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Jill Adams is an English actress who has appeared in numerous films and television shows. She is best known for her roles in the films The Great Escape (1963), The Ipcress File (1965), and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965).
Adams was born in London, England, on 22 July 1930. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began her career in the theatre. She made her film debut in The Great Escape (1963) and went on to appear in The Ipcress File (1965) and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965).
Adams has also appeared in numerous television shows, including The Avengers (1966-1967), The Saint (1967-1968), and The Professionals (1977-1981). She has also appeared in the television films The Last of the Mohicans (1971) and The Haunting of Julia (1977).
Adams has been married twice, first to actor John Le Mesurier and then to actor John Thaw. She has two children from her first marriage.
As of 2021, Jill Adams' net worth is estimated to be around $2 million.
| Popular As |
Jillian M. M. Siggins |
| Occupation |
actress |
| Age |
78 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
| Born |
22 July, 1930 |
| Birthday |
22 July |
| Birthplace |
London, England, UK |
| Date of death |
13 May, 2008 |
| Died Place |
Portugal |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom |
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Jill Adams Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Jill Adams's Husband?
Her husband is Peter Haigh (1957 - 1976) ( divorced) ( 1 child), James Adams (1951 - 1953) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
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Peter Haigh (1957 - 1976) ( divorced) ( 1 child), James Adams (1951 - 1953) ( divorced) ( 1 child) |
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Jill Adams Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Jill Adams worth at the age of 78 years old? Jill Adams’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated
Jill Adams's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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| Source of Income |
Actress |
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Timeline
Has been living in southern Portugal (The Algarve) for many years. [2008]
Began as an artist in England before becoming a model. In later years (1996) she returned to Portugal to be near her family and began painting again, focusing on animals, sea and landscapes, florals and whimsical character.
In 1971, she and her husband moved the family to the Algarve in Portugal, where they ran a hotel and restaurant in Albufeira. She continued this work even after her divorce from Haigh. Her business partner, Alan 'Buster' Jones became her life partner as well, and upon her retirement, they moved first to the Lisbon area, and then to various locales in Spain.
Following Jones's death in 1966, she returned to Portugal to be near her family. She resumed her early work as an artist and gained some small renown for it.
By 1965, she had decided to give up acting following a small role in the Warren Beatty comedy Promise Her Anything.
Her career continued, but as the 1960s arrived, the quality of material she was offered began to diminish and roles began to dry up.
In 1957, she remarried, this time to TV personality Peter Haigh, with whom she had a second daughter, Peta Louise.
She was given a small role of a bridesmaid in The Black Knight (1954) and her stylish beauty caught the eye of producers, who began to give her larger and larger roles. Within a year, she was appearing in light comedies and occasional dramas, and eventually starring in several TV series. She continued to do work in radio and on stage. Her sexy blond appearance and skill at comedy led her to be called on occasion "the British Marilyn Monroe.
" She had married an American navy sailor, Jim Adams, in 1951, and taken his last name as her stage name. The marriage was short-lived, but produced a daughter, Tina.
British film actress of generally frivolous "blond" roles , daughter of silent film actress Molly Adair. Her father, a New Zealand-born Irish-American author and animal handler, Arthur James Siggins, had met her mother while both were working on a film. Adams was born Jillian M. M. Siggins on July 22, 1930, in London. She spent her early years first in New Zealand and then in Wales, working as a teenager on farms. She subsequently took work as a sales clerk, window dresser, and secretary before taking a job as an assistant artist at a department store. When a model failed to show up for a fashion show, Adams was recruited to step in, which led to a successful modeling career. This resulted in turn in small parts in stage shows, including an Anthony Newley revue, "On With the New. " From this she began to receive offers of bit roles in movies.
The only girl of four children, her father, Arthur James Siggins, was a member of the Rhodesian mounted police before turning writer. He authored such African wildlife-themed books as "Man-Killers I Have Known" and "Shooting with Rifle and Camera". He met Jill's mother, silent actress Molly Adair while she was filming The Blue Lagoon (1923) in Tanganyika (now Tanzania).
