19. "Thirty Minute Theatre 1960–1998: lost plays". Suttonelms.org.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
20. "Personal Choice". The Times. 12 January 1980. p. 9. a tale of international industrial espionage
21. "Lost radio plays, 1988-1970". Suttonelms.org.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
22. "Another Martin Jenkins production". The Stage and Television Today. 22 May 1980. p. 26.
23. "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."
24. 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"
25. Wardle, Irving (14 May 1976). "Reviews: Geisterbahn". The Times. p. 8.
26. Banks-Smith, Nancy (14 May 1976). "Olympic offbeat". The Guardian.
27. "The Golden Country". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2014.

External links

• Jenny Twigge at IMDb
• Jenny Twigge at the British Film Institute^[better source needed]