Jean St Clair Explained

Jean St Clair should not be confused with Jean St. Clair (deaf actress).

Jean St Clair
Birth Name:Jean Margaret Alice St Clair
Birth Date:23 September 1920
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Kensington, London, England
Occupation:Actress
Children:1

Jean Margaret Alice St Clair (23 September 1920 – 29 June 1973) was an English actress.

Biography

She was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her father Lockhart Frederick Charles St. Clair was a Lieutenant in the 21st Lancers, stationed in Kildare.

She made several film appearances, including The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery in 1966.[1]

She married, firstly, Cecil Geoffrey Monson, son of Frederick John Monson, on 5 June 1941.1 She and Cecil Geoffrey Monson were divorced in 1950.

From 1952 to 1969 she was married to the art dealer Jack Baer. They had one daughter.[2] She was imprisoned in HMP Holloway in the early 1970s for arson, after she set fire to Baer's art gallery.

She died in Kensington, London in 1973 aged 52.

Selected filmography

Television

References

  1. Web site: Jean St. Clair. https://web.archive.org/web/20201118123830/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1ae57d9. dead. 18 November 2020. BFI.
  2. News: 2016-05-08 . Sir Jack Baer, art dealer – obituary . en-GB . The Telegraph . 2023-06-26 . 0307-1235.