Lesley-Anne Down

Lesley-Anne Down

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderFemale
BirthdayMärz 17, 1954
BiographyLesley-Anne Down (born 17 March 1954) is a British actress and singer. She made her motion picture debut in the 1969 drama film The Smashing Bird I Used to Know and later appeared in films Assault (1971), Countess Dracula (1971) and Pope Joan (1972). She achieved fame as Georgina Worsley in the ITV period drama series Upstairs, Downstairs (1973–75).

Down received further recognition for her performances in the films The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), A Little Night Music (1977), The First Great Train Robbery (1978), Hanover Street (1979), Rough Cut (1980), Sphinx (1981) and Nomads (1986). On television, she played the leading roles in The One and Only Phyllis Dixey (1978), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982), Murder Is Easy (1982), and most notably starred as Madeline Fabray in one of the highest rated miniseries in TV history North and South (1985–86), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1986.

In 1990, Down played the role Stephanie Rogers in the CBS drama series Dallas. During 1997–99, she played Olivia Richards in the NBC soap opera Sunset Beach. From April 2003 to February 2012, she portrayed Jackie Marone in the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

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