Jill Ireland

Jill Dorothy Ireland (24 April 1936 – 18 May 1990) was an English actress and singer. She appeared in 16 films with husband Charles Bronson, and was involved in two of Bronson’s other films as a producer. Early life Born in Hounslow, Ireland was the daughter of a wine importer. She was evacuated to Upper Broughton in South Nottinghamshire, with solicitor Bernard Dowson, and his wife Elizabeth, of Sulney Fields on Colonels Lane. He died aged 91 in August 1964, leaving £200 to her. This house, in the 1910s, was the East Midlands headquarters of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. His mother, Alice Dowson (from Asfordby, who married Benjamin Dowson, and died in 1927) was the grandmother of Dame Alix Kilroy, who was responsible for the utility furniture scheme of the war, and for clothing coupons. She was educated at Chatsworth Junior School in Hounslow. She lived at 'Chertsey' on Maswell Park Road in Hounslow.