Jane Merrow

Jane Merrow

Golden Globe nominated Actress, also Writer/Producer

London, England, United Kingdom
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Self employed Golden Globe nominated actress, actively working in the Industry for over 50 years.
I live and work between the US and the UK.

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Experience

  • Lara Media Graphic

    Actor, Producer,Writer

    Lara Media

    - Present 15 years

    United States

    New Media Production......We completed "The Tell Tale Heart" - Edgar Allan Poe.........in 2011, the next in our series of franchise films New Chilling Tales; the first was "Beware of What You Wish For " (The Monkey's Paw), from the story by WW Jacobs. This series of Classic Gothic Horror stories will be made in the UK and the US, covering Classic writers from both countries.
    In 2012 we made "The Yellow Wallpaper", from the story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and in 2013 "The Damned…

    New Media Production......We completed "The Tell Tale Heart" - Edgar Allan Poe.........in 2011, the next in our series of franchise films New Chilling Tales; the first was "Beware of What You Wish For " (The Monkey's Paw), from the story by WW Jacobs. This series of Classic Gothic Horror stories will be made in the UK and the US, covering Classic writers from both countries.
    In 2012 we made "The Yellow Wallpaper", from the story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and in 2013 "The Damned Thing", by the Civil War writer Ambrose Bierce.

  • Self-employed

    Self-employed

    63 years 11 months

    • Professional Actor

      Self-employed

      - Present 62 years 11 months

      US and UK

    • Professional Actor

      Self-employed

      - Present 62 years 11 months

    • Self-Employed Graphic

      Professional Actor

      Self-Employed

      - Present 63 years 11 months

      I am a freelance actor based in the UK and the US. Been actively working in the entertainment Industry since 1960.

  • Owner

    Lara-Media Productions LLC US ( Lara Productions UK)

    - 18 years

    USA UK

    Production Company involved in the development of films for theatrical release, television and new media.

  • Freelance Actress

    Various Production Companies

    - 53 years

    USA UK

    My best known role was "Alais" in "The Lion in Winter", for which I received a Golden Globe Nomination. I have appeared in numerous TV shows on the BBC including George Orwell's "1984" and other shows in the UK and the US include"The Prisoner", "The Saint", "Magnum"
    "The Incredible Hulk", "St Elsewhere", "Sharpe" etc. I wrote the scripts for "Beware of What You Wish For" (aka The Monkey's Paw) and "The Tell-Tale Heart" for our series on www.newchillingtales.com and worked on the next…

    My best known role was "Alais" in "The Lion in Winter", for which I received a Golden Globe Nomination. I have appeared in numerous TV shows on the BBC including George Orwell's "1984" and other shows in the UK and the US include"The Prisoner", "The Saint", "Magnum"
    "The Incredible Hulk", "St Elsewhere", "Sharpe" etc. I wrote the scripts for "Beware of What You Wish For" (aka The Monkey's Paw) and "The Tell-Tale Heart" for our series on www.newchillingtales.com and worked on the next screenplay for the series "The Yellow Wallpaper". We filmed this in 2012 and I featured in that one.
    Last year I adapted and produced "The Damned Thing", fourth film in our series New Chilling Tales.
    www.newchillingtales.com

  • Merrow Language Recruitment Graphic

    Owner, Managing Director

    Merrow Language Recruitment

    - 13 years 7 months

    London, United Kingdom

    Owned and operated a family business...a multilingual Recruitment Organisation, started by my father William Merrow in 1965.

Education

  • RADA

    A Graduate Certificate Acting

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  • Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London

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    Activities and Societies: Acting

  • St Margarets (Boarding School) Folkestone, Kent, UK

    9 Passes in year end exams No degree

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    Activities and Societies: Acting!

Courses

  • California Real Estate Brokers Exam

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Projects

  • ANDY

    Feature film currently in Production - an AI story, can the human heart outweigh AI, written by Jane Merrow, from the short film made in 2018

  • COUGAR

    Contemporary short film made older woman meets young man in a bar with interesting results

    See project

  • The Damned Thing

    - Present

    One of the short films in a series of New Chilling Tales. "The fascinating story of a man’s mysterious death and a strange phenomenon."

    Other creators
    See project

  • THE YELLOW WALLPAPER

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    We have finished the next in our series of short `Classic Gothic Horror stories for the site newchillingtales.com. It includes special effects, using CG this time as, we bring the wallpaper to life.

    Other creators
    • Jesse Cordtz,
    See project

  • The Tell-Tale Heart

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    Second film in our series newchillingtales.com for VOD viewing,

    Other creators
    See project

  • BEWARE OF WHAT YOU WISH FOR

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    The first of our newchillingtales.com series for online showing. This story is an adaptation of the story "The Monkey's Paw" by WWJacobs. The film won Best Art Direction at the Barcelona Film Festival

    Other creators
    • Patricia Doyle.
    See project

Honors & Awards

  • COUGAR Best Short Narrative

    Idaho Media Professionals

    An older woman meets a young man in a bar, with interesting results

  • SILVER TRINDIE AWARD

    TRINIDAD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

    2012 Drama - Screenplay Award for first full length screenplay:
    JACK'S JOURNEY

  • Best Actress

    End of The Pier Festival

    Best Actress Award for Best Actress for short Film Bereavement

  • GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION

    Nominated as best supporting actress for playing ALAIS in THE LION IN WINTER

  • Golden Globe nomination

    Holloywood Foreign Press Association

    Nominated for Best Supporting Actress in THE LION IN WINTER, co-starred with Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins

Languages

  • French

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Organizations

  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

    Member

    - Present

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