Jenny Agutter
Date of birth: 1952-12-20
Place of birth: Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jennifer Agutter, Τζένι Αγκουτέρ, جنی اگاتر
Biography
Jennifer Ann "Jenny" Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is an English film and television actress. She began her career as a child actress in the mid 1960s, starring in the BBC television series The Railway Children and the film adaptation of the same book, before moving on to adult roles and relocating to Hollywood. She played Alex Price in An American Werewolf in London, Jessica 6 in Logan's Run, Joanne Simpson in Child's Play 2 and Jill Mason in Equus. Since the 1990s, she has worked in sound recording, and she is a patron of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. After a break from acting she has appeared in several television series since 2000, including the British series Spooks and Call the Midwife.
Movie Credits
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994-01-01
Kryten presents a collection of bloopers from series 4 to 6 of Red Dwarf.
An American Werewolf in London
1981-08-21
American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the
Irina Palm
2007-02-13
Maggie, a quiet retiring grandmother, finds herself helpless as her grandson’s health deteriorates.
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977-07-17
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with t
Logan's Run
1976-06-23
In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no
Child's Play 2
1990-11-09
Chucky is reconstructed by a toy factory to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the doll, and
The Eagle Has Landed
1976-12-24
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a cou
China 9, Liberty 37
1978-08-04
Gunslinger Clayton Drumm is about to be hanged when he is given a chance to live if he agrees to mur
The Riddle of the Sands
1979-10-02
In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale)
The Railway Children
2000-09-11
At the dawn of the 20th century, following their father's arrest on suspicion of betraying state sec
The Avengers
2012-04-25
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of th
Walkabout
1971-07-01
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son int
Glorious 39
2009-11-20
A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to
The Railway Children
1970-12-21
At the dawn of the 20th century, following their father's arrest on suspicion of betraying state sec
Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
2009-09-14
Host Paul Davis takes a trip through some of the iconic backdrops of John Landis' 1981 werewolf clas
Blue Juice
1995-09-15
JC is the hero of the Cornish surfing community. Staring thirty hard in the face, he fears that the
Shelley
1972-07-05
TV Movie directed by Alan Bridges
Max's Christmas
1988-12-25
Irrepressible Max wants to stay up late on Christmas so he can see Santa Claus.
Golden Brown
2011-01-01
Golden Brown is set in England, in Stunning 1960's Cornwall and 1970's Essex. David, a young boy of
The Survivor
1981-07-09
When a 747 crashes shortly after take-off, the sole survivor is the pilot. Virtually unhurt, he and
Silas Marner
1985-12-30
Adaption of George Eliot's novel. When a respectable weaver is wrongfully accused of theft, he becom
Outside Bet
2012-04-27
A group of print workers in 1980s London club together to buy a race horse.
Dark Tower
1987-10-29
An architect, a security chief, a parapsychologist and an exorcist face evil in a Barcelona skyscrap
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992-08-14
Frederick is a young medieval French prince with magical powers, turned into a frog by his evil sorc
The Cherry Orchard
1971-12-19
Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the
King of the Wind
1990-05-25
In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil a
Dominique
1980-03-06
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
1990-03-25
Four victims of a stock swindle meet and plot to get their money back from the crooked financier res
Gates to Paradise
1968-05-31
In 1212, a Children's Crusade is launched after a young shepherd, Jacques de Cloyes, claims to have
At Dawning
2002-01-01
At Dawning stars Jenny Agutter as a woman escaping from a one night stand, who encounters a suicidal
Kiss Me and Die
1974-02-09
When his brother vanishes without a trace, American Robert Stone goes to his last known location: a
Othello
1981-01-01
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Amy
1981-03-20
A woman leaves her husband after the death of her child to teach deaf children how to speak. Her own
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014-03-20
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is liv
The Snow Goose
1971-11-15
Based upon Paul Gallico's delicate novel, Patrick Garland's Golden Globe winning The Snow Goose is a
The Wild Duck
1971-03-21
A devestating, yet bracing look at a family whose proximity to each other belies the decay of their
East of Sudan
1964-08-16
A British soldier escapes from 1880s Khartoum and goes down the Nile river with a fellow soldier, a
I Start Counting
1970-10-27
An English schoolgirl suspects the foster brother she worships is a serial killer.
Queen of the Desert
2015-09-03
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and
Sweet William
1980-04-11
William is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly overwhelm the sweet and naïve Ann,
Act of God
2009-01-01
When a heart surgeon chooses to save one female patient's life over another, her boyfriend looks for
Equus
1977-10-16
A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in
A War of Children
1972-12-05
A Protestant and a Catholic family's friendship is threatened by the sectarian violence in Belfast.
Star!
1968-07-18
Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981-03-04
The film is a series of interviews with various well-known film actresses, including Jenny Agutter,
This Office Life
1984-12-30
On arrival at British Albion, Mr Gryce felt that his lack of ambition would be completely fulfilled.
Love's Labour's Lost
1985-01-05
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to ha
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
2015-06-28
The first major profile of the great British film director Nicolas Roeg, examining his very personal
School Play
1979-01-01
Life in an English public school - with all the parts played by adults.
The Mapmaker
2012-09-21
A short UK drama following an ageing couple who return to the seaside where they were happy 50 years
The Parole Officer
2001-08-10
A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he m
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
1979-11-21
In 1620, the Assembly of the Pilgrims decides to emigrate to the young America because of the persec
The Magic Door
2007-03-04
A magic Troll aims to defeat the Black Witch and find the magic door that will lead him home with th
Number One, Longing. Number Two, Regret
2004-12-31
When John Spears (Paul Conway) is arrested on suspicion of murdering his neighbour, detectives Kenos
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987-06-19
The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off chari
Secret Places
1984-05-11
Young girls, soon to be women, sharing everything...except their secret places.
Darkman
1990-08-24
Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his lab
Tin
2015-04-17
Cornwall 1895: a blatant swindle by the local bank threatens the life of a remote mining village. Th
Heroes and Villains
2006-11-17
Comedy following the exploits of four 20-something London flatmates who devise a wild money making s
Sometimes Always Never
2019-03-14
Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly f
Interview with Jenny Agutter
2008-09-02
Interview with actress Jenny Agutter concerning her performance in Nicolas Roeg's 1971 film WALKABOU
Burke & Hare
2010-10-29
Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable busin
A Look Into the 23rd Century
1976-01-01
The movie Logan's Run (1976) depicts a supposedly Utopian society in the 23rd century, but one where
Miss Right
1982-01-01
After falling for Juliette, the woman of his dreams, a womanizing journalist in Rome must dump his n
Ballerina
1966-04-27
Story of a young ballet student in Denmark who succeeds despite her mother’s objections.
Working with a Master: John Landis
2006-06-27
Short documentary about John Landis and his horror works.
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005-10-29
A documentary looking at the various conventions and scare techniques of the horror genre.
Rosamunde Pilcher: September
1996-04-07
Verena Steynton is holding a party for her daughter. All the aristocratic families of Strathcroy in
The Railway Children Return
2022-07-15
Follow a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, whe
Late Flowering Love
1981-06-21
Light dramatisation of four poems by poet laureete Sir John Betjeman, set on location in the south o
Pagan's Progress
1997-11-30
Paganism is claimed by some to be the fastest growing religion in Great Britain. Everyman visits a n
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970-07-02
British television film about the life of Charles Dickens directed by Ned Sherrin and starring Antho