Gayle Hunnicutt
| Gayle Hunnicutt Lady Jenkins | |
|---|---|
 Hunnicutt in The Golden Bowl (1973) | |
| Born |
February 6, 1943 Fort Worth, Texas, United States |
| Residence | Delray Beach, Florida |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupation |
Actress Writer Former model |
| Years active | 1966–99 |
| Spouse(s) |
David Hemmings (m. 1968–75) (divorced) Sir Simon Jenkins (m. 1978–2009) (divorced) |
| Children |
Nolan Hemmings Edward Jenkins |
| Parents | Colonel Sam Lloyd Hunnicutt and Virginia Hunnicutt |
Gayle, Lady Jenkins (born 6 February 1943), known by her birth name Gayle Hunnicutt, is an American film, television and stage actress who worked in both the United States and the United Kingdom. She made more than 30 film appearances.
Early life and education
The daughter of Colonel Sam Lloyd Hunnicutt and Mary Virginia (Dickerson) Hunnicutt, she was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Hunnicutt attended the University of California, Los Angeles on a scholarship to study English literature and theatre.[1] She worked as a fashion model before going into acting.
Marriage and family
On November 16, 1968, Hunnicutt married British actor David Hemmings, with whom she had a son, the future actor Nolan Hemmings. They divorced in 1975. Hunnicutt subsequently married journalist Sir Simon Jenkins; the couple lived in Primrose Hill, London.[1] With Jenkins, she had a second son, Edward. They divorced in 2009.
Hunnicutt also has a home in Delray Beach, Florida.[1]
Career
Acting
During her film career, Hunnicutt was typecast as a brunette sexpot.[2] She co-starred with James Garner in the 1969 film Marlowe, in which her character was a glamorous Hollywood actress.
After she moved to England with Hemmings in 1970, Hunnicutt was able to use the finer range of her acting. She had a notable role as Charlotte Stant, in Jack Pulman's 1972 TV adaptation of Henry James's novel The Golden Bowl. She played Lionel's wife in The Legend of Hell House (1973) and Tsarina Alexandra in Fall of Eagles (1974). In 1984, she appeared as Irene Adler, opposite Jeremy Brett, in the first episode ("A Scandal in Bohemia") of the TV series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Hunnicutt returned to the United States in 1989, where she played the role of Vanessa Beaumont in Dallas until 1991.
In 2012, Hunnicutt was featured in an episode of the HGTV reality show Selling London. It followed her during the sale of her Primrose Hill Victorian house and her subsequent purchase of an English country property to be close to her grandchildren.[1]
Writing
Hunnicutt has written two books; the first, Health and Beauty in Motherhood, was published in 1984. In 2004, she published Dearest Virginia: Love Letters from a Cavalry Officer in the South Pacific, which contains the letters exchanged by her parents during World War II.
Filmography
- The Wild Angels (1966)
- The Smugglers (1968)
- P.J. (1968)
- Eye of the Cat (1969)
- Marlowe (1969)
- Fragment of Fear (1970)
- Freelance (1971)
- The Love Machine (1971)
- Running Scared (1972)
- Voices (1973)
- Scorpio (1973)
- The Ripening Seed (1973 TV film)
- The Legend of Hell House (1973)
- Glasses (1974 TV film)
- Nuits rouges (1974)
- The Spiral Staircase (1975)
- Blazing Magnum (1976)
- Shadows in an Empty Room (1976)
- The Sell Out (1976)
- Once in Paris... (1978)
- Dylan (1978)
- The Saint and the Brave Goose (1979)
- The Million Dollar Face (1981)
- The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983 TV film)
- Savage in the Orient (1983)
- Two by Forsyth (1984)
- Flashpoint Africa (1984)
- Target (1985)
- Dream Lover (1986)
- Strong Medicine (1986)
- Turnaround (1987)
- The Saint: The Brazilian Connection (1989)
- Zwei Frauen (1989)
- Hard to Be a God (1989)
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