A British actress who was one of the leading Shakespearean stage actresses of her generation, Jefford broke through opposite John Gielgud in a 1950 staging of Measure For Measure. Her screen credits included The Ninth Gate (1999) and Philomena (2013), and she received a BAFTA nomination for Best British Actress for her performance in Ulysses (1967).
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