Jane Gurnett
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Jane Gurnett is a British actress best known for her leading roles in British TV series Casualty
(from 1994 to 1996), Dangerfield
(1998–1999) and the second incarnation of Crossroads (2001–2003).
and The Bill
. On stage, she has played Baroness Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
and appeared on the London West End
stage in Mamma Mia!
.She also appeared in the Other Bolyn Girl as the mother of Anne Bolyn
In September 2010 Gurnett took up a post at Warwick School
as a drama teacher she is also well known for being dyslexic.
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
(from 1994 to 1996), Dangerfield
Dangerfield (TV series)
Dangerfield is a British drama series about a small town doctor / police surgeon, which ran for 6 series, between 1995 and 1999. Originally Nigel Le Vaillant played the central role , but this character later left the series, the focus switching to his replacement, played by Nigel Havers.The BBC...
(1998–1999) and the second incarnation of Crossroads (2001–2003).
Career
Gurnett has also appeared in a range of smaller roles in TV series including BBC TV series Real Women, Doctors and Dalziel and Pascoe and ITV series TaggartTaggart
Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network...
and The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
. On stage, she has played Baroness Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, also known as Chitty the Musical, is a stage musical based on the 1968 film produced by Cubby Broccoli. The music and lyrics were written by Richard and Robert Sherman with book by Jeremy Sams.-Productions:...
and appeared on the London West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
stage in Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! is a stage musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band. Although the title of the musical is taken from the group's 1975 chart-topper "Mamma Mia", the plot is fictional, not...
.She also appeared in the Other Bolyn Girl as the mother of Anne Bolyn
In September 2010 Gurnett took up a post at Warwick School
Warwick School
Warwick School is an independent school with boarding facilities for boys in Warwick, England, and is reputed to be the third-oldest surviving school in the country after King's School, Canterbury and St Peter's School, York; and the oldest boy's school in England...
as a drama teacher she is also well known for being dyslexic.