Jill Melford
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. 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. In 1953 she performed in 'The Seven Year Itch' on the London stage, she played Miss Nardis in the 1954 British crime drama film "Murder by Proxy" 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", "Not Now, Darling", "Best of Friends" and "The Chairman". She has been described as "a tall, attractive redhead". 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". Although she did not appear in the long running comedy series "Father, Dear Father" on UK ITV, Melford played the  role of Georgie Thompson in the 1973 movie version and later had a recurring role as executive Toni Ross in the long running ITV soap "Crossroads". She made several appearances in "Danger Man" (known as "Secret Agent" in the USA), and "Taggart" in 1993, she made her last film appearance in "Shoreditch" in 2003. Personal life. She was married to actor John Standing in 1961, they had a son called Alexander in 1965 and divorced in 1972.