
Jenny Agutter
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994

An American Werewolf in London
1981

Irina Palm
2007

The Man in the Iron Mask
1977

Logan's Run
1976

Child's Play 2
1990

The Eagle Has Landed
1976

China 9, Liberty 37
1978

The Riddle of the Sands
1979

The Railway Children
2000

The Avengers
2012

Walkabout
1971

Glorious 39
2009

The Railway Children
1970

Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
2009

Blue Juice
1995

Shelley
1972

Max's Christmas
1988

Golden Brown
2011

The Survivor
1981

Silas Marner
1985

Outside Bet
2012

Dark Tower
1987

Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992

The Cherry Orchard
1971

King of the Wind
1990

Dominique
1980

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
1990

Gates to Paradise
1968

At Dawning
2002

Kiss Me and Die
1974

Othello
1981

Amy
1981

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014

The Snow Goose
1971

The Wild Duck
1971

East of Sudan
1964

I Start Counting
1970

Queen of the Desert
2015

Sweet William
1980

Act of God
2009

Equus
1977

A War of Children
1972

Star!
1968

Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981

This Office Life
1984

Love's Labour's Lost
1985

Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
2015

School Play
1979

The Mapmaker
2012

The Parole Officer
2001

Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
1979

The Magic Door
2007

Number One, Longing. Number Two, Regret
2004

The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987

Secret Places
1984

Darkman
1990

Tin
2015

Heroes and Villains
2006

Sometimes Always Never
2019

Interview with Jenny Agutter
2008

Burke & Hare
2010

A Look Into the 23rd Century
1976

Miss Right
1982

Ballerina
1966

Working with a Master: John Landis
2006

The Perfect Scary Movie
2005

Rosamunde Pilcher: September
1996

The Railway Children Return
2022

Late Flowering Love
1981

Pagan's Progress
1997

The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Magnum, P.I.
1980

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002

The Twilight Zone
1985

Heartbeat
1992

The Equalizer
1985

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Diamond Geezer
2005

The Invisibles
2008

Red Dwarf
1988

New Tricks
2004

The Alan Clark Diaries
2004

Noel's Telly Years
1996

The Hollywood Greats
1977

Monday Monday
2009

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989

And the Beat Goes On
1996

TECX
1990

Thriller
1973

Call the Midwife
2012

The Golden Age of Steam Railways
2012

The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994

True Love
2012

The Kumars
2014

Moving On
2009

BBC Play of the Month
1965

Spooks
2002

Shadows
1975

Bramwell
1995

A Respectable Trade
1998

September
1996

Beulah Land
1980

The Six Million Dollar Man
1974

Dear John
1988

Dream On
1990

Midsomer Murders
1997

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992

The Buccaneers
1995

The Outsiders
1990

Snoops
1989

The Twilight Zone
1985

Dinah!
1974

Playhouse
1974

BBC Play of the Month
1965

The Ten Commandments
1971

The Railway Children
1968

Film '72
1971

Harry Hill's Tea Time
2016