# Jane Hayden

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{{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](/source/Harrow%2C_Middlesex), the younger sister of [Linda Hayden](/source/Linda_Hayden_(actress)), 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](/source/Aida_Foster_Theatre_School), and Jane Hayden's first screen role came in 1970, when she played a child in a [BBC television](/source/BBC_television) film about [Lenin](/source/Lenin), ''Out of This Spark: The Making of a Revolutionary''.<ref name=rt>''[Radio Times](/source/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](/source/Warship_(1973_TV_series))'' (1973) as Samantha
*''[The Awakening of Emily](/source/Emily_(1976_film))'' (1976) as Rachel<ref>F. Maurice Speed, ''Film Review'' (W. H. Allen, 1977), p. 130</ref>
*''[Confessions of a Pop Performer](/source/Confessions_of_a_Pop_Performer)'' (1975) as Girl at Crossing
*''[Adventures of a Taxi Driver](/source/Adventures_of_a_Taxi_Driver)'' (1976) as Linda<ref>''Film Making'', Volume 17 (Penblade Publishers, 1979), p. 22</ref>
*''[Robin's Nest](/source/Robin's_Nest_(TV_series))'' (1977) as Air Hostess
*''[Killer's Moon](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Shillingbury_Tales)'' (1981) as Emily

==Notes==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0370748|Jane Hayden}}

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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

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