Jill Ireland

Jill Ireland was an English actress who played Leila Kalomi in the first season episode . She filmed her scenes between Wednesday and Friday at Desilu Stage 9, Stage 10 and on location at Bronson Canyon.
She was married to from May 11, 1957 to 1967, with whom she had three sons, including their adopted son Jason McCallum Bronson, who died of a drug overdose in 1989. From October 5, 1968 until her death, she was married to actor . (Coincidentally, both Bronson and McCallum appeared in the movie .) In 1976, Ireland and Bronson presented the Academy Award for Best Actress, which was given to Louise Fletcher.
Among her early film credits is (1955, with K.L. Smith). Through the 1970s, she appeared in many movies starring her husband Charles Bronson including The Mechanic (1972, with Steve Vinovich, Celeste Yarnall, and Alan Gibbs), (1975, with Roy Jenson), Breakheart Pass (1975, with Ed Lauter and Roy Jenson), and (1982, with Paul Lambert).
Her television credits include an appearance in My Favorite Martian (starring Ray Walston), a 1968 episode of with Richard Derr and Sabrina Scharf, and "The Ghost of Sorworth Place", a 1972 episode of , with Richard Kiley and helmed by "This Side of Paradise" director Ralph Senensky. She also appeared in two episodes of , both featuring Seymour Cassel and one of them also featuring William Sargent. She also guest starred in an episode of entitled "The Price of Doom", which was directed by James Goldstone, written by Harlan Ellison and featured Steve Ihnat and David Opatoshu.
Ireland died of breast cancer at the age of 54 in California. She "spent the last part of her life conducting a courageous campaign to increase national awareness of the importance of early detection of that terrible disease." () She wrote two autobiographical books, Life Wish (1987, about her experiences after being diagnosed with breast cancer) and Life Lines (1989, about her adoptive son's drug addiction). 
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