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- Birth nameTopsy Jane Legge
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Topsy Jane was born on December 2, 1938 in Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Mix Me a Person (1962) and A Chance of Thunder (1961). She was married to Tony Garnett. She died on January 4, 2014 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.
- SpouseTony Garnett(1963 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
- Dark Hair, Full Lips
- Always on the verge of major stardom, she was supposed to star in A Kind of Loving (1962) but became pregnant. She then suffered a nervous breakdown in 1963, forcing her to pull out of her starring role as Liz in Billy Liar (1963), and after this acted only occasionally.
- In addition to performing on television and in films, Topsy acted with the Varley Players at Pype Hayes Church and at the Highbury Little Theatre in Birmingham. She is best remembered for her role as Tom Courtenay's girlfriend in the iconic 1960s film, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962).
- Apparently she was known to frequent the inns of St Cleer in Cornwall.
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