My mother, Jill Freud, who has died aged 98, was a dynamic actor and producer, and the founder of one of the UK’s most cherished summer rep theatres.
On graduating from the Rada drama school in London in 1947, Jill, under the stage name Jill Raymond, was given a leading role in the film The Woman in the Hall, starring Jean Simmons. She also worked in radio and television, including as a voice actor on the children’s puppet series Torchy the Battery Boy for ITV (1959-61). On stage, a highlight was The Dame of Sark with Celia Johnson at the Wyndham theatre (1974).
