Jane Asher

Jane Asher
Asher in 2008
Born (1946-04-05) 5 April 1946 (age 78)
Willesden, Middlesex, England
Occupations
  • Actress
  • author
Years active1952–present
Spouse
(m. 1981)
PartnerPaul McCartney (1963–1968)
Children3
Parents
RelativesPeter Asher (brother)
Victoria Asher (niece)

Jane Asher (born 5 April 1946)[1] is an English actress and author. She achieved early fame as a child actress, and then through her association with Paul McCartney, and has worked extensively in film and TV throughout her career.

Asher has appeared in TV shows and films such as Deep End (1970),[2] The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Alfie (1966), The Mistress, Crossroads, Death at a Funeral (2007), and The Old Guys. She also appeared in two episodes of the 1950s TV series The Buccaneers alongside Robert Shaw. She was famously Paul McCartney's girlfriend from 1963 to 1968.[3]

  1. ^ The International Who's Who of Women, 3rd edition, ed. Elizabeth Sleeman, Europa Publications, 2002, p. 29
  2. ^ "Jane Asher". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  3. ^ Crandall, Bill (29 January 2014). "Paul McCartney's 'Loving' muse". CBS News. Retrieved 10 July 2019.