- Gayle Hunnicutt
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name = Gayle Hunnicutt
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birthdate = birth date and age|1943|02|6
location =Fort Worth, Texas , U.S.
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occupation =Actor
spouse =Gayle, Lady Jenkins (born
February 6 ,1943 ), known by her maiden name Gayle Hunnicutt, is an American actress [imdb name|id=0402281|name=Gayle Hunnicutt] .Hunnicutt was born in
Fort Worth ,Texas and attended theUniversity of California, Los Angeles . She worked as a fashion model before going into acting. She was married from 1968 to 1975 to the actorDavid Hemmings , by whom she is the mother of actorNolan Hemmings . She is currently married to the journalist Sir Simon Jenkins, and lives in London [On 27 July 2008 theSunday Telegraph (Issue no 2,459 p11) reported that Jenkins and Hunnicutt have parted] .During her brief
Hollywood career, Hunnicutt was typecast as a brunette sexpot. After she moved toEngland with Hemmings in 1970, however, the finer range of her acting emerged. A notable role was that of Charlotte Stant, in the critically acclaimedJack Pulman television adaptation (1972) ofHenry James 's "The Golden Bowl ". She went on to play Lionel's wife in "The Legend of Hell House " in 1973, and Tsarina Alexandra in "Fall of Eagles " in 1974. In 1984 she appeared asIrene Adler oppositeJeremy Brett in the very first episode ("A Scandal in Bohemia ") of the acclaimed series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.Hunnicutt returned to America to play the role of
Vanessa Beaumont in the US series "Dallas" from 1989 to 1991. She has also written a book, "Health and Beauty in Motherhood ". It was published in 1984.Notes
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