Jennifer Daniel

I have written about this lovely actress before –.

She was actually in THREE of the Edgar Wallace Mystery series – Marriage of Convenience,  Clue of the Silver Key and  Return to Sender.

She was married to Dinsdale Landen the actor from 1959 until his death in 2003.

They met when she played Clara in a BBC TV adaptation of ‘Great Expectations’ – he played the leading role as Pip in 1959 – and they married 6 weeks later . What a romantic story.

They later lived in South Creake, Norfolk – where Dinsdale sadly died in 2003 at the youngish age of 71

Jennifer Daniel BELOW- a very attractive young lady – starred in ‘The Reptile’

Jennifer Daniel and Noel Wilman in a tense scene
Ray Barret, John Laurie and Jennifer Daniel

We have mentioned her before but mainly with regards to her film career – however from 1958 she had been active in the Theatre starting up in Dundee Rep with a small part in ‘Jonah’s Ark’ and another one before coming down South later that year to have a significant role in ‘The Voice of the Turtle at the New Theatre in Hull.


Then she was in the West End in 1959 in ‘Fool’s Paradise’ at the Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue. She continued in many productions until 1981 when she was in ‘Dangerous Corner’ at the Ambassadors Theatre.

Before this she had played Lady Clarissa Eden in the stage play ‘Suez’ in 1977 which did a lengthy tour of the UK – very successfully too. I think she looked a lot like Lady Eden. Incidentally although Jennifer Daniel was much younger than Lady Eden, she actually died some time before her – mind you Lady Eden lived to be 101

Jennifer Daniel again played Lady Eden in the 1979 television drama “Suez 1956”. The show, produced by Michelangelo Productions, also featured other actors like Mark Brackenbury as Admiral Earl Mountbatten, and David Webb as Lt-Gen Sir John Bagot Glubb

Michael Gough played Sir Anthony Eden

Earlier than this she took the lead in ‘Dangerous Corner’ a play by J B Priestley – not one I know at all even though I am a big fan of this writer.

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