The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
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Topsy Jane (2 December 1938 – 4 January 2014) was a British actress of the 1960s. She was in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) and was cast as Liz (the role eventually played by Julie Christie ) in the 1963 film Billy Liar but was forced to pull out owing to mental health issues.
Topsy Jane was born on 2 December 1938 in Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Mix Me a Person (1962) and A Chance of Thunder (1961). She was married to Tony Garnett.
- December 2, 1938
- January 4, 2014
Topsy Jane was born on 2 December 1938 in Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Mix Me a Person (1962) and A Chance of Thunder (1961). She was married to Tony Garnett.
- Actress
- December 2, 1938
- Topsy Jane
- January 4, 2014
In 1963, Garnett married Topsy Jane Legge, whom he met while performing in amateur theatre. They had a son, Will, and later divorced. In 1978, he married Alexandra Ouroussoff, with whom he had another son, Michael; the couple divorced in 1988.
Aug 15, 2016 · Tragedy stuck again when a passionate affair with Topsy Jane, a beautiful actress, ended in her terrifyingly swift descent into a schizophrenically induced torpor, from which she never emerged. Twice-bottled grief and anger drove the intense years of Garnett’s adult life, the decades of non-stop working, drinking and socialising.
- Melissa Benn
Topsy Jane (2 December 1938 – 4 January 2014) was a British actress of the 1960s. She was in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) and was cast as Liz (the role eventually played by Julie Christie) in the 1963 film Billy Liar but was forced to pull out owing to mental health issues.
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Topsy Jane was an actress, best known for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), The Wind of Change (1961) and Mix Me a Person (1962). She was married to Tony Garnett.
