Clytie Jessop

Clytie Jessop (born Clytie Erica Lloyd-Jones; 1929 – 9 April 2017) was a British-based Australian actress, gallerist, painter, screenwriter and film director, notable mainly for her association with cinematographer and film director Freddie Francis.

Biography Born to Herman Jonah and Erica Lily (née Small) Lloyd-Jones in Sydney, New South Wales, Jessop's younger sister, Hermia Sappho Lloyd-Jones (1931–2000), married artist David Boyd. She married her first husband, antiques dealer Peter Jessop, in London in 1952, and together they adopted a daughter, Pandora, Clytie's only child. Following the arrest on obscenity charges of OZ magazine's Richard Neville and Jim Anderson in 1971, she held a benefit exhibition called Ozjects D'Art featuring works by David Hockney among others. In 1969, she married Australian writer Peter Smalley, author of a series of historic naval novels about HMS Expedient. In 1986, she wrote, directed and produced the film Emma's War, starring Lee Remick.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1961 The Innocents Miss Jessel 1964 Nightmare Woman in White 1967 Torture Garden Atropos – Goddess of Destiny (final film role)