Jill Hyem

Jill Hyem (8 January 1937 – 5 June 2015) was a British actor, and radio and television writer.

Early life and acting career Jill Hyem was born in 1937 in Putney, London, England, to Hilda (née Gladwell) and Rex, a solicitor, and was raised in Devon and East Sheen.

From the age of ten, Hyem attended Farlington School, and studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Her early acting experience saw her perform at the Connaught Theatre Worthing, where one of her roles was Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion. Her film roles include The Trunk (1961) with Phil Carey. In 1962, Hyem made her West End debut in Goodnight Mrs Puffin with Irene Handl. "I was for guts and so was Jill," Valery recalled. "[Riddington] had no idea he'd taken on these two vipers!" Hyem said; "We were always fighting with men over some storyline. I remember we wanted to write a story about lesbians in the camp and after some conflict we were allowed to – so long as we didn't use the word lesbian".

Personal life In 1966, Hyem married Dudley Savill, a Liberal Party parliamentary candidate and social worker. They had a son named Ben and later divorced. In 2011, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She died in London on 5 June 2015.

Selected filmography The Gentle Terror (1961) Out of the Shadow (1961) Leopard in the Snow (1978)

Selected radio plays

Sketches for Monday Night at Home (pre-1963) Better than Nowhere (1963) Parrot Fashion (1964) Out of Step (1964) Jackpot (1964) Jigsaw (1964) A Foot in the Door (1965) The Dales (with Alan Downer) (1965–1969) Once Bitten (1966) Third Girl Wanted (1967) Evening Out (1967) Dear Girls (serial, with Andrew Sachs) (1968) The Ropewalk (with Alan Downer]) (1969) Waggoners Walk (with Alan Downer) (1969–1979) The Winds of Heaven (Monica Dickens) (1971) Kate & Emma (Monica Dickens) (1972) A Shape like Piccadilly (1971) Swap (1972) Recess (1973) Equal Terms (1973) Bang, Bang You're Dead (Muriel Spark) (1974) Thank You (1974) Now She Laughs, Now She Cries (1975) Dog in a Manger (1976) Blight (1977) Remember Me (Giles Cooper Award) (1978) Look at Mr. Punch (1979) Buzz (1979) Footsteps (1979) Tick Tock (1979) Marking Time (1980) Look at Mr. Punch (1980) A Case to be Answered (1981) Three Piece Sweet (with J. Phillips) (1982) Origami (Spine Chillers series) (1983) Humanisation of George Mayhew (1984) Where are you, Juliet? (adapted from the novel by Rosemary Timperley) (1987) The Years Between (Daphne du Maurier) (1995) Death Drop (B. M. Gill)(1996) No Signposts in the Sea (Vita Sackville-West) (1998) Past Refrain (1999) Life Sentence (2001) The Mind's Eye (2002) The Road to Lichfield (Penelope Lively) (2002) Down, Down, Down You Go (2005) Backtrack (2007)