Jenny Agutter : Biography
Jennifer
Ann Agutter was born December 20, 1952, in Taunton, Somerset, England.
Jenny's father, Derek Brodie Agutter, a native of Yorkshire, was an officer
in the British Army. Her mother was the former Catherine "Kit" Lyman,
originally of St. Helen's in Lancashire. Her parents met in Egypt where
Mr. Agutter was involved in Forces Entertainment and her mother was serving
in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Jenny grew up traveling the world,
living in Germany, Singapore, Cyprus, Ceylon and Malaysia, among other
places. At age 11 she attended the Elmhurst Ballet School, Camberly, Surrey,
UK. While on a return trip to Cyprus in 1964 the family found themselves
inadvertantly in the midst of a skirmish between the Greek and Turkish
factions. In 1989 Jenny met Swedish hotelier Johan Tham at an arts festival
in Bath, UK. They were married in August of the next year and a son, Jonathan,
was born that Christmas. Jenny pulled up stakes from Los Angeles and the
family settled in her native southern England; currently making their
home in Cornwall. While her film appearances are a bit more sporadic these
days (her last feature film appearance was in 1995's Blue Juice), Jenny
keeps busy working in television, theatre, radio, and making audio novel
recordings (including a recent vocal recording of The Railway Children).
Jenny Agutter: Career
In Britain,
Jenny Agutter is a respected stage actress; in America, she is remembered
as the star of the fantasy films Logan's Run (1976) and An American Werewolf
in London (1981). Agutter was still a teen when she appeared in the films
The Railway Children (1970, as Roberta) and Walkabout (1971, directed
by Nicholas Roeg). Her theater career grew apace; in 1974 she played Miranda
in Shakespeare's The Tempest at the National Theater, opposite Sir John
Gielgud as Prospero. In the mid-1970s she jumped to Hollywood, appearing
as Michael York's love interest in the futuristic sci-fi movie Logan's
Run (a film made famous by the brief appearance of Farrah Fawcett). Agutter
also appeared in The Man in the Iron Mask (1976, TV, with Richard Chamberlain)
and Equus (1977, with Richard Burton); finally she played the nurse in
the black comedy An American Werewolf in London. She returned to the theater
in the 1980s and 1990s, appearing with the Royal Shakespearian Company
and elsewhere. In 2000 she appeared in a new version of The Railway Children,
this time in the grown-up role of Mother.
Jenny Agutter: Movies
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9, Liberty 37/Gone with the West (2005), A Respectable Trade (1998), Romeo
and Juliet (1994), King of the Wind (1993), Gunfire (1990), Child's Play
2 (1990), Darkman (1990), Dark Tower (1987), Amazon Women on the Moon
(1987), Secret Places (1985), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Amy
(1981), The Tragedy of Othello (1981), The Survivor (1980), Sweet William
(1980), Dominique is Dead (1979), The Riddle of the Sands (1979), The
Eagle Has Landed (1977), Equus (1977), Logan's Run (1976), The Man in
the Iron Mask (1976), A War of Children (1972), Walkabout (1971), Railway
Children (1970), Star! (1968), The Parole Officer
