Patricia Jessel

Biography

Patricia Helen Mary Jessel was a talented English actress born in Hong Kong in 1920 to an army captain father and socialite mother. She began her career at 16 after studying drama at the Italia Conti School, landing roles in stage productions like Peter Pan and on British television shows such as Dr Finlay's Casebook. In her personal life, Jessel married American veterinary surgeon Joseph Feinberg in 1948, having a daughter with him before her passing in 1968.