Jenny Twigge (born 19 January 1950) is a British actress who studied
at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow. She was a
patron of animal rescue group All Dogs Matter.Twigge played Rosetta in
a 1973 BBC2 adaptation of Two Women and appeared in Roy Clarke's That
Sinking Feeling (Armchair Theatre, 1973). She made numerous one-off
appearances in 1970s TV series including Love Story (1972, directed by
Moira Armstrong), Kate (1972), Softly, Softly: Taskforce (1972), Crown
Court (two separate characters in 1973), New Scotland Yard (1974),
Dixon of Dock Green episode Question In The House (1974), Z-Cars
(1976), and Lurena in Blake's 7 (1979). Then in 1980 she was in four
episodes of The Onedin Line and one episode of The Professionals. More
recently, she played Rachel Ashbourne in episode 78 of The Bill
(series 13), first aired in 1997. Longer term, Twigge appeared
regularly in General Hospital (Dr. Cathy Waddon from 1974â€"75),
Hadleigh (Joanna Roberts throughout 1976), Rooms (Carol West
throughout 1977, starring alongside Ian Redford and Anne Dyson), ITV
comedy series Thicker than Water (1981), Grange Hill (Mrs. McGuire
from 1982â€"87), and Byker Grove (playing Clare Warner from
1989â€"90).Her film appearances included Robert Young's Hammer film
Vampire Circus (1972) (as a schoolgirl), Judith in Bob Kellett's Our
Miss Fred (1972), Millie in Gerry O'Hara's The Brute (1977), and as an
air hostess in Alberto De Martino's Holocaust 2000 (1977).In 1979,
Twigge played alongside Alfred Marks, Polly James, Hugh Paddick and
Fenella Fielding in Aladdin. In the same year she played Anne in A
Dance to the Music of Time on BBC Radio 4 and was in Elizabeth Gowan's
Partnership Limited in Radio 4's Thirty-minute Theatre strand. In
1980, she starred with Trevor Cooper in Paul Bryers' The File On Leo
Kaplan, originally broadcast in the Saturday Night Theatre strand on
12 January 1980.
at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow. She was a
patron of animal rescue group All Dogs Matter.Twigge played Rosetta in
a 1973 BBC2 adaptation of Two Women and appeared in Roy Clarke's That
Sinking Feeling (Armchair Theatre, 1973). She made numerous one-off
appearances in 1970s TV series including Love Story (1972, directed by
Moira Armstrong), Kate (1972), Softly, Softly: Taskforce (1972), Crown
Court (two separate characters in 1973), New Scotland Yard (1974),
Dixon of Dock Green episode Question In The House (1974), Z-Cars
(1976), and Lurena in Blake's 7 (1979). Then in 1980 she was in four
episodes of The Onedin Line and one episode of The Professionals. More
recently, she played Rachel Ashbourne in episode 78 of The Bill
(series 13), first aired in 1997. Longer term, Twigge appeared
regularly in General Hospital (Dr. Cathy Waddon from 1974â€"75),
Hadleigh (Joanna Roberts throughout 1976), Rooms (Carol West
throughout 1977, starring alongside Ian Redford and Anne Dyson), ITV
comedy series Thicker than Water (1981), Grange Hill (Mrs. McGuire
from 1982â€"87), and Byker Grove (playing Clare Warner from
1989â€"90).Her film appearances included Robert Young's Hammer film
Vampire Circus (1972) (as a schoolgirl), Judith in Bob Kellett's Our
Miss Fred (1972), Millie in Gerry O'Hara's The Brute (1977), and as an
air hostess in Alberto De Martino's Holocaust 2000 (1977).In 1979,
Twigge played alongside Alfred Marks, Polly James, Hugh Paddick and
Fenella Fielding in Aladdin. In the same year she played Anne in A
Dance to the Music of Time on BBC Radio 4 and was in Elizabeth Gowan's
Partnership Limited in Radio 4's Thirty-minute Theatre strand. In
1980, she starred with Trevor Cooper in Paul Bryers' The File On Leo
Kaplan, originally broadcast in the Saturday Night Theatre strand on
12 January 1980.
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