Jennifer Lonsdale

Biography

Solicitor’s daughter Jennifer was born in Hayling Island, Hampshire and began her training at the Arts Education Trust Ballet and Stage School in Hertfordshire where she acquired drama as well as ballet experience. Jennifer’s first big break was with an appearance in ‘Two and Two Make Sex’ which ran in the West End before going on tour in Canada and 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star', and Alan Ayckbourn's 'Relatively Speaking'. Since then, Jennifer has had success as a TV actress with appearances in ‘Love in a Cold Climate’, ‘The Cedar Tree’, ‘Doctor Who’, 'House of Caradus', ‘Barriers’, ‘Kelly Monteith’ and 'That's My Boy?'. She was married to Derek Coombs, who was a British Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley from 1970 to 1974 and they had two sons, Jack and Adam. Derek died in 2015. In 2010 their youngest son Adam, having just left Bryanston School, died of an accidental drug overdose in the hilltown of Manali, in India's Valley of the Gods, while on his gap year, before he was due to begin a philosophy degree course at Manchester University.

Known For

Are You Being Served?

Bra Customer

The Cedar Tree

Anne Bourne

Love in a Cold Climate

Pixie Townsend

That's My Boy

Angie Price

Barriers

Pamela

House of Caradus

Julia

Come Back Mrs. Noah

The Technician

Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden

Della

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1980	Lifelike	Julie, actress
1979	Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden	Della
1975	Further Up Pompeii	Erotica

Year	TV Show	Role
1981	That's My Boy	Angie Price
1981	Barriers	Pamela
1980	Love in a Cold Climate	Pixie Townsend
1979	House of Caradus	Julia
1977	Come Back Mrs. Noah	The Technician
1976	The Cedar Tree	Anne Bourne
1972	Are You Being Served?	Bra Customer