Phyllis Logan played the role of Jane Felsham in the British drama series “Lovejoy”, which was part of many childhood nostalgias for many born in the 80s. The actress has been around in the acting industry for more than three decades and has managed to remain consistent. There must be something about her and here are four most important facts about the thespian.
1. Phyllis Logan was born in Scotland
Phyllis Logan was born on January 11, 1956, in Paisley, Renfrewshire Scotland to David and Betty. The actress was raised in nearby Johnstone and attended Johnstone High School. During her high school days, she picked an interest in the show business and her parents became her guiding light. She moved to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and had to work at bars and gas stations to support herself during her studies. She graduated with the James Bridie gold medal in 1977.
She is 64 years old.
2. She played the role of Elsie Hughes-Carson in Downtown Abbey
Phyllis Logan started her career with a bang. After her graduation from the Royal Sottish Academy of Music and Drama, she joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre. With the experience she gathered from the theater, she left to work on stage in Edinburgh.
Fortune began to favor her when she met Michael Radford, a movie director who included her in the cast of “Another Time, Another Place” as Janie. The film tells the story of rehabilitation program during the world war II as she played the role of a housewife married to Dougal played by Paul Young.
She continued to appear in several movies, breaking grounds and giving stellar performances especially in the British comedy-drama series “Lovejoy” as Lady Jane Felsham. In 2019, she appeared in “Downtown Abbey” as Elsie Hughes-Carson.
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In 2020, the actress appeared as Evelyn Alexander in ‘Misbehavior”. She played Inspector Frost’s love interest and eventual wife in “If Dogs Run Free”, the last story in the A Touch of Frost series. She provided the broadcast voice of Ingsoc in a film version of “Nineteen Eighty-Four”. She might have other projects to star on after the pandemic as she doesn’t look like one who is retiring soon.
3. Phyllis Logan is married
Phyllis Logan’s first husband was Paul Tender. Some people believed that the actress was never married to Paul, alluding she only lived with him as a lover. She legally married Kevin McNally whom she appeared alongside with on “Downton Abbey”. Together they have a son named David born in 1996. They live in Chiswick.
4. She is an award-winning actress
Phyllis Logan started her career with winning awards. She has a Gold Award for Best Actress at the Taormina Film Festival and the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress in 1983 and the BAFTA Award for the Most Outstanding Newcomer to Film in 1984. She has also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series “Downtown Abbey”.
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She has been nominated in other award categories. The actress has a net worth of 5 million dollars. She is blonde and stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches of 1.65 meters.
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