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| birth_date = 23 November 1931
| birth_place = [[London]], England
| death_date = 21 February 2018
| death_place = Lister Hospital, Chelsea, London, England (aged 86)
| nationality = English
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| occupation = Actress
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[John Standing]]|1961|1972|end=divorced}}
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'''Jill Melford''' (23 November 1931 – 21 February 2018) was an English actress.

== Early career ==

Born in 1931, she was the daughter of the actor [[Jack Melford]].<ref name="EBF">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Jill+Melford%22+actress&pg=RA5-PA1846|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|last=McFarlane|first=Brian|date=2016-05-16|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111968|language=en}}</ref> She attended the Ballet Arts School in New York and made her theatre debut in 1949 as a dancer in a production of ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' in New York, before appearing in other Broadway performances.<ref name="EBF"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jill Melford Theatre Credits |work=broadway world.com |accessdate=30 July 2014 |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jill-Melford/}}</ref>
In 1953, she performed in '[[The Seven Year Itch (play)|The Seven Year Itch]]' on the London stage, she played Miss Nardis in the 1954 British crime drama film ''[[Murder by Proxy]]''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_p1DwAAQBAJ&dq=Jill%2520Melford%252C%2520Actress&pg=PA554 |title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company |last=Maxford |first=Howard |date=2018-10-25 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476670072 |language=en |access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref> and later appeared in other stage plays. These include ''[[Auntie Mame]]'', ''Ulysses in Night-time'', ''The Life of the Party'', ''[[The Right Honourable Gentleman]]'', ''[[There's a Girl in My Soup (play)|There's a Girl in My Soup]]'', ''[[Not Now, Darling]]'', ''Best of Friends'' and ''The Chairman''. She has been described as "a tall, attractive redhead".<ref name="EBF"/>

== Television and movies ==

Melford made her first UK television appearance in 1952 in ''[[The Three Hostages]]'' and her first movie, ''[[Will Any Gentleman...?]]'' in 1953 not long afterwards. In 1963, she starred with [[Norman Wisdom]] in the film comedy ''[[A Stitch in Time (film)|A Stitch in Time]]''. Although she did not appear in the long running comedy series ''[[Father, Dear Father]]'' on UK [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]], Melford played the role of Georgie Thompson in the 1973 [[Father, Dear Father (film)|movie version]] and later had a recurring role as executive Toni Ross in the long running ITV soap ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]''. She made several appearances in ''[[Danger Man]]'' (known as ''Secret Agent'' in the USA), and ''[[Taggart (series)|Taggart]]'' in 1993. Her other film credits included roles in ''[[The Servant (1963 film)|The Servant]]'' (1963), ''[[Hot Enough for June]]'' (1964), ''[[Bunny Lake is Missing]]'' (1965), ''[[The Vengeance of She]]'' (1968), ''[[I Want What I Want (film)|I Want What I Want]]'' (1972), ''[[The Greek Tycoon]]'' (1978), ''[[The Bitch (film)|The Bitch]]'' (1979), ''[[Hussy]]'' (1980) and ''[[Edge of Sanity (film)|Edge of Sanity]]'' (1989). She made her last film appearance in ''Shoreditch'' in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jill Melford |work=Hammer Films |url=http://www.hammerfilms.com/productions/talent/artistid/986/filmid/257/jill-melford |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105222619/http://www.hammerfilms.com/productions/talent/artistid/986/filmid/257/jill-melford |archivedate=5 January 2011}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She was married to actor [[John Standing]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/diamonds-and-pearls-1-1377773 |title=Diamonds and pearls |website=scotsman.com |language=en |access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref> in 1961, they had a son called Alexander in 1965 and divorced in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p18344.htm |title=Person Page |website=thepeerage.com |access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0577657}}
*{{IBDB name|94482}}

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[[Category:English stage actresses]]
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