Jane Griffiths

Jane Griffiths

Birth : 1929-10-16, Peacehaven, Sussex

Death : 1975-06-11

History

Jane Griffiths was an English actress, best known for The Million Pound Note and The Impersonator. She died in 1975, aged only 45, having retired from acting 9 years previously.

Profile

Jane Griffiths

Movies

The Double
Jane Winston
A man who has been left for dead by the impostor who takes his place returns to bring him to justice.
Dead Man's Evidence
Linda Howard
When a British secret agent's body washes up on the coast of Ireland, evidence implies that he was a traitor providing information to the Russians.
The Durant Affair
Mary Grant
An unmarried woman, born illegitimate, is convinced to contest her late mother's will.
The Impersonator
Ann Loring
When a USAF sergeant stationed on a base in England is suspected and then accused of murdering a woman, both he and a local school teacher must race to clear his name and find the real killer.
The Third Alibi
Peggy Hill
A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.
Tread Softly Stranger
Sylvia
Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.
Three Sundays to Live
Judy
Band leader Frank Martin is convicted and sentenced to death for murdering the owner of a club in which he had performed. Frank's innocent of the crime, and singer Ruth Chapman can provide him with an alibi. But Ruth is missing, and records show she died years before. As Frank awaits execution, he enlists the help of his heiress girlfriend and his lawyer to clear his name.
The Traitor
Vicki Toller
One time members of a resistance group come together every year to remember their dead leader, betrayed to and executed by the Nazis. When it seems that they might finally know the name of the traitor - and that he or she comes from within their own unit - their annual gathering becomes a deadly trial...
The Million Pound Note
Portia Lansdowne
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.
The Gambler and the Lady
Lady Jane Greer
A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then dump his nightclub singer girl friend. She's not so easy to get rid of, neither is his past.
Double Confession
First Girl
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.