Jenny Lee-Wright

Who is Jenny Lee-Wright?

Jenny Lee-Wright is a British actress and dancer who later became a Foley artist.

At age 16, she left school to train with the Ballet Rambert. Within a year, she became part of a French cabaret group that traveled the world. Upon returning to England, she joined Lionel Blair's dance troupe, and then turned to acting, appearing with such comedians as Morecambe and Wise, Dick Emery, Spike Milligan, Frankie Howerd, Tommy Cooper and, in particular, Benny Hill. Her work with Hill earned her the nickname 'The Sexiest Stooge'. Other television appearances included The Golden Shot, The Protectors and Masterspy.

In 1970, she made her film debut in John Cassavetes' Husbands, in which she played the role of Pearl Billingham. Other films included Michael Apted's The Triple Echo and the Amicus production Madhouse.

She began to work as a Foley artist in the 1970s between acting jobs, and in a 1976 magazine interview attributed her sense of timing in that field to her training as a dancer.