Jane Carr
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Ellen Jane Carr is an English actress. She is well known for the voice role of "Pud'n" on the animated The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (US, 2001–2007). She also played a character called "Pudding" in one of her earliest TV appearances, the Jilly Cooper
-penned BBC
sitcom It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, Darling
(UK, 1971). On that programme she met Joanna Lumley
and they were flatmates in Holland Park
for many years.
, Essex
, UK, the daughter of Gwendoline Rose (née
Clark), a post office employee, and Patrick Carr, a steel erector. At an early age she was encouraged to take up acting by a teacher who recognised her talent, Dorothy Hickman (née Bye).
Her earliest recorded film role was as "Mary McGregor" in the 1969 UK film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
. In this role, like her fellow young actors, she had to portray the character at ages ranging from 11 to 18. In 1970, she co-starred with Angela Lansbury
and Michael York
in Something for Everyone
. In 1980 she appeared as "Rita" in "National Pelmet", series two opening episode of critically acclaimed drama Minder (TV series)
(UK, 1979–1994). In 1985, she voiced the dual role of "Computer" and its "Inner Voice" in the Doctor Who
radio series Slipback
(UK, 1985).
In 1987 She relocated to the United States
while touring with the RSC's
production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
. There she married actor Mark Arnott
in Los Angeles
; they have a son, Dashiel. She had a featured part as "Louise" in the US version of TV series Dear John
(1988–1992).
In 1994 she played the quotable "Timov" (vomit spelled backwards), daughter of "Al-ghul" (Arabic
: الغول, the ghoul) in the episode "Soul Mates
" on US TV series Babylon 5
. She continues to play occasional roles on screen, including the role of "Fran Metzgar" in Curb Your Enthusiasm
(US, 2000), besides her voice work. In 2006 she served as both body double and voice actress of "Tabitha Lenox
" on the US daytime drama Passions
when actress Juliet Mills was on a brief vacation. She also provides the voice of "Mama Cosma" in the animated series The Fairly OddParents
(US and Canada, 1998).
Carr appeared on an episode of US TV series Friends, namely The One with Ross's Wedding. Carr also played "Nora", a friend of matriarch "Emily", on three episodes of Gilmore Girls
(US, 2000–2007). From 2006–2009 she played "Mrs. Brill" in Mary Poppins
on Broadway
. Currently, in 2009, she voices the character of Grandma Winifred Fletcher in the American Disney animated television series Phineas and Ferb
.
Jilly Cooper
Jilly Cooper OBE is an English author. She started her career as a journalist and wrote numerous works of non-fiction before writing several romance novels, the first of which appeared in 1975. She is most famous for writing the Rutshire Chronicles.-Early life:Jilly Sallitt was born in Hornchurch,...
-penned BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
sitcom It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, Darling
It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, Darling
It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, Darling was a BBC television situation comedy which ran in 1971 for a single series of seven episodes.It was written by Jilly Cooper, and was about four posh young women sharing a flat in London. The cast included Jane Carr and Joanna Lumley, who went on to become...
(UK, 1971). On that programme she met Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS is a British actress, voice-over artist, former-model and author, best known for her roles in British television series Absolutely Fabulous portraying Edina Monsoon's best friend, Patsy Stone, as well as parts in The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel, and Sensitive...
and they were flatmates in Holland Park
Holland Park
Holland Park is a district and a public park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in west central London, England.Holland Park has a reputation as an affluent and fashionable area, known for attractive large Victorian townhouses, and high-class shopping and restaurants...
for many years.
Life and work
Jane Carr was born in LoughtonLoughton
Loughton is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It is located between 11 and 13 miles north east of Charing Cross in London, south of the M25 and west of the M11 motorway and has boundaries with Chingford, Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois, Chigwell and Buckhurst Hill...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, UK, the daughter of Gwendoline Rose (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Clark), a post office employee, and Patrick Carr, a steel erector. At an early age she was encouraged to take up acting by a teacher who recognised her talent, Dorothy Hickman (née Bye).
Her earliest recorded film role was as "Mary McGregor" in the 1969 UK film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a 1969 drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Muriel Spark.The novel was turned into a play by Jay Presson Allen, which opened on Broadway in 1968, with Zoe Caldwell in the title role, a performance for which she won a Tony Award...
