- She has the dubious distinction of playing the first character to die in the popular detective series Inspector Morse (1987).
- Was an avid mountain climber for many years, a passion she credited to the fact that her family originally came from the Welsh mountains. (her maternal grandparents were from Breconshire).
- Graduated from RADA.
- Current hobbies include gardening and hill walking near the Jones family home, an old lead miner's cottage in the Welsh mountains.
- Daughter of actor Griffith Jones and older sister of actor Nicholas Jones.
- An Associate Member of RADA.
- She was named after Elisabeth Bergner's character in Escape Me Never (1935), in which her father Griffith Jones appeared.
- She played Victoria, Princess Royal in Fall of Eagles (1974) and her mother Queen Victoria in Shanghai Knights (2003).
- Was in consideration for the part of Sarah/Anna in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) but Meryl Streep, who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead.
- Appeared in the pilot episodes of two successful detective series: Inspector Morse (1987) and Wycliffe (1993) (episode listed separately as Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death (1993)).
- Is a good friend of fellow RADA graduate Martin Jarvis.
- Mother, with Sebastian Graham Jones, of Luke Jones.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content