Jane Wood
Acting
Biography
Jane Wood is (born 25 February 1943) is an English actress. She is married to fellow actor Dave Hill.
Born: February 25, 1943
Place of Birth: Warwick, Warwickshire, England, UK
Known For
The Witches and the Grinnygog
When a family come into possession of a statue called The Grinnygog, a trio of benevolent witches are summoned to the village where they live.
Peaky Blinders
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
The Witches and the Grinnygog
An ancient church is being dismantled and moved to a new location, stone by stone. One of the gargoyles from the stones falls into the possession of a mother who takes the stone man back to her family. Soon after, four strangers show up in the village and the Sogood & Firkettle children seem to be the only ones who question the mysterious things that begin to happen. This film was originally broadcast across six 25 minute episodes with a total runtime of 150 minutes. A few years later, the US cable network Nickelodeon edited the miniseries into a 2 hour (including commercials) movie block. This 2 hour edited version was shown throughout the 1980s on US television.
Foyle's War
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.
The Darling Buds of May
An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking his way out of them with equal equanimity; and his daughters, as they deal with growing up and discovering the joys and sorrows of young love.
The Take
Freddie Jackson is released from prison in 1984 having served a four-year sentence for armed robbery. His wife Jackie, who has been waiting for him on the outside in the mistaken belief that that he wants to go straight, soon finds herself disappointed: Freddie is in fact raring to get back into the game and has set his sights on becoming top dog in the East End underworld.
A Touch of Frost
Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
Midsomer Murders
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Sitting in Limbo
Anthony Bryan and his personal struggle to be accepted as a British Citizen during the Windrush immigration scandal.
War of the Worlds
When astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. The world’s population waits for further contact with bated breath. They do not have to wait long. Within days, mankind is all but wiped out by a devastating attack; pockets of humanity are left in an eerily deserted world. As aliens hunt and kill those left alive, the survivors ask a burning question – who are these attackers and why are they hell-bent on our destruction?
Filmography
as Ida Tremlow
as Nan
as Sybil
as Ruth
as Violet Kray
as Medium
as Maddie
as Prisoner
as Mrs. Hardcastle
as Mary Davies
as Kath Shaw
as Mo
as Heather
as Cathy Gurdie
as Nurse Rooke
as Dr. Roberts
as Margaret Lebouski
as Beth Siddons
as Mrs. Watkins
as Lill
as Hill Farmer's Wife
as Mrs. Sam
as Vie
as Gillian Southern
as Elspeth McCauley
as Julie Garrett
as Headteacher
as Witness at Trial
as Mary Becker
as Mrs. Firkettle
as Mrs. Firkettle
as Mrs. Chancer
as Mrs. Chancer
as Wife
as Tony's Wife