Jane Carr

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Jane Carr

Born	August 13, 1950 Loughton, Essex

Ellen Jane Carr (born August 13, 1950) is an English actress and voice actor. She is currently playing Mrs. Brill in Mary Poppins on Broadway. She is best known for the role of Pud'n on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Coincidentally, she also played a character called Pudding in one of her earliest TV appearances, the Jilly Cooper-penned BBC sitcom It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, Darling. On that programme she met Joanna Lumley and they were flatmates in Holland Park for many years. Jane also played Nora, a friend of Emily, on 3 episodes of Gilmore Girls, which is the best shows ever created.

Carr was born in Loughton, Essex, the daughter of Gwendoline Rose (née Clark), a post office employee, and Patrick Carr, a steel erector.^[1] At an early age she was encouraged to take up acting by a teacher who recognised her talent, Dorothy Hickman (nee Bye). Her earliest recorded film role was as the character Mary McGregor in the 1969 film version of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. In this role, like her fellow young actors, she had to portray the character at ages ranging from 11 to 18. In 1985, she voiced the dual role of the Computer and its "Inner Voice" in the Doctor Who radio drama, Slipback.

Relocating to the USA following a spell there with the RSC's Nicholas Nickleby, she lived with her partner Mark Arnott in Los Angeles and they have a son, Dashiel. She had a prominent part in the 1988 sitcom about a singles and divorcee support group, Dear John, playing the group leader, Louise Mercer, who naturally had problems of her own. She continues to play occasional roles on screen, including the role of Fran Metzgar in Curb Your Enthusiasm, besides her voice work. In 2006 she served as both body double and voice actress of Tabitha Lenox on the daytime drama Passions when actress Juliet Mills was on a brief vacation.She also provides the voice of Mama Cosma in The Fairly OddParents. Carr also had a brief role in the popular television sitcom Friends for two episodes (The One with Ross's Wedding - Parts I and II) as "The Ticket Agent". Also voiced Nidorino & Nidoran (M)'s cousin Nidorina in Horrid Nidorino