Ursula Jeans

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Ursula Jeans (May 5, 1906–April 21, 1973) was a British actress on film, stage, and television.

Ms. Jeans was born in Shimla, India, to British parents, and raised and educated in London. She was the sister of Desmond Jeans, a boxer and actor, and Isabel Jeans, also a stage actor. She made her stage debut in London in 1925, and in New York in 1933.

Her second marriage was to the actor Roger Livesey from 1937 until her death. (Livesey's sister Maggie was already married to Desmond Jeans.) She appeared in one film with her husband, 1943's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. She entertained troops with ENSA during World War II, sometimes working with her husband. After the war she continued acting, including a stage tour in Australia and New Zealand in 1956–1958.

She continued to act into the 1970s, and died of cancer in 1973, about 18 months after her diagnosis.