Tong, Jacqueline 1951-(Jackie Tong)

PERSONAL

Born May 21, 1951, in Bristol, England; daughter of Stephen Edward (an architect) and Joan Doreen (maiden name, Connabeer) Tong; married Gordon Robert Nicholas (a lecturer in modern languages), May 28, 1983. Education: Trained for the stage at Rose Bruford College. Religion: Church of England.

Career:

Actress.

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Award nomination, outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, 1977, for Upstairs, Downstairs.

CREDITS

Television Appearance; Series:

Anna, Voyage in the Dark, London Weekend Television, 1973.

Daisy Peel, then Daisy Barnes, Upstairs, Downstairs, London Weekend Television, then PBS, 1973-75.

The Virtuoso, Thames, 1975.

Mary Jackson, Spearhead, (also known as Spearhead in Germany, Spearhead in Hong Kong, and Spearhead in Ulster), Southern Television, 1978.

Bazaar and Rummage, BBC, 1982.

Shirley, The Climber, BBC, 1983.

Mavis, Growing Rich, 1992.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Louisa Gradgrind, Hard Times, Granada, then PBS, 1977.

Sonia, Heart of the Country, BBC, 1987.

Bib Mew, Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (also known as Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: A Ruth Rendell's Inspector Wexford Mystery), 1992.

Lucy Vincy, Middlemarch, PBS, 1994.

Susie, The Politician's Wife, PBS, 1995.

Aunty Elsie, Pigeon Summer, PBS, 1995.

Farmer's wife, The 10th Kingdom (also known as Das 10te koenigrich and Das Zehnte koenigreich), NBC, 2000.

Mrs. Crummles, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (also known as Nicholas Nickleby), Bravo, 2001.

Mrs. Cripps, The Cazalets, PBS, 2001.

Lynn Walker, Trial & Retribution V, ITV, 2002.

Lynn Walker, Trial & Retribution VI, ITV, 2002.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Judy, Peek-a-Boo (also known as The One and Only Phyllis Dixey), PBS, 1978.

Valerie Kent, "Ladies," Play for Today, BBC, 1980.

"Under the Skin," Play for Today, BBC, 1982.

Valerie, "Out of Step," BBC2 Playhouse, BBC2, 1982.

(As Jackie Tong) "After Upstairs Downstairs," After They Were Famous, ITV, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Mary-Jane, Screen 2: Femme Fatale, BBC, 1993.

Lady in coach, David Copperfield, BBC, 1999, then PBS, 2000.

Bizzy, Promoted to Glory, ITV, 2003.

The governor's wife, Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, BBC America, 2005.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Mavis, Growing Rich, 1992.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Sally, "Sign It Death," Thriller, ATV, 1974.

Jackie Moffatt, Coronation Street (also known as Corrie), ITV, 1982.

Ally Fisher, "Zero Tolerance," The Bill, ITV1, 2000.

Ruth Fromberg, Trust, BBC America, 2003.

Stage Appearances:

Perdita, The Winter's Tale, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England, 1978.

Irene, The Dresser, Queen's Theatre, London, 1980.

Valerie, To Come Home to This, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1981.

Julia, The Man Who Fell in Love with His Wife, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1985.

Armande/Martine, The Sisterhood, New End Theatre, London, 1987.

Also debuted as Jacqueline in French Without Tears, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England.

Major Tours:

Alfie, British cities, 1976.

Perdita, The Winter's Tale, European cities, 1978.

Film Appearances:

Penny Wheelstock, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Warner Bros., 1989.

Mrs. Hunt, Princess Caraboo, TriStar, 1994.

The mother, Angel (also known as The Real Life of Angel Deverell), Seville Pictures, 2007.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Upstairs Downstairs Remembered: 25th Anniversary, 1996.

The Story of Upstairs Downstairs, UK Network DVDs, 2005.