{{Short description|English stage, television, and film actress (born 1957)}} '''Jane Hayden''' (born 1957) is an English stage, television, and film actress.
==Early life== Hayden was born in Harrow, Middlesex, the younger sister of Linda Hayden, although their name at birth was '''Higginson'''.<ref>Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter, ''The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography'', p. 98</ref> Their screen surname is an adaptation of their father's first name; he was Haydn Henley Higginson. Both sisters trained at the Aida Foster Theatre School, and Jane Hayden's first screen role came in 1970, when she played a child in a BBC television film about Lenin, ''Out of This Spark: The Making of a Revolutionary''.<ref name=rt>''Radio Times'', Volume 187 (G. Newnes, 1970), p. 51</ref>
==Filmography== *''Out of This Spark: The Making of a Revolutionary'' (BBC, 1970) as Child<ref name=rt/> *''Warship'' (1973) as Samantha *''The Awakening of Emily'' (1976) as Rachel<ref>F. Maurice Speed, ''Film Review'' (W. H. Allen, 1977), p. 130</ref> *''Confessions of a Pop Performer'' (1975) as Girl at Crossing *''Adventures of a Taxi Driver'' (1976) as Linda<ref>''Film Making'', Volume 17 (Penblade Publishers, 1979), p. 22</ref> *''Robin's Nest'' (1977) as Air Hostess *''Killer's Moon'' (1978) as Julie<ref>''British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=FszeCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1765 p. 1765]</ref> *''Return of the Saint'' (1978) as Aileen<ref>Harris M. Lentz, ''Science fiction, horror & fantasy film and television credits: Supplement 2, through 1993, Volume 4'', p. 765</ref> *''Shillingbury Tales'' (1981) as Emily
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0370748|Jane Hayden}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hayden, Jane}} Category:Actors from the London Borough of Harrow Category:English film actresses Category:English television actresses Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of the Aida Foster Theatre School Category:People from Harrow, London