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Jane Arden (born Norah Patricia Morris; 29 October 1927 – 20 December 1982) was a British film director, actress, singer/songwriter and poet, who gained note in the 1950s. Born in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Arden's film career includes her original script and her performance in Separation (1968), which featured the song "Salad Days" by Procol Harum and was directed by Jane Arden's collaborator Jack Bond.
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- Wales, UK
- January 1, 1
- North Yorkshire, England, UK
Jane Arden. Actress: A Dinner of Herbs. Born in the UK, she spent her childhood in Hong Kong and returned to the UK to train at the Theatre Arts School in Sussex.
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Jane Arden. Writer: Anti-Clock. Jane Arden was born in Wales in 1927 and left for London in her teens. She trained at RADA and quickly began working as an actress and playwright.
- October 19, 1927
- December 20, 1982
Writer, Director, Actor. One of the most outspoken radical feminist voices in British theatre and cinema in the 1960s and 70s, Jane Arden has since been virtually silenced by near-invisibility: her books long out of print, her plays unperformed, and her films unscreened until a belated revival in 2009.
Jane Arden (born Norah Patricia Morris; 29 October 1927 – 20 December 1982) was a British film director, actress, singer/songwriter and poet, who gained note in the 1950s. Born in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Feb 25, 2022 · Culture Film. Girl Interrupted: Revisiting Jane Arden’s The Other Side Of The Underneath. Read later. Jane Arden's experimental work about schizophrenia was the only British feature directed by a woman in the 1970s, and remains furiously relevant in its depiction of mental illness, finds Andrew Key. Andrew Key Published 1:31pm 25 February 2022.
