Jill Adams

Jill Adams

Acting
1930-07-22

Known For & Full Filmography23 Titles

#1Mark Saber

Drama Series - 1954, 16 episodes as Wendy Graves

8.0 / 10
CrimeDrama

A half-hour 1950s detective television series that took different forms and titles during its run. From October 1951 to June 1954, ABC Mystery Theater stars Tom Conway as the titular character, a plainclothes English detective working with the NYPD Homicide Division. The Vise (seasons 1–4): Donald Gray portrays Saber as a one-armed private detective based in London. Broadcast on ABC from October 1954 to June 1957. Saber of London (seasons 5–7): Gray reprises his role in this final iteration, broadcast on NBC from September 1957 to May 1960.

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#2No Hiding Place

Drama Series - 1959, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

4.8 / 10
CrimeDrama

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.

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#3Doctor at Sea

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Jill

5.8 / 10
Comedy

A youthful doctor tires of general practice and signs up to be a ship's doctor in an effort to bring some excitement into his life. Unfortunately, the cargo boat he joins is skippered by a formidable martinet captain and, worse still, there are only two women on board. Luckily for the fun-loving medic, one of them, a beautiful French girl, is more than impressed with his bedside manner.

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#4Private's Progress

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Prudence Greenslade

6.6 / 10
ComedyWar

Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends wily Private Percival Cox who knows exactly how all the scams work in the confused world of the British Army. And Stanley's brigadier War Office uncle seems to be up to something more than a bit shady too - and they are both soon working for him, behind the enemy lines.

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#5Carry On Constable

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Policewoman Harrison

6.3 / 10
Comedy

With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, they manage to totally wreck operations of the police force and let plenty of criminals get away, even before they arrive at the station. They all have to prove themselves or else they'll be out of a job and Sgt. Wilkins will be transferred.

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#6Brothers in Law

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Sally Smith

7.1 / 10
Comedy

Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.

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#7The Constant Husband

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Joanna

6.9 / 10
Comedy

Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life back to his gorgeous wife and their large London house, so all seems well with the world. But more detective work starts to uncover an alarming chain of further stunning wives and a way of going on that the new Charles finds pretty unacceptable.

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#8Doctor in Distress

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m as Genevieve Milton

6.3 / 10
Comedy

"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and sometimes nemesis. When the eternal bachelor Sir Lancelot injures his back and falls in love with his physiotherapist Iris Marchant, he becomes very distressed and turns to Simon for help. Simon, who now is a senior doctor at fictional Hampden Cross Hospital and hopelessly in love with aspiring actress Delia, sends him to a nature cure clinic in a vain attempt to help him lose weight, but Sir Lancelot can't get Iris off his mind and has her followed, first by a private investigator and eventually by himself. When he finally proposes, she rejects him and marries an old army major, which distresses Sir Lancelot even more.

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#9The Green Man

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Ann Vincent

7.0 / 10
ComedyCrime

Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. After disposing of a dictator and millionaire, Hawkins is assigned to kill a politician who is heading to a remote hotel, The Green Man, for a secret tryst with his secretary. There, however, Hawkins' plot is discovered by vacuum salesman William Blake, who determines to stop him.

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#10The Young Lovers

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as Judy (uncredited)

6.1 / 10
DramaRomance

A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective countries' officials, who suspect espionage. The cast includes David Knight, Odile Versois, Theodore Bikel and David Kossoff.

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#11The Comedy Man

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m as Jan Kennedy

7.1 / 10
Drama

A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognition. He eventually gives it all up to return to stage work and keep his pride.

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#12What's a Carry On?

Movie - 1998, 2h 15m as Policewoman Harrison (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.7 / 10
DocumentaryTV Movie

Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the cast.

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#13Promise Her Anything

Movie - 1966, 2h 15m as Mrs. B.M. von Crispin

4.1 / 10
ComedyRomance

A widowed mother decides to go after the child psychologist she works for because she thinks he'll be able to provide for her toddler, the catch is her employer doesn't know about her son and he doesn't particularly care for children despite his profession.

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#14The Scamp

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Julie Dawson

6.2 / 10
Drama

Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with kindly foster parents.

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#15Value for Money

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Joy

6.9 / 10
Comedy

A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her.

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#16The Love Match

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.7 / 10
Comedy

After being arrested for assaulting a football referee, desperate train driver Bill (Arthur Askey) raids the railwaymen's holiday fund to cover his £55 fine. He knows he's going to be discovered though, leaving him no choice but to get the money back by hook or by crook! His last chance is to run a book on the United v City football derby. If that wasn't tense enough, Bill's son is also making his debut for United. It looks like it's going to be a day to remember - do you dare look? ...The Love Match.

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#17Forbidden Cargo

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as Michael's Dance Partner (uncredited)

6.9 / 10
CrimeThriller

Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.

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#18Crosstrap

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m as Sally

4.9 / 10
Crime

In this thriller, two gangs of jewel thieves battle it out in a deserted cottage. Murder ensues when the owners of the cabin show up.

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#19One Way Out

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Shirley Harcourt Piper

7.0 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

A tragedy played in standard cops and robbers costume. A policeman faced with deep moral choices finds that once he's set foot on the path of corruption he is trapped by an ever more complex web of lies and intrigue. A lifetime of personal honour is at stake and we wonder if redemption is possible.

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#20The Yellow Teddy Bears

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m as June Wilson

5.0 / 10
Drama

A clique of girls in an English school wear a small yellow teddy bear on their uniform to signify that they have lost their virginity. Linda, the girls' leader, fears she may be pregnant from her window cleaner boyfriend, "Kinky", an aspiring pop singer. Desperate, and unable to confide in her parents, she must wrestle with her conscience and decide what course of action to take. Meanwhile, a concerned teacher learns the significance of the yellow teddy bears, and in trying to help the girls in question, puts her own career in jeopardy.

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#21One Jump Ahead

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Judy

6.0 / 10
Crime

Paul Banner, a "noozeman" of the Daily Comet in England, is an American working in England. He happens on a murder that leads him on a complicated trail.

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#22Dust in the Sun

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as Julie Kirkbride

7.0 / 10
WesternMystery

A Northern Territory policeman, is given the job of taking an Aboriginal prisoner Emu Foot, to Alice Springs to be tried for a tribal killing. Bayard is wounded during a revenge attack by tribesmen, and Emu Foot helps him get to a remote cattle station. But there Bayard gets involved in a domestic crisis involving Julie Kirkbride, the neurotic, bored wife of the station owner, and is tempted by the head stockman's daughter Chris Palady.

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#23The A-B-Cs of Love

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m as Herself - Tap Dancer

3.3 / 10
ComedyDrama

Filmed version of a burlesque performance, featuring strippers, songs and comedy routines.

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