John Saxon
American actor (1936-2020)
Jennifer Ann Agutter, an acclaimed English actress, began her career as a child star in the 1960s. She has appeared in numerous critically acclaimed films and TV shows, including the classic ‘The Railway Children’ and the modern superhero hit ‘The Avengers’. Agutter has been recognized for her acting talent, winning awards such as an Emmy and a BAFTA.
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About the Jenny Agutter
Jennifer Ann Agutter is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress in 1964, appearing in East of Sudan, Star!, and two adaptations of The Railway Children; the BBC’s 1968 television serial and the 1970 film version. In 1971 she also starred in the critically acclaimed film Walkabout and the TV film The Snow Goose, for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama.
She relocated to the United States in 1974 to pursue a Hollywood career and subsequently appeared in Logan’s Runand Captain America: The Winter Soldierin the 2012 Birthday Honours.
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Jenny Agutter was born on 20 December 1952.
Jenny Agutter’s first major acting role was as a child actress, appearing in films like ‘East of Sudan’, ‘Star!’, and the BBC’s 1968 adaptation of ‘The Railway Children’.
Jenny Agutter won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama for her performance in the TV film ‘The Snow Goose’.
During the 1970s, Jenny Agutter appeared in several high-profile British films, including ‘The Eagle Has Landed’, ‘Equus’ (for which she won a BAFTA Award), and ‘The Riddle of the Sands’.
After returning to Britain in the early 1990s, Jenny Agutter shifted her focus to television, appearing in the 2000 version of ‘The Railway Children’ and having an ongoing role in the BBC’s ‘Call the Midwife’ since 2012.
In recent years, Jenny Agutter has appeared in films such as ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’, and in 2022, she reprised her role from the 1970 ‘The Railway Children’ film in a sequel called ‘The Railway Children Return’.
Jenny Agutter supports several charitable causes, particularly ones related to cystic fibrosis, a condition from which her niece suffers. For her service to these causes, she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.
12 Quotes by Jenny Agutter
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To make films is as boring as watching paint dry – you usually have to do little tiny bits here and there. You go off waiting for lighting, you come back – the energy dies. You hope you can find someone who can keep it going.
Jenny AgutterBritish film and television actress
- 2.
But John Landis wrote a good relationship which is really what the film’s about. A very straightforward young woman who’s very sure of herself and she meets a young man who needs some taking care of.
Jenny AgutterBritish film and television actress
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Clearly any film company that makes a film is always going to talk about sequels particularly if they see something as being successful, which Werewolf was.
Jenny AgutterBritish film and television actress
- 4.
I was really glad to meet Jane Clark because it did give me an insight. I couldn’t imagine what kind of woman she was. I was hugely impressed by her energy, straightforward nature and enthusiasm for life.
Jenny AgutterBritish film and television actress
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I’ve done both theatre and film and the fact is if you start believing, if you start reading things and they’re good reviews – you believe that and you’re lost, and then you read bad reviews and you think that’s true and you read that and you’re lost.
Jenny AgutterBritish film and television actress
- 6.
The things that I’ve done that have totally been remembered, they’ve always started with the same kind of engine, they’ve always started with someone saying ‘I have to make this film – I’m going to make this film whatever the odds’.
Jenny AgutterBritish film and television actress
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I hope I presented what I felt the woman seemed to be about, but I couldn’t give any reason as to why she remained in the relationship other than that their relationship was very special.
Jenny AgutterBritish film and television actress
- 8.
I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it’s lovely to remember being so young but it’s also good to know you grew up!
Jenny AgutterBritish film and television actress
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I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.
Jenny AgutterBritish film and television actress
- 10.
So I’m not really quite sure what Landis’ plans were to make another one. The American Werewolf in Paris was a completely separate story.
Jenny AgutterBritish film and television actress
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It’s such a strange combination that I’d be unhappy to make anything like that without Landis directing.
Jenny AgutterBritish film and television actress
- 12.
Fortunately, both television adaptations and the film I’ve been involved with are pieces of work that I’m proud of, so I’m very happy for people to focus on them.
Jenny AgutterBritish film and television actress