Barbara Jefford Biography (1930-)

Original name, Mary Jefford; born July 26, 1930, in Plymstock, England; daughter of Percival Francis and Elizabeth Mary Ellen (maiden name, Laity) Jefford; married Terence Longdon (divorced); married John Turner.

Nationality
British
Gender
Female
Occupation
Actress
Birth Details
July 26, 1930
Plymstock, England

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Appearances
  • (Stage debut) Our Town, Dolphin Theatre, Brighton, England, 1949
  • (London debut) Bertha, Frenzy, Q Theatre, 1949
  • Lydia Languish, The Rivals, Dundee Repertory Company, Dundee, Scotland, 1949
  • Janet Spence, The Gioconda Smile, Dundee Repertory Company, 1949
  • Isabella, Measure for Measure, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1950
  • Anne Bullen, Henry VIII, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Memorial Theatre, 1950
  • Calpurnia, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Memorial Theatre, 1950
  • Hero, Much Ado about Nothing, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Memorial Theatre, 1950
  • Lady Percy, Henry IV, Parts I and II, Shakespeare Memorial TheatreCompany, Memorial Theatre, 1951
  • Queen of France, Henry V, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Memorial Theatre, 1951
  • Juno, The Tempest, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, MemorialTheatre, 1951
  • Rose Trelawny, Trelawny of the Wells, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1952
  • Desdemona, Othello, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, MemorialTheatre, 1953
  • Rosalind, As You Like It, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Memorial Theatre, 1953
  • Lady Percy, Henry IV, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Memorial Theatre, 1953
  • Desdemona, Othello, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, MemorialTheatre, 1954
  • Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Memorial Theatre, 1954
  • Katherine, The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Memorial Theatre, 1954
  • Helen, Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company,Memorial Theatre, 1954
  • Andromache, Tiger at the Gates, Apollo Theatre, London, then (Broadway debut) Plymouth Theatre, both 1955
  • Imogen, Cymbeline, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1956
  • Beatrice, Much Ado about Nothing, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1956
  • Portia, The Merchant of Venice, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre,1956
  • Julia, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1957
  • Tamora, Titus Andronicus, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1957
  • Courtesan, The Comedy of Errors, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre,1957
  • Lady Anne, Richard III, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1957
  • Portia, The Merchant of Venice, Old Vic Company, Baalbek, Lebanon,1957
  • Queen Margaret, King Henvy VI, Parts I, II, and III, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1957
  • Isabella, Measure for Measure, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1957
  • Regan, King Lear, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1958
  • Viola, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1958
  • Beatrice, The Cenci, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1959
  • Rosalind, As You Like It, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1959
  • Gwendolen Fairfax, The Importance of Being Earnest, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1959
  • Title role, Saint Joan, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1959
  • Heroines of Shakespeare (solo show), Paris Arts Festival, Paris, France, 1961
  • Viola, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1961
  • Lavinia, Mourning Becomes Electra, Old Vic Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1961
  • Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, City Center Theatre, New York City, 1962
  • Title role, Saint Joan, City Center Theatre, 1962
  • Dora, The Just, Oxford Playhouse, 1962
  • Lina Szczepanowska, Misalliance, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, England, then Royal Court Theatre, later Criterion Theatre, both London, 1963
  • Stepdaughter, Six Characters in Search of an Author, May Fair Theatre, London, 1963
  • Portia, The Merchant of Venice, Royal Theatre, Brighton, England,then Paris Arts Festival, both 1964
  • Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Theatre, then Paris Arts Festival, both 1964
  • Nan, Ride a Cock Horse, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1965
  • Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Oxford Playhouse, 1965
  • Lady Cicely, Captain Brassbound's Conversion, Oxford Playhouse, 1965
  • Title role, Phedre, Oxford Playhouse, 1965
  • Gertrude, Hamlet, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, London, 1965
  • Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham,England, 1966
  • Maggie Harris, Fill the Stage with Happy Hours, Nottingham Playhouse, 1966
  • Irma, The Balcony, Oxford Playhouse, 1967
  • Patsy Newquist, Little Murders, Royal Shakespeare Company, AldwychTheatre, London, 1967
  • Woman, As You Desire Me, Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England, 1968
  • The World's a Stage, Propect Theatre Company, Arts Theatre, Cambridge, England, 1970
  • Wife, The Novelist, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1971
  • Mother Vauzou, Mistress of Novices, Piccadilly Theatre, 1973
  • Portia, The Merchant of Venice, Oxford Playhouse, 1973
  • Alice Dearth, Dear Brutus, Oxford Playhouse, 1973
  • Olwen Peel, Dangerous Corner, Arnaud Theatre, 1974
  • Roxane, Cyrano de Bergerac, Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, England, 1975
  • Katharine Stockmann, An Enemy of the People, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1975
  • Hesione Hushabye, Heartbreak House, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England, 1975
  • Irina Arkadina, The Seagull, Harrogate Theatre, England, 1975
  • Mrs. Crocker-Harris, The Browning Version, King's Head Theatre, London, 1976
  • Zabina, Tamburlaine, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1976
  • Gertrude, Hamlet, Prospect Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, London, then Edinburgh Festival, both 1977
  • Thetis, War Music, Prospect Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, thenEdinburgh Festival, both 1977
  • Cleopatra, All for Love, Prospect Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, then Edinburgh Festival, both 1977
  • Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Prospect Theatre Company, Old VicTheatre, then Edinburgh Festival, both 1977
  • Margaret Beaufort, The Dark Horse, Comedy Theatre, London, 1978
  • Title role, Filumena, Lyric Theatre, London, 1979
  • Miss Amelia, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Brighton Festival Theatre, Brighton, 1979
  • Nurse, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1979
  • Anna Andreyevna, The Government Inspector, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1979
  • Richard II, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1988
  • Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre,1989 , then Barbican Theatre, London, 1990
  • Wallenstein, Theatre at the Pit, London, 1993
  • A Collier's Friday Night, Hampstead Theatre, London, 1994
  • The Admirable Crichton, Chichester, 1997
  • Albina, Britannicus, Majestic Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music,Brooklyn, NY, 1999
  • Phedre, Theatre at Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1999
  • Richard II, Almeida Theatre Company, Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2000
  • Coriolanus, Harvey Theatre, 2000
  • Major Tours
  • Hero, Much Ado about Nothing, German cities, 1950
  • Desdemona, Othello, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Australian and New Zealand cities, 1953
  • Rosalind, As You Like It, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Australian and New Zealand cities, 1953
  • Lady Percy, Henry IV, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Australian and New Zealand cities, 1953
  • Jennett Jourdemayne, The Lady's Not for Burning, New Zealand Players Company, New Zealand cities, 1954
  • Ophelia, Hamlet, Old Vic Company, U.S. cities, 1958
  • Viola, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Company, U.S. cities, 1958
  • Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, British cities, 1960 , then Soviet and Polish cities, 1961
  • Title role, Saint Joan, British cities, 1960 , then Soviet and Polish cities, 1961
  • Gwendolen Fairfax, The Importance of Being Earnest, British cities, 1960 , then Soviet and Polish cities, 1961
  • Heroines of Shakespeare (solo show), Finnish and West German cities, 1961
  • Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, U.S. cities, 1962
  • Title role, Saint Joan, U.S. and European cities, 1962
  • Portia, The Merchant of Venice, South American cities, 1964
  • Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream, South American cities, 1964
  • The Labours of Love, Canadian, West African, Middle Eastern, and South American cities, 1969 , then Australian cities, 1972 , later Middle Eastern and Greek cities, 1977
  • Katherine, The Taming of the Shrew, Bristol Old Vic Company, SouthAmerican cities, 1971
  • Title role, Hedda Gabler, Bristol Old Vic Company, South Americancities, 1971
  • Clementine, A Man and His Wife, British cities, 1974
  • Gertrude, Hamlet, Prospect Theatre Productions, Middle Eastern andEngland cities, 1977
  • Thetis, War Music, Prospect Theatre Productions, Middle Eastern and England cities, 1977
  • Cleopatra, All for Love, Prospect Theatre Productions, Middle Eastern and England cities, 1977
  • Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Prospect Theatre Productions, Middle Eastern and England cities, 1977
  • Film Appearances
  • Voice of Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream (also known as Sen noci svatojanske), Columbia, 1959
  • Voice of Tatiana, From Russia with Love, 1963
  • Molly Bloom, Ulysses, Continental Distributing, 1967
  • "NAAFI" girl, The Bofors Gun, Universal, 1968
  • Dr. Ruth Faber, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
  • Hippolyta, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Eagle, 1969
  • Countess Herritzen, Lust for a Vampire (also known as Love fora Vampire and To Love a Vampire), American Continental, 1971
  • Magda Goebbels, Hitler: The Last Ten Days (also known as Gli ultimi 10 giorni di Hitler), Paramount, 1973
  • Ildebranda Cuffari, And the Ship Sails On (also known as E la nave va and Et vogue le navire), RAI/Vides, 1983
  • The Rewards of Virtue, Mithras, 1983
  • Rosa, Claudia, 1985
  • Frau Strauss, Reunion (also known as L'ami retrouve andDer wiedergefundene Freund), 1989
  • Auntie Mildred, When the Whales Came, 1989
  • Mrs. Herriton, Where Angels Fear to Tread, 1991
  • Academic woman, The Saint, Paramount, 1997
  • Baroness Kessler, The Ninth Gate (also known as La neuvieme porte and La novena puerta), Artisan Entertainment, 1999
  • Television Appearances
  • Episodic
  • Wendy Stuteland, "A Place of Refuge," Redcap, 1965
  • Mrs. Daisy Shannon, "Look to the Lady," Campion, PBS, 1989
  • Barbara Drinkwater, "Judgement Day," Midsomer Murders, 2000
  • Other Television Appearances
  • Ophelia, Hamlet, 1959
  • Miss Wyckam, Nelly's Version, Channel Four Television, 1983
  • Walter's mother, Loving Walter (also known as Walter and June), Channel Four Television, 1983
  • Lady Mary, Porterhouse Blue (miniseries), 1987
  • Lydia Elliott, The House of Elliott (series), PBS, 1992
  • Harold's sister, Hand in Glove (movie), Arts and Entertainment, 1994
  • Marquise, Madame Bovary, PBS, 2000
  • Also appeared in Edna, The Inebriated Woman, Skin Game, and The Visitors.