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<div>{{Short description|English actress (1920–1973)}}<br />
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'''Jean St Clair''' (23 September 1920 – 29 June 1973) was an English actress. She was born in [[Dublin, Ireland]] as Jean Margaret Alice St Clair. Her father was a Lieutenant in the 21st Lancers, stationed in Kildare, Co Kildare. She made several film appearances which included ''[[The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery]]'' in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1ae57d9|title=Jean St. Clair|website=BFI}}</ref><br />
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From 1952 to 1969 she was married to the art dealer [[Jack Baer (art dealer)|Jack Baer]]. They had one daughter.<ref>Sir Jack Baer obituary Daily Telegraph 8 May 2016 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/08/sir-jack-baer-art-dealer--obituary/</ref><br />
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She was imprisoned in HMP Holloway in the early 1970s for arson, after she set fire to her husband's art gallery. She died in [[Kensington, London]] in 1973 aged 52.<br />
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==Selected filmography==<br />
* ''[[The Gentle Gunman]]'' (1952) - Rosie O'Flaherty (uncredited)<br />
* ''[[The Oracle (film)|The Oracle]]'' (1953) - Young Girl<br />
* ''[[Meet Mr. Malcolm]]'' (1954) - Mrs O’Connor<br />
* ''[[Impulse (1954 film)|Impulse]]'' (1954)<br />
* ''[[Eight O'Clock Walk]]'' (1954) - Mrs. Gurney<br />
* ''[[Aunt Clara (film)|Aunt Clara]]'' (1954) - Alice Cole (uncredited)<br />
* ''[[John and Julie]]'' (1955) - Miss Forbes<br />
* ''[[Doctor at Large (film)|Doctor at Large]]'' (1957) - O'Malley's Char (uncredited)<br />
* ''[[Hell Drivers (film)|Hell Drivers]]'' (1957) - Spinster<br />
* ''[[The Young and the Guilty]]'' (1958) - Mrs. Humbolt, Marshall's Neighbor <br />
* ''[[Dentist in the Chair]]'' (1960) - Lucy<br />
* ''[[The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery]]'' (1966) - Drunken Dolly<br />
*''[[Les Grandes Vacances (film)|Les Grandes vacances]]'' (1967) - Mrs Mac Farrell<br />
* ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967) - Mrs. Smith<br />
* ''[[Fumo di Londra]]'' (1971) - The Gentleman (final film role)<br />
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===Television===<br />
* ''[[Dad's Army]]'' series 3 episode 1 (11/09/1969) - Miss Meadows<br />
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==External links==<br />
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