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Jan Butlin(1940-1998)

  • Writer
  • Actress
  • Soundtrack
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Jan Butlin was born on 16 February 1940 in Wanstead, London, England, UK. She was a writer and actress, known for The Benny Hill Show (1969), The Avengers (1961) and In the Devil's Garden (1971). She died on 10 February 1998 in Devon, England, UK.
BornFebruary 16, 1940
DiedFebruary 10, 1998(57)
BornFebruary 16, 1940
DiedFebruary 10, 1998(57)
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Known for

Benny Hill in The Benny Hill Show (1969)
The Benny Hill Show
7.6
TV Series
  • Various Roles
The Avengers (1961)
The Avengers
8.3
TV Series
  • Sally(as Janet Butlin)
Lesley-Anne Down in In the Devil's Garden (1971)
In the Devil's Garden
5.5
  • Day Receptionist
  • 1971
Champagne Rose är död (1970)
Champagne Rose är död
4.3
  • Stewardess
  • 1970

Credits

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Writer

  • No Strings (1989)
    No Strings
    6.9
    TV Series
    • written by
    • writer
    • 1989
  • Derek Nimmo in Hell's Bells (1986)
    Hell's Bells
    5.2
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1986
  • Nerys Hughes and Derek Nimmo in Third Time Lucky (1982)
    Third Time Lucky
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1982
  • Both Ends Meet
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1981
  • Gareth Hunt and Julia McKenzie in That Beryl Marston...! (1981)
    That Beryl Marston...!
    5.3
    TV Series
    • by
    • writer
    • 1981
  • Both Ends Meet
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1980
  • Fanny Rowe in Life Begins at Forty (1978)
    Life Begins at Forty
    4.3
    TV Series
    • writer
    • by
    • 1978–1980
  • Jane Seymour in Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970)
    Here Come the Double Deckers!
    7.6
    TV Series
    • screenplay
    • 1970
  • Two D's and a Dog
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1970
  • According to Dora
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1968
  • Horne A'Plenty
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1968–1969
  • Just Jimmy (1964)
    Just Jimmy
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1964–1968

Actress

  • My Wife Next Door (1972)
    My Wife Next Door
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Stephanie
    • 1972
  • Mr Tumbleweed
    TV Movie
    • Mum
    • 1971
  • Benny Hill: Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)
    7.5
    TV Short
    • Sue
    • 1971
  • Lesley-Anne Down in In the Devil's Garden (1971)
    In the Devil's Garden
    5.5
    • Day Receptionist
    • 1971
  • Benny Hill in The Benny Hill Show (1969)
    The Benny Hill Show
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Various Roles
    • 1969–1970
  • Champagne Rose är död (1970)
    Champagne Rose är död
    4.3
    • Stewardess
    • 1970
  • Two in Clover (1969)
    Two in Clover
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Nursing Sister
    • 1970
  • Hoverbug (1969)
    Hoverbug
    5.2
    • 1969
  • Cribbins (1969)
    Cribbins
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Various
    • 1969
  • The Waiters (1969)
    The Waiters
    6.4
    Short
    • Girlfriend
    • 1969
  • John Flanagan, Heather Page, and Gareth Thomas in Parkin's Patch (1969)
    Parkin's Patch
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Mavis
    • 1969
  • Detective (1964)
    Detective
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Flo
    • 1968
  • Wendy Craig and Ronald Hines in Not in Front of the Children (1967)
    Not in Front of the Children
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Beresford
    • 1968
  • Alfred Burke in Public Eye (1965)
    Public Eye
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Secretary of Home
    • 1968
  • Harry Worth in Harry Worth (1966)
    Harry Worth
    6.8
    TV Series
    • The Nurse
    • Miss Lampton
    • 1967

Soundtrack

  • Benny Hill in The Benny Hill Show (1969)
    The Benny Hill Show
    7.6
    TV Series
    • performer: "Torna a Surriento (Return to Sorrento)"
    • 1970

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Janet Butlin
  • Height
    • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
  • Born
    • February 16, 1940
    • Wanstead, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • February 10, 1998
    • Devon, England, UK(hemorrhage)
  • Other works
    He directed Anthony Shaffer's play, "Sleuth", at the Richmond Theatre in England with Peter Byrne and Richard Todd.

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    Also a soprano

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