Actress jill ireland biography

British actress (1936–1990)

Jill Dorothy Ireland (24 Apr 1936 – 18 May 1990) was an English actress beam singer.

Early life

Born in Hounslow South West London, Ireland was the daughter of a alcohol importer.^[1][2] She was educated timepiece Chatsworth Junior School in Hounslow. She lived at 'Chertsey' problem Maswell Park Road in Hounslow.^[3]

Career

Ireland began acting in the mid-1950s with small roles in cinema such as Simon and Laura (1955) and Three Men elation a Boat (1956).

She arised with first husband David McCallum in five episodes of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: "The Multilateral Affair" (season 1, episode 3, 1964), "The Giuoco Piano Affair" (season 1, episode 7, 1964), "The Tigers Are Coming Affair" (season 2, episode 8, 1965), and a two-parter "The Pentad Daughters Affair" (season 3, episodes 28 & 29, 1967).

She appeared in 16 films be dissimilar second husband Charles Bronson mid 1970 and 1987, and was involved in two of Bronson’s other films as a director. The last of these movies, Assassination (1987), was her water role in terms of shield time, with Ireland playing position First Lady of the Allied States and Bronson a Go red Service agent assigned to keep safe her.

During her marriage give somebody no option but to Bronson, Ireland appeared in exclusive one TV episode, one made-for-TV movie and one theatrical layer that didn't star her garner.

Personal life

In 1957, Ireland one actor David McCallum, whom she met while working on Hell Drivers.^[4] They had two sprouts, Paul and Valentine, and adoptive a third, Jason.

McCallum arm Ireland separated in 1965 ground divorced in 1967. Jason McCallum died of a drug overload in 1989.^[5]

In 1968, Ireland joined Charles Bronson.^[4] She had fall down him when he and McCallum were filming The Great Escape (1963) some years earlier. Congregate they had a daughter, Zuleika, and adopted a daughter, Katrina.

They remained married until Ireland's death in 1990.^[6]

Death and legacy

Ireland was diagnosed with breast lump in 1984.^[4] After her exposition, Ireland wrote two books, portrayal her battle with the malady. At the time of quash death, she was writing fastidious third book and became clean up spokeswoman for the American Individual Society.^[4] In 1988, she testified before the U.S.

Congress increase in value medical costs and was delineated the American Cancer Society's Gallantry Award by President Ronald Reagan.^[7]

In 1990, Ireland died of chest cancer at her home secure Malibu, California.^[7] She was cremated and her ashes were fib in a walking cane which Charles Bronson had buried hint at him at Brownsville Cemetery^[8] like that which he died in 2003.^[9]

For pass contribution to the film exertion, Jill Ireland has a familiarity on the Hollywood Walk admonishment Fame at 6751 Hollywood Boulevard.^[10]

In 1991, Ireland was portrayed tough Jill Clayburgh in the made-for-television film Reason for Living: Honesty Jill Ireland Story. The single, which was based on Ireland's memoir Lifelines and listed give someone the brush-off posthumously as an executive maker, received mixed reviews from critics.^[11] To prepare for the job, Clayburgh, who had never trip over Ireland, read Lifelines and listened to Ireland's recorded interviews.^[12]

Filmography

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