Beth Rogan

Beth Rogan on the cover of Picturegoer magazine, November 1958. Jenifer Puckle (19 July 1931 – 25 November 2015), known professionally as Beth Rogan, was a British film actress and Rank Films starlet of the 1950s and 60s. She was married and divorced three times, said by friends to be charming but "dangerous to know",

Early life Puckle was born in Walmer, Kent. She was always known as Jeni to friends and family. Her father was Kenneth Puckle, a major in the Royal Marines and a veteran of the Gallipoli campaign and her mother was Enid Puckle (née Gray). She had a sister, Priscilla, who married brigadier Charles Carroll, MC. Jeni was educated near Farnham and then taught Latin to boys at a local preparatory school before starting a course at Wimbledon School of Art. She worked as an illustrator and model before entering films.

According to The Telegraph, Puckle specialised in "screaming or swooning" She became friends with Dirk Bogarde, who suggested her screen name of Beth Rogan.

Rogan was reputedly the model for Diana Scott, the wild central character played by Julie Christie in John Schlesinger's film Darling (1965). At Rank, Rogan had met publicist Jeanne Hunter and together they had written a 300-page account of her life. Before it could be published, however, Rogan had given the manuscript to Joseph Janni, one of the men the young Jeni had met while queuing at Wimbledon, who went on to produce Darling. Hunter said that Rogan felt she owed Janni. She bought Hunter a puppy as compensation. Rogan's final marriage was in 1971, to barrister Timothy Cassel with whom she had a daughter, Natalia, and a son, Alexander. That marriage ended in 1976. After her death, home-grown cannabis was found drying in the airing cupboard at her home.

Selected appearances Doctor at Large (1957) The Admirable Crichton (1957) Innocent Meeting (1958) The Captain's Table (1959) Compelled (1960) Operation Cupid (1960) Mysterious Island (1961) Salt and Pepper (1968)