. In this role, like her fellow young actors, she had to portray the character at ages ranging from 11 to 18. In 1970, she co-starred with Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury
Angela Brigid Lansbury CBE is an English actress and singer in theatre, television and motion pictures, whose career has spanned eight decades and earned her more performance Tony Awards than any other individual , with five wins...
and Michael York
Michael York (actor)
Michael York, OBE is an English actor.-Early life:York was born in Fulmer, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, the son of Florence Edith May , a musician; and Joseph Gwynne Johnson, a Llandovery born Welsh ex-Royal Artillery British Army officer and executive with Marks and Spencer department stores...
in Something for Everyone
Something for Everyone (1970 film)
Something for Everyone is a black comedy starring Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins, and Jane Carr. The film was based on the novel The Cook by Harry Kressing, with the screenplay written by Hugh Wheeler...
. In 1980 she appeared as "Rita" in "National Pelmet", series two opening episode of critically acclaimed drama Minder (TV series)
Minder (TV series)
Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV...
(UK, 1979–1994). In 1985, she voiced the dual role of "Computer" and its "Inner Voice" in the Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
radio series Slipback
Slipback
Slipback is a radio audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced by the BBC and first broadcast in six episodes on BBC Radio 4 from 25 July to 8 August 1985, as part of a children's magazine show called Pirate Radio Four...
(UK, 1985).
In 1987 She relocated to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
while touring with the RSC's
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is an eight-hour stage play, presented over two performances, adapted from the Charles Dickens novel of the same name by David Edgar. Directed by John Caird and Trevor Nunn, it opened on 5 June 1980 at the Aldwych Theatre in London. The music and lyrics...
. There she married actor Mark Arnott
Mark Arnott
Mark Arnott is an American actor and martial artist. He is best known for his recurring role as Mark on the NBC television show Cheers, and as Jeff Andrews on Return of the Secaucus 7, John Sayles' debut film as a director...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
; they have a son, Dashiel. She had a featured part as "Louise" in the US version of TV series Dear John
Dear John (US TV series)
Dear John is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1988 to 1992. The series was originally based on the British sitcom of the same name. Dear John was retitled Dear John USA when it was shown in the UK. During its four-season run, the series was bounced to and from various time periods on...
(1988–1992).
In 1994 she played the quotable "Timov" (vomit spelled backwards), daughter of "Al-ghul" (Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
: الغول, the ghoul) in the episode "Soul Mates
Soul Mates
"Soul Mates" is a second season episode of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.-Synopsis:Londo Mollari brings his three wives, all of whom barely tolerate him, to the station for the purpose of divorcing two of them as part of a special boon granted by the Centauri Emperor...
" on US TV series Babylon 5
Babylon 5
Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on a space station named Babylon 5: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262...
. She continues to play occasional roles on screen, including the role of "Fran Metzgar" in Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself...
(US, 2000), besides her voice work. In 2006 she served as both body double and voice actress of "Tabitha Lenox
Tabitha Lenox
Tabitha Lenox is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists from the NBC/DirecTV daytime drama Passions. Tabitha has been played by Juliet Mills since the show's debut in 1999. Mills continued in the role when the show moved from NBC to DirecTV's The 101 in September 2007...
" on the US daytime drama Passions
Passions
Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....
when actress Juliet Mills was on a brief vacation. She also provides the voice of "Mama Cosma" in the animated series The Fairly OddParents
The Fairly OddParents
The Fairly OddParents is an American-Canadian animated television series created by Butch Hartman about the adventures of Timmy Turner, who is granted fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda. The series started out as cartoon segments that ran from September 4, 1998 to March 23, 2001 on Oh Yeah!...
(US and Canada, 1998).
Carr appeared on an episode of US TV series Friends, namely The One with Ross's Wedding. Carr also played "Nora", a friend of matriarch "Emily", on three episodes of Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...
(US, 2000–2007). From 2006–2009 she played "Mrs. Brill" in Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins (musical)
Mary Poppins is a Walt Disney Theatrical musical based on the similarly titled series of children's books by P. L. Travers and the Disney 1964 film. The West End production opened in December 2004 and received two Olivier Awards, one for Best Actress in a Musical and the other for Best Theatre...
on Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
. Currently, in 2009, she voices the character of Grandma Winifred Fletcher in the American Disney animated television series Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb is an American animated television comedy series. Originally broadcast as a preview on August 17, 2007, on Disney Channel, the series follows Phineas Flynn and his English stepbrother Ferb Fletcher on summer vacation. Every day the boys embark on some grand new project, which...
